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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]...On the other hand, I'm an alumni interviewer for my alma mater, which is a top-25 university. I interviewed a few people last year, and recommended them all. [b]The Asian students I recommended were not accepted, and looking back on it, I think it was the lack of being a well-rounded person. [/b]They did very well academically (which is why I recommended them) but weren't so well-rounded compared to the non-Asian student I interviewed (and who was accepted).[/quote]

what school and specifically what was lacking in the Asian students?[/quote]

the PP who is an interviewer is an idiot. Schools don't look for 'well rounded' - they look to construct 'well rounded classes'.

What PP interviewer fails to mention is the truth, which is the asian kids he interviewed and recommended were competing for admission with other asian kids, not with the entire class. The non-asian kid likewise was competing within his/her bucket.

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Um, pretty sure having racial "buckets" (i.e. Quotas) is unconstitutional. [/quote]

Um, you're pretty wrong about that.[/quote]

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