<p>I've noticed that hispanics and blacks tend to be advantageous over whites and asians simply because they are minorities and that asians are taking over america.
My stats and ECs wouldn't measure up to a lot of the asians, but for the past few years, I've been heavily involved in sports, which always has been my passion. As far as I'm know it, not a lot of Asians with academic distinctions have well built frames and blazing wheels. (maybe I'm wrong)
But is it possible that my athleticism and my love for sports, which will play a big role in my essays, will attribute to my wellroundedness and therefore give me a fighting edge against my international Asian competitors?</p>
<p>and btw, I'm international living in the U.S.</p>
<p>I'm going to assume that top tier colleges are going to receive plenty of sport oriented students, who tend to be not-asian. If I'm one of them, how do you think I will be considered? with the other jocks or with my fellow asians?</p>
<p>first of all, this is an extremely racist thread....-.-;;</p>
<p>the colleges do not judge based on stereotypes. while it may be true for you and me (i do kind of agree with you by the way...), the colleges don't look at the asian group separately and go "omg this guys an asian athlete? no way!" that's racist, and that's illegal. they merely view you as an athlete.</p>
<p>if you love sports and are athletic, write an essay about it. don't put that you're an asian athlete, and that's rare in america. i guarantee your rejection if you do so. just write about what you do and about your passion for your sport.</p>
<p>lol
damit dude. the one time racial bias works in my favor, it's a no go.</p>
<p>And I'm not trying to be racist. :( :( seriously don't think that. But I don't get why people try to deny it. I mean colleges don't want to do it because it's against the law, but they do it anyway because they don't want the majority to be overrun. And you even agreed w/me sort of</p>
<p>what sport? track? how good are you at it? do you compete at state? and what state? are you captain?</p>
<p>there are so many factors...for example im good at sports (in my opinion) and in a school of 700 ppl i would be captain of the volleyball team and basketball team but in a school of 3500, i would only be on the team (not captain)</p>
<p>so it all depends...good is relative unless you are at the top</p>
<p>and i feel like if u talk about sports in your essays but u cant back it up with awards or leadership or something like that...then u should prolly stay away just cuz so many ppl write about sports (Asian ppl included)</p>
<p>^ I see accomplishments and passion as two different categories. a person can have one or the other or both. Either way, it says something. I read an application essay that was accepted by Harvard a couple of years ago that was 1000 words long about a kid who admits to being cut by his baseball and tennis teams multiple times. Yet his love for sports was clear, accounting for the acceptance of his essay. So in essence, let the stats and ECs worry about all the accomplishments. bite me if you want me to say in my essay how great I am or what great position I hold in a sport. That's the wrong thing to do</p>
<p>And really? I had no idea that so many people, namely asians, would write about sports. I mean when you think about Harvard or MIT or Stanford, you tend to think about people writing about intellectual stuff or something not sports. At least that's the way I see it only because the notable Asians in my school, except for me, are either really smart with little brawl or kinda athletic and outright lazy. But then again, I live in Iowa</p>
<p>half the asians i know do some kind of sport. in fact more than half; id say around 90%. the other 10% dedicate themselves to instruments and whatnot.</p>
<p>we live in a society that now requires more than just high GPA and SATs in order to get into a good college. the "asians" are fully aware of it and have adapted to such desires. just so you know.</p>
<p>ougnala: what type of schools are you targeting? Non-recruitment athletic participation (Asian, white or whaterver) will NOT supercede mediocre academic metrics if you're talking the upper tier schools.</p>
<p>Coaches are colorblind. They want good athletes that fit their teams. They have no desire to diversify. Being Asian, black, etc means nothing to them. It's the athletic talent they want and if you can get into the school.</p>
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I hope you mean real sports, like football, wrestling, track, bastketball, baseball, water polo unlike the 90% of asian "athletic" scholars who play tennis.
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<p>I hope this post is a joke. It's been a long, long time since John McEnroe exemplified the tennis body. If you were actually being serious, then I suggest you update your mental image of what a tennis player is by watching Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. In addition, if you were being serious, you have no idea how physically demanding tennis is. Movement in tennis is far more difficult than movement in track. In track, movement is always the same: counter-clockwise. In tennis, movement is always different: sometimes side-to-side, sometimes front-to-back, sometimes diagonally.</p>
<p>yeah iowa there are only like 2 asian ppl in the entire state so...theres nto gonna be more than 2 playing sports (lol...i thought i was funny) but in like california there are a crapload of asian ppl who play sports...where the entire sports teams are asian</p>
<p>i know what you're talking about with your thinking that being an "asian athlete" might give you an "edge." i've been running track and xc every year in high school and my stats are pretty good, but because of my committments to sports, i haven't been able to join all those other "clubs" and "activities" colleges like to see. </p>
<p>and there's always this question of what's better? an asian girl who can get a 2350 on her SATs or an asian girl who can run a 5:30 mile? lol and i mean, you just have to make sure that you love what you do enough to kind of "not care" about what colleges may say. i guess i believe that everything i put into running and academics will somehow pay off. some colleges might not see it but some might. however, i do know that you should have pretty solid "asian-standard" stats before colleges start to care about your EC's and sports anyway.</p>
<p>i don't think what you said is racist because honestly, the standards for asians' stats are different.</p>