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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former Ivy League Dean explains some of the reasons he says Asian-Americans get rejected.

In summary, not only is it because of your ethnicity in addition to that you don't have the legacy status that other student profiles have, you aren't as athletic as other student profiles, you don't have the wealth to be considered hefty donors and lastly, you don't use connections to get in the way other student profiles do.

Slapped down five different ways.[/quote]

I heard a guy on BBC who owns a company that helps Asian Students get into ivies.  He said the problem is that all of the applicants look the same.  They all play similar instruments like the violin, they don't play team sports, etc.  He tries to work with them early to change their profile.  This is honestly no different than for AA students.  If your kid likes basketball like mine does, he quite frankly looks like every one else.  He needs a hook.  He played hockey for a long time and I wanted him to continue because I knew that was a hook.  Same for Asian students.  All same scores so how do you make yourself stand out so the school gets a diverse class.[/quote]

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