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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because you get a perfect Act score does not mean that Harvard is required to accept you.

Also, just because you are Valedictorian, Harvard is not required to accept you.

My sister was Val. of a great high school and had near perfect scores but she was not accepted. we did not read anything into this.  She is blonde and blue eyed by the way.  she went to Stanford and loved it.

There are many students who get perfect or near perfect scores on standardized tests.

This Asian applicant's "activities" were lacking.  One sport and a couple of volunteer activities is underwhelming.

The Ivies are looking for a well rounded class of students and leadership qualities.

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You're missing the point.  Nobody is saying a school needs to accept anyone because they have perfect test scores or perfect gpa.  The fact is that Asians have a higher bar to meet than any other race in all aspects of the application process including grades, test scores, leadership, activities, volunteer work etc... just as it's a fact that whites need to meet a higher bar than blacks.  I have a feeling you don't disagree with the latter part.
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Or maybe you're refusing to acknowledge that many Asian applicants often bring little to the table besides good grades and high test scores or that many Asians think that's all that should matter.[/quote]

All one has to do is look at California to see that you are totally wrong (and probably a racist). The UC system has been practicing race-blind holistic admission for about a decade now, meaning they take everything, such as extracurriculars, socioeconomic status, etc, into consideration. Basically, everything is fair game except race, and Asian numbers at UCs have gone through the roof. This indicates that Asian kids are at the very least equal in "soft factors" to the rest of the college applicant pool in Cali. There's no reason to suspect that the overall situation would be drastically different anywhere else. [/quote]

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