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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]China and India alone have almost 3 billion citizens.

Chinese immigrants number about 2 million a year to the US.  Immigrants from India have about the same numbers.

These immigrants come here for education and better quality of life.  They are a tiny percentage of Asians but they are the most likely to be hardest working with some money and family connections.

I have a friend who came here from China as a child. We have children in the same grade and are close.  The rest of her extended family will not allow their children to be friends with American children.   They see Americans as lazy and a distraction.

It’s a different culture and with that amount of people the Asian population could easily fill MIT, Harvard, etc a thousand times over.  What are they supposed to do, especially if most of them go back to their country of origin?  [/quote]

I don’t understand the question…what are they supposed to do about what?

Why should we be sympathetic to the families that won’t assimilate?[/quote]

What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition

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No, the American way (which is what has made this country historically such a great place)…is that you are proud of your heritage but you are now an American and you want to embrace the country in its entirety (foibles and all).  If America evolved with just a bunch of ethnic cliques keeping to themselves, the country would have a much lower GDP and overall quality of life.

Help us really understand why you are immigrating here.  Someone posted a list of top engineering schools and 13/20 were in Asia, so no need to go to college in the US (in fact why would you?).  If you apparently hate the people and the system…help us understand.

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What are you talking about
Working hard and fair competition is not just the American way, it should be applied to everywhere
Since you asked, personally I followed my parents when I was a minor, and my kids were born here like you I guess.  
I don't hate anything.  I just found that the college admission system has a lot of flaws and room for improvements.  
It seems that the US Supreme Court would agree with me on some of them, and we'll see progress.  
Systems evolve.[/quote]

You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.

But go on with your tutoring. [/quote]

It seems that you don't understand the meaning of the word, dictatorship.
The colleges are acting like dictators when they are receiving all sorts of government aid and support.
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It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school.  NOT the pushy parents. [/quote]
+1
~90-95% of applicants get rejected at most T20s.  Majority (probably at least 95% of the rejected) would have also been ideal candidates for the school--that means they met the gpa/sat/basic academic bar.  After that cut off the school looks at everything else.    But the school cannot select everyone.  So beyond that it's a puzzle where the school is attempting to find the right fit for the freshman class.    Odds are in your favor you will get rejected.

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[b]Exactly.  Get used to attending places like UVA and Georgia Tech.  It will be fine. If you don't like it, well, there are other continents. [/b][/quote]

I actually think this is the way the Supreme Court is going to come out on this. They'll say you're not harmed by having to attend a UVa or Georgia Tech.[/quote]

Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home. [/quote]
What do you mean by "at home"? [b]Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"[/b]?[/quote]

This is our home[/quote]

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