<p>ohhh ok :)</p>
<p>Allow me to repeat myself: </p>
<p>Hey well Ive been wandering, i get conflicting answers from everyone, im kinda new to understanding the whole race issue with college and affirmative action. Who has the easiest chance of getting into college, race wise? Like for IVy LEAGUE schools, if your caucasian, is it harder or easier to get in? I live in a predominantly asian area of CA in a mostly asian school. None of them can get into ivies. WHATS THE DEAL! WHO GETS iN?</p>
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1)use the search button at the top right.
2)its time for admins to start deleting these affirmative action threads.</p>
<p>The Ivies want a diverse student body, and thus with so many well qualified asians applying it is harder to get in as they dont want to have a class full of asians. It is easier to get in if you are an underrepresented minority, such as african american or american indian, as they recieve less aplications from those minority groups then from whites and asains. People of all ethnicities are accpeted however, it isn't impossible for asains to get in.</p>
<p>Asians and whites have about the same shot at getting in. Blacks and hispanics are both treated more favorably by admissions. Other ethnic groups vary.</p>
<p>"1)use the search button at the top right.
2)its time for admins to start deleting these affirmative action threads."</p>
<p>Seriously...USE THE SEARCH button...there are plenty of threads you can either ask for advice, ask questions, or offer your own opinion</p>
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Asians and whites have about the same shot at getting in. Blacks and hispanics are both treated more favorably by admissions. Other ethnic groups vary.
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AA is neutral to whites, "detrimental" to Asians from industrialized countries like Japan, China, and India, equally "beneficial" to Latinos, Africans/African-Americans and Asians from less developed countries i.e. Vietnam, and extremely "beneficial" to Native Americans.</p>
<p>Read the FAQ: </p>
<p>oh stop advertising your thread token adult</p>
<p>i agree with beefs. that part of the app is asking what your ethnicity is, not whether or not you were disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Why do you feel bad checking it? It's your race. It's not like checking Hispanic means you are taking advantage of anything.</p>
<p>Im sorry but what does URM stand for?</p>
<p>^OKAY!! we get it. but "race unknown" would be kinda suspiciously asian don't u think</p>
<p>lol, tokenadult spends time advertising his/her thread</p>
<p>that's the moderator, and that thread is where all those things are addressed. BEEFS.</p>
<p>underrepresented minority (i.e. native american, black, hispanic) (NOT asian)</p>
<p>Ethnicity and cultural identity have nothing to do with privilege in terms of where you've gone to school. If you're Hispanic, you're Hispanic, and some colleges will care, and some won't, but no one's asking you to try and be anything that you're not.</p>
<p>...theres plenty(and by plenty i mean like at least 50) of threads with like 5 pages of opinions and ranting on aa.TYLER</p>
<p>Thanks, Tyler09. Yes, I post the FAQ thread </p>
<p>because people worry about this sort of thing at this time of year. What I find rather silly about the annual pattern of College Confidential is that people worry about ethnic identification on college applications a lot more AFTER they apply than before they apply. It seems to me to be a lot more constructive to turn in a strong application, based on years of preparation, and then not worry about how the application will be evaluated. All the admission decisions should be out by April for this school year's college applicants.</p>