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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Congratulations!  Isn’t the hook Asian American, or is affirmative action not considered a hook?[/quote]

Asian American is basically white. So no.[/quote]

Uh no, Asian Americans are not white. Maybe you mean not under-represented?[/quote]

Very qualified Asian Americans are actually denied because they are OVER REPRESENTED in colleges.  Which means that the colleges think that there are lots of them with excellent academics and ECs.  [u]  Not only they don't  get any affirmative action  but lower stat Whites get preference over them.[/u]  In truth, Asian-Americans are not over represented.  They just have a culture of valuing education and going to college. So Asian Americans in American universities  are APPROPRIATELY REPRESENTED FOR THEIR CULTURAL VALUES  or [b]ARCV.[/b]

State schools benefit because they take these students to bolster some of their departments.  For example, UMD is not known for all their majors but it is highly ranked for many STEM majors.  Thankfully, these students can easily go instate based on their academics and ECs. Most of these students have the profile for MIT, Stanford etc and they get rejected due to demographic.

In the end, it is a win-win for state flagships and these students.  But, unfortunately, it can penalize many other good in-state students because UMD ceases to be a match for them. [/quote]

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