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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, regarding your point #6, what's the benchmark that you use for students who are bi-racial or multi-racial?  For example, if the kid is white and Asian (many in this area), is the kid going to be subject to the benchmark for whites or Asians?  BTW, your post is very informative and helpful![/quote]

Benchmarks are just benchmarks; we're not going to say no to a multiracial Asian student for having a 1400 on the new SAT. They give a sense of where applicants are within the rest of the nation. Our standards are a little higher than the 95% on average, but of course we admit students who score lower than that (often much lower, given how a 750 is already at the highest end of the score). The Asian and white benchmark are within range to each other.

They become particularly telling when a student is doing much worse or better than the benchmark. Being an Asian student with an 1800 can hurt, but that could be mitigated if you were low-income or an underrepresented Asian minority. We notice when Black students get above a 32 on the ACT. Less than 500 of them do so each year. [/quote]

Just curious, because we're years away--how would you treat an adopted Asian child?  Her name would not suggest she's Asian, but presumably you ask for a picture.  (And I have no idea what she'll choose to put down as her race when she's ready to apply.)  We are, to put it mildly, not tiger parents, and I worry this will hurt her![/quote]

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