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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First generation Chinese-American with a recent Big 3 grad. We saw nothing to indicate that "East Asians are affirmatively discriminated against" in admissions at the DC area independent schools.  My DC applied to 2 of the Big 3 and was admitted to both. My impression is that the schools would  love to have more Asian-Americans. Among fellow Asian-Americans in the DC political/legal/policy/think tank world, I would guess that the majority send their children to the independents. In part, many of us were among the first wave of Asian-Americans in the elite colleges and professions and [b]we are as concerned about building our children's social capital[/b] as we are about their academic skills. Among more recent immigrants in the outer suburbs and more IT or small business backgrounds, few are interested in paying $40k+ tuition when first-rate magnet programs are possible for free.[/quote]

Hi, PP. Can you elaborate more on the bolded words above? Did attending Big3  truly help your kids?
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By social capital, I mean the networks, social skills, and personal attributes that are associated with leadership, charisma, and influence. While some parents may be most concerned about accelerating math in elementary school, we were more concerned about DC learning how to be effective in a group, encouraging and coaching others, and motivating action. At the surface level, it means that when DC knows the social mores, tastes, and experiences of DC's 1% peers. At freshman orientation, DC could rattle off the names of a dozen people or common experiences that DC might connect with another new student.  More importantly, it means that DC has the confidence and ability to stand out (and fit in) in lots of different rarefied settings.

The PK-12 school DC attended was helpful in this regard. It would have been easy to simply drive DC's academic skills in the earlier years without attention to the social skills. Comfort in front of audiences, exceptional writing skills, and a fluency in academic thought have all made it easier for DC to excel in college. It's not just that DC gets good grades, but that faculty and parents in HS and college want to mentor DC and open doors. [/quote]

This is really nauseating. Even if it is a joke.  :D [/quote]

Why do you think it's nauseating?[/quote]

I’m a different poster but I also found it awful. She could have summed it up in one sentence: “we want to buy her way to the front of the line.”

“Social capital” is a nice way of saying “opportunity hoarding.” Get her those internships, acceptances, and jobs from her friends’ dads’ golf buddies. Meritocracy my butt.[/quote]

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