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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have not explained how this case is an example of discrimination.[/quote]

I have never seen a thread on DCUM where racism against Asian Americans is admitted as a possibility.  I won’t say this is one but there is no denying that some ivy league colleges have downrated Asian American applicants.  When a kid says they were taunted with racist slurs, DCUM says it’s normal teen trash talk or a made up story.  I could go on but what’s the point?[/quote]

It more than a possibility but I don't see how this time too has anything to do with discrimination.  There is no way a short list of AP grades, one sat score, and 2 sat subject test scores will convince us that this student was a shoe in for those insanely difficult colleges.[/quote]

+1 And I assume his grades were competitive and he took challenging classes. However, his EC's were unremarkable. [/quote]

If his grades were so great, why didn't they make the tik tok?  Everything else did.[/quote]

I don't know -- you could be right. But even if he had great grades that he omitted, he still doesn't appear to stand out beyond high test scores to get an Ivy admissions officer to take a closer look.[/quote]

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