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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]25% of Asian kids score 1400+ on the SAT.

Only 4% of White and 1% of Hispanic and Black kids do.

Asians are underrepresented at elite schools given their high grades and board scores.  [/quote]

But a lot of them get those scores because they go to cram schools. They're not naturally smarter or anything. And the problem with this framing is your premise is these scores are the primary criterion elite schools value -- or should value. They're not. And shouldn't be.

As it is, Asian kids are WOEFULLY overrepresented and we really should cut back on them. [/quote]

[u]Asians may be overrepresented relative to their overall percentage in the school going population, but underrepresented relative to their credentials and accomplishments. Both can be true[/u]. [/quote]

This. Exactly.

So, they are using their analytical abilities to look beyond the college name and going for - in-demand  hard STEM majors where there is a high barrier to entry,  saving their education dollars, building wealth and network,  as well as having profession adjacent gigs and startup ideas. [/quote]

You are basically arguing that computer science skills are more worthy than great writers or great dancers or great linguists and so on.  You need to find a place at a school that agrees with that.   If you are trying to get a place at a school that also values scientific research skills, then you might get beat out by a science researcher.  What the student brings to the table needs to align with what the school wants on the table.[/quote]

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