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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would enhance an undergraduate college application, but honestly it would be more valuable to the application of someone who is not both Asian and male.

It really has become stereo-typical (whether fair or unfair) for Asian males to pursue math/science ECs like this.

An Asian male who went to a selective Governor’s School in the summer - for a non-STEM subject - might have a more valuable differentiator, by showing the student was more rounded and was capable of high achievement in more than just math/science.  [/quote]

Therein lies the rub, doesn't it? Of the 50 or so kids in MOP, about half are seniors. And essentially all Asian (the last 10 years of USA International Math Olympiad teams that are drawn from MOP qualifiers have had 10 non-Asians out of 60 spots). So the highly selective colleges (save perhaps MIT/Caltech) are saying that they value legacy/faculty (most of whom will not donate 7 figures either) more than these kids' math talent. [/quote]

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