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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High-achieving Asian-American applicants who play a musical instrument and want to concentrate in a STEM field are a dime a dozen. Kids who fit that profile are competing against one another, and only the ones who are true outliers or offer something else distinctive will gain admission. Harvard offers a liberal arts curriculum at the UG level and consequently looks for an array of disciplinary interests and talents. They are looks for future award-winning anthropologists, authors, artists and history scholars as much as for future doctors and engineers. Statistically, the pool for each of the former categories is less deep.[/quote]

Right. Many on this thread are not acknowledging the key point that Harvard's interest in diversity pertains to many areas, including field of study. There are only so many STEM kids Harvard will admit. My guess is that any quotas have just as much, or more, to do with this as with race or ethnicity.[/quote]

Because every Asian applicant is a future STEM major?
Way to stereotype.[/quote]

Check out the MD Middle School magnet discrimination thread. Full of Asian parents outraged their STEM focused children were not invited to the Takoma Park MS magnet under the new admissions process. NOT ONE complained about lack of admission to the humanities program at Eastern. Every single Asian American kid I knew at Harvard was a STEM major who wanted to become a doctor or engineer. Nothing wrong with that, but they were competing against a pool of very similar kids for admission. This is anecdotal evidence of course but[b] I've encountered few Asians with a serious interest in the humanities or social sciences[/b][u]. Would love to see the stats on the breakdown of intended majors by race and ethnicity.[/quote]
When the playing field becomes more level in humanities and social sciences you will see more Asians in those fields as well.  By the way, it is anecdotal of course, why did you go to Harvard in particular when there are hundreds of other colleges/universities in the US?  Like wise, if you see Asians in STEM majors don't be so shocked.  They chose to major in STEM subjects.  When the old boy system wanes by next generation your children will scramble just as Asian children do now, that is if they want a decent financial ability in their lives.[/quote]

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