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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my many problems with these posts is that they op [b]seems to refer to African Americans as though they are the sole cause for limited number of Asian Americans not getting in.[/b]  I don't care how many times you say this or how many threads you start. The legacy and international students account for 20-25 percent alone while African Americans are between 5-8 percent of elite schools.

Also, a perfect test score often means years of studying.  How should that be the deciding factor?  That is what you are arguing?
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As an Asian American, I don't think it's the *sole* cause.  There are white kids with less than stellar grades/scores getting in above Asian American kids with more impressive e.c., grades, scores.  [b]That's also the issue.  [/b]And also, there are white students who have sued colleges for this same thing:

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/06/29/supreme-court-will-re-hear-university-of-texas-affirmative-action-case/[/quote]

Just like when whites complain about affirmative action/AAs and "merit" this is also a slippery slope. Is it not possible that there are white students with better scores that got passed over for Asians? I work in admission consulting and had an AA client who was a student athlete with stellar grades, top 5% SAT, and extracurriculars, who got rejected by all the Ivies he applied to. I know for certain his grades were better than most who applied. Can we add him to the lawsuit?

You can find an examples of this across the board. If anything,[b] I would think Asian American's biggest issue would be the high % of acceptances from their Asian non-american counterparts.[/b] Thats who mainly make up the top schools. Not Asian Americans.[/quote]

International students. [b]All are "full pay." [/b]I imagine they'd be highly coveted even at Ivies with big endowments. 
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Not true. Harvard and many other universities provide aid to international students. [/quote]

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