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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know an Asian kid who turned down Stanford. Was turned off during visiting day - host didn’t show up despite repeated calls, administration could not be reached, kid plus a dozen others had to sleep on floor near entrance of dorms where other students just stepped over them with no one offering to help, and found the students overly focused on making money. Parents were fine with kid turning down Stanford - kid was a superstar and admitted to HYP also.[/quote]

I'm the Indian PP. If the kid turned down Stanford for HYP, then that is ok. It's comparable. But not if it's Iowa State, you know what I mean? Some PPs talk about "being true to yourself" and I think your opinion is valid...to you. It's a very American concept to 'find yourself' 'be happy'...and if it's important to you, ok. But that's not what I care about. I care about prestige and I care about marketing myself. Maybe it doesn't fit your American ideals but there's something to be said about the high success rates among Asian immigrants.[/quote]

I just posted about my DD's best friend in Cornell.  She is depressed and she can not talk to her parents about it.  Why?  They are Indian and do not want to hear that kind of talk.  "You are fine.  Go ahead and finish school.  We will see you on winter break."  It is heartbreaking.

https://planamag.com/why-are-asian-american-kids-killing-themselves-477a3f6ea3f2

[i]Asian American college students are 1.6 times more likely than all others to make a serious suicide attempt. They are 3 times less likely to seek out professional therapy or counseling. Across all students, about 24% are estimated to experience suicidal ideation at some point in their time at school. It’s safe to assume that the proportion for Asian American students is even higher. When I entered university in 2014, Asian American student deaths at Yale, MIT, and UPenn were making national headlines. Recently, the death of Luke Tang at Harvard University prompted a university-wide conference on Asian American mental illness and the filming of Looking for Luke, which follows Luke’s parents’ life after their son’s passing.[/i][/quote]

So Asian kids kill themselves out of perfectionism. Is this news? It's better than white kids getting addicted to opioids and heroin and becoming a burden to the taxpaying population. [/quote]

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