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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BECAUSE  Asian Americans are collateral damage for the benefit of preferred minority group. [/quote]

This victimhood narrative is so tiresome.

You deserve credit for recognizing that there was a market inefficiency in elite college admissions - standardized test scores. They were overvalued by many of the most prestigious institutions both in your countries of origin and here in the US for many years, and so you designed your parenting and educational philosophy around taking advantage of that market inefficiency.

Institutions like Caltech - through years of research - have determined that standardized test scores are NOT a predictive measure of future success or competency and can indeed be an occluding factor in a selection process, and so they've moved away from using that metric. This advancement in research has removed an advantage for you and your community as a consequence.

That does NOT equate to collateral damage. And it does NOT equate to discrimination of any kind.  We're just not using the metric that you're best at anymore because it selects the wrong kids.[/quote]

Well MIT seems to disagree as they found doing away with standardized test requirements was a disaster with some of the student accepted w/o any test scores and have gone back to requiring them.  The Dean of Admissions said, "Our research can't explain why these tests are so predictive of academic preparedness for MIT, but we believe it is likely related to the centrality of mathematics--and mathematic exams--in our education."

My spouse, who has a phD from Caltech, where he taught undergrads college level math and engineering classes, would strongly disagree with the proposition that these tests are not predictive of competency in these subject areas.  Spouse also triple majored in math, computer science and electrical engineering from another top 20 math/engineering program as an undergrad.  In fact the achievement tests which used to be required are even way too easy than what is covered in these rigorous programs.  [/quote]

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