Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
colleges shouldn't decide based on race, that's the point. It's illegal to base anything on race, a protected class.
You are correct, it should not be. Most people (except Asians) believe it currently is not, except for URMs - please look up the meaning of URM.
Point being, if all of one kind come to the U.S. at once, and most expect to be admitted, it is not going to happen. It has been this way for generations. You were given bad information, and now you want that information to be true, when it is not.
No one is "expecting" to be admitted to an elite college. People are "expecting" to not be discriminated against their race. I think black people would agree that no one should be discriminated against because of their race.
Black people wish you would be just as vocal when it comes to pay disparity........right crickets....
Paying someone less because of their race is illegal, as it should be. I'm glad you agree that they're both equally immoral.
AND YET IT STILL HAPPENS THERE IS DATA SHOWING IT AND I DONT HEAR ASIAN AMERICANS TAKING UP THE BANNER FOR OTHERS. So excuse me, while I make sure that my black son takes your kids' seat.![]()
Anonymous wrote:Harvard had "likeability" as a factor and that was determined to bring out bias among their readers. Stop assuming that all the colleges do the same thing as one of the most selective colleges in the country. Have you ever heard an AO at another college mention likeability?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
colleges shouldn't decide based on race, that's the point. It's illegal to base anything on race, a protected class.
You are correct, it should not be. Most people (except Asians) believe it currently is not, except for URMs - please look up the meaning of URM.
Point being, if all of one kind come to the U.S. at once, and most expect to be admitted, it is not going to happen. It has been this way for generations. You were given bad information, and now you want that information to be true, when it is not.
No one is "expecting" to be admitted to an elite college. People are "expecting" to not be discriminated against their race. I think black people would agree that no one should be discriminated against because of their race.
If you are saying anyone is discriminated against being admitted to T20 - you are saying the 90% rejected but eligible applicants should be admitted. This will not happen, because admission to T20 is a lottery. Someone should have told you that. You were misinformed.
I thought all these applicants were good at math. Guess not.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
+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.
+1
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.
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.
Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home.
What do you mean by "at home"? Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"?
This is our home
Yes, thank you.
Some people seem confused that we are talking about international students, but we are talking about American kids.
But you don't like it here. Either adapt or don't, but you can't complain when you don't adapt.
Do you live here because you like everything here??
You have zero complaint about anything??
WTF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
But the kids we are talking about are Asian AMERICAN. Their parents emigrated; they had no choice but to grow up here, become American and exist in this system. They are US citizens and can't just move back to a home country that they will never fit into.
All these hardworking, extremely intelligent asian Americans are supposed to be good soldiers and "take the hit" for American values -- they lose on both on Affirmative Action (wrong race) and on legacy admits( immigrant parents) to these elite schools. So many of these kids are the brightest ones in their high school, and they have to watch as other classmates are accepted while they are not. Of course they are going to get upset.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
+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.
+1
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.
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.
Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home.
What do you mean by "at home"? Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"?
This is our home
Yes, thank you.
Some people seem confused that we are talking about international students, but we are talking about American kids.
But you don't like it here. Either adapt or don't, but you can't complain when you don't adapt.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
But the kids we are talking about are Asian AMERICAN. Their parents emigrated; they had no choice but to grow up here, become American and exist in this system. They are US citizens and can't just move back to a home country that they will never fit into.
All these hardworking, extremely intelligent asian Americans are supposed to be good soldiers and "take the hit" for American values -- they lose on both on Affirmative Action (wrong race) and on legacy admits( immigrant parents) to these elite schools. So many of these kids are the brightest ones in their high school, and they have to watch as other classmates are accepted while they are not. Of course they are going to get upset.
Cut the "model minority" crap.
Elite schools will not accept everyone with greats stats who apply.
x10000
That is what they are upset about---as long as their kid got in they would not care one iota about it. They are just annoyed that what they thought would get their kid in 20 years ago (gpa and sat) is not enough now because there are too many applicants, as well as they are pissed that colleges now care about more than just the test.
Anonymous wrote:Harvard had "likeability" as a factor and that was determined to bring out bias among their readers. Stop assuming that all the colleges do the same thing as one of the most selective colleges in the country. Have you ever heard an AO at another college mention likeability?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
+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.
+1
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.
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.
Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home.
What do you mean by "at home"? Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"?
This is our home
Yes, thank you.
Some people seem confused that we are talking about international students, but we are talking about American kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
But the kids we are talking about are Asian AMERICAN. Their parents emigrated; they had no choice but to grow up here, become American and exist in this system. They are US citizens and can't just move back to a home country that they will never fit into.
All these hardworking, extremely intelligent asian Americans are supposed to be good soldiers and "take the hit" for American values -- they lose on both on Affirmative Action (wrong race) and on legacy admits( immigrant parents) to these elite schools. So many of these kids are the brightest ones in their high school, and they have to watch as other classmates are accepted while they are not. Of course they are going to get upset.
There are plenty of native Chinese, Indians, etc. that somehow are able to pick up and attend college in the US every year (BTW...why aren't you angry about that!). Why would the reverse not hold?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
+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.
+1
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.
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.
Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home.
What do you mean by "at home"? Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"?
This is our home
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
But the kids we are talking about are Asian AMERICAN. Their parents emigrated; they had no choice but to grow up here, become American and exist in this system. They are US citizens and can't just move back to a home country that they will never fit into.
All these hardworking, extremely intelligent asian Americans are supposed to be good soldiers and "take the hit" for American values -- they lose on both on Affirmative Action (wrong race) and on legacy admits( immigrant parents) to these elite schools. So many of these kids are the brightest ones in their high school, and they have to watch as other classmates are accepted while they are not. Of course they are going to get upset.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
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~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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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.
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.
Precisely, because it is still better than what you would get at home.
What do you mean by "at home"? Should African Americans accept discrimination because it's better than what they would get "at home"?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
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?
What are you talking about
They are the ones who assimilate to the American way and American dream - hardworking and competition
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.
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.
You are looking for a dictatorship. It is not here.
But go on with your tutoring.
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.
It is the colleges who get to decide who THEY want at THEIR school. NOT the pushy parents.
colleges shouldn't decide based on race, that's the point. It's illegal to base anything on race, a protected class.