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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Further trashing of the UC haters:

Acceptance rate for in-state applicants:

UCLA: 10.0%
Berkeley: 13.5%
UCSD: 26.5%

UVA: 25.5%
Michigan - Ann Arbor: 39.5%
UT - Austin: 41.0%
UNC - Chapel Hill: 41.5%

Compare those stone cold facts with the respective OOS acceptance rates.

We’re supposed to believe that the institutions accepting a higher percentage of their population are better than the more selective ones that are accepting a lower percentage of their population? Yeah, OK.[/quote]

I'd gladly take the latter four schools over any of the UCs considering that they're all overrun by neurotic striver Asians.[/quote]
Aw.. sorry, you're so jealousy.  And what's wrong with being a striver?  That's how Asian Americans became the wealthiest and most educated demographic.  Maybe other groups should strive more?

-dp[/quote]

They don't mind you trying hard.  They don't want you doing better than their own kids who aren't trying hard.[/quote]

Yep.  It's not the striving that bothers them.  It's the succeeding.

I don't know how bad this is at public schools.  Its glaringly obvious at private schools where you used to see the asian valedictorian with cracked ECs go to Cornell while some kid barely in the top 10% gets into Yale.  They would say that the asians just don't get it when there were no asians around.  You can just jump to the front of the line through hard work and talent, legacy and family traditions are more important.  But that is exactly what they have been doing for the past 30 years since I was a kid and now they don't snicker at all the asian striving anymore.  They just get mad about it because legacy is watered down pretty much everywhere, even Stanford.[/quote]

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