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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I'm not sure how jewish people overturned the discrimination they faced decades ago when it came to admissions."

Name changes, nose jobs, and bleach. Just like Hollywood.[/quote]

Unfortunately for Asians, it would require a lot more than a noise jobs and a name change to change their looks. Not being racist...I'm Asian.[/quote]

Yes.  I have plenty of Jewish friends who "pass" but almost no Asian friends who could.  Discrimination is too easy when physical features are so obvious.  Wonder why so many Japanese-Americans were rounded up into camps during WWII, but no German-Americans were?

My kids look Asian but have an Anglo last name.  When the time comes, they will not check any box on their application (or will check "other").  But their race will be obvious when admission officials see *my* name -- I only hope that, for Harvard at least, the legacy "plus" will nullify the race "minus"!

All that said, I am also an Asian Harvard interviewer and I wouldn't want a student body that was, for example, over 50% Asian if we got there just on the basis of test scores and GPAs.  We really do look holistically at each applicant, which I am proud of.[/quote]

I don't think any of the top universities only use test scores and GPA. They all use some form of "holistic" admission review process so use of only test scores and GPA is not the issue. People should stop stereotyping Asians as having only high test scores and high GPAs.

You acknowledge that there is a "race minus". The issue is whether using racial quota on Asian Americans by Ivy League colleges is wrong.  [/quote]

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