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Asians take AP courses because they want to take rigorous courses. They also try to obtain high gpas and high SAT scores because Asians have to show better qualifications than other groups. They also engage in many ECs other than violin and tennis because in part they want to or because they have to.

So having relatively higher SAT scores are held against them, having relatively higher gpas are held against them and now having more AP classes are held against them? ECs are held against them since they are stereotyped as having no ECs or only playing violins or playing tennis.

[b]So now Asians should limit APs to 8 to 11 just to show that they are different than other Asians? Now that's strange to say the least.[/b]

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PP you are responding to - I don't believe that's what I said. My point was it's hard to separate yourself when all the applicants look the same and have similar stats/ECs. Many Asian kids from DC area have high stats, test scores, and crzay number of APs and all want to go to Ivies. From AdCom perspective these kids are dime a dozen. I am not saying that's right or wrong or whatever. Just pointing out how the system works whether we like it or not. It is what it is.   [/quote]

So Asians with fewer APs are slackers and they will not be competitive applicants and Asians with too many APS are supposedly unbalanced. [b]This is no win situation.[/b]

Regardless of the potential impact on college admissions, it is preferable to academically challenge oneself and have non-academic life as well and, take the most rigorous courses possible. It's not just about college admissions.

Asian parent. 
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Not necessary. Kids (including Asian kids) with high stats - could bring home a lot of scholarship money if you aim for colleges one or two tiers down.  Those schools are a lot more stats driven than the "holistic" approach top tier schools use.[/quote]

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