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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two Asian cousins from Cali put in close to thirty applications each. [/quote]

I understand. I want my kids to apply to no more then 9 schools but then statistics reveal that as Asians, we have to apply to more schools.[/quote]
That's because you Asians created your own applications arms race. Haven't you noticed that the elite schools are only taking two kids per high school? And then every top kid in the school is submitting 20-30 applications to those top schools? What the heck do you think is going to happen?

My white kid, strong academics and test scores but meh grades, and meh extracurriculars is 5 for 5 on apps to highly ranked competitive schools, both public and private. 4 were good/stretch fits and 1 safety.  Only waiting to hear from one reach school. Start being realistic about the process instead of applying to all reach schools.[/quote]

What is your point? If my Asian kid has strong academics and perfect test scores and top grades and is class officer; why would my child not apply to the top schools. If a student's stats fits the stats for top schools, why not apply? That's not the problem. The problem is Asians are < 6% of the US population, but are the highest percent that apply to colleges. The stats always state that Asians representation at universities are way above their population, but we are also the highest percent who are college bound.[/quote]
Applying to top schools isn't the issue. But applying to 20+ of them is, especially when all the other Asian kids at your high school are doing the same thing. If 20 elite schools get 100 applications from Asian kids from the same high school,  but only admit 2 kids per school, what do you think is going to happen? A handful of those kids are going to be admitted to many of the schools, and many of the kids won't be admitted at all. If instead those 100 kids applied to only 3 or 4 of those elite schools (and not all HYPS) then there would be less competition from other kids in their high school and each student would stand out more in the application pool. But, whatever. Apply to as many schools as you want. But then don't whine about low yield rates for Asians.[/quote]

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