<p>Okay we all know Asians are sterotyped to be "smart." do you think that Asians who don't get perfect scores or are so called "underachieving asians" affect their chances of getting into more competitve universities. For example, I have a friend. he's white who got a 29 ACT and a 4. something gpaand okay EC's and got into michigan. my asian friend ( and no this is not me)got a 30 ACT and and a 4. something gpawith strong EC's didn't get in. So my question is that do you thing Asians are put on a peta stool and require better grades?</p>
<p>hell ya. this fact was proved through the leagues of asians who didn’t get into top ten schools in the last decade.</p>
<p>This pedestal holds true for some colleges with selective enrollments. These are a limited no. of schools and by and large, high achieving Asians will be admitted in droves to very very good schools. </p>
<p>But to over generalize can be fraught w/pitfalls. I was an OK test scoring Asian but was accepted at all schools applied (Ivies and top engineering schools), eventually matriculated at an HYP. It was my transcript and school leadership and unique story that got me in – not my SATs.</p>
<p>LOL he asked about grades. Not necessarily test scores. So, you, T26E4, just fell into the category of kids who got in because you worked hard, got decnt SAT, good transcript.</p>
<p>Try to use your essay or ECs to stand out from the crowd.</p>
<p>Um, correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t you (not you in particular, people like your friend) just decline to disclose your ethnicity on your application? Colleges have no right to infer things like that from your name, so you would essentially be just another applicant, without any race-related advantages or disadvantages.</p>
<p>expain:</p>
<p>peta stool</p>
<p>^ LOL.</p>
<p>i’m asian but i’m not smart.
i know dumb asians who got into gwu, but really, that school will accept anyone with $$$.</p>
<p>pedestal- a position of high regard
not peta stool-sounds like something you leave for analysis at a medical lab</p>
<p>@ghostt. yes, we can disclose our ethnicity, but how is that going to help us if we have obvious Asian last names, which I am pretty sure all Asian American kids have obvious Asian last names.</p>
<p>@esmee16,</p>
<p>As I said, colleges do not try to guess your ethnicity by your name, even if it’s obvious. They just don’t take it into account if you’ve refused to indicate your race on your application. They are not allowed to put “Yuka Suzuki, race unknown” anywhere but in the pile with all the other unknowns.</p>
<p>I’d say I’m like an A- asian not an A+ asian and I’m in the middle of doing apps and such but I think it’s kind of true with any school…sometimes I think they just need to fit certain demographics? Like, if they have to accept a certain amount of a certain ethnicity, or a certain states’ applicants or something, anything. This is just something that’s unknown while you’re going through it, although you can try to call them later and ask, I suppose</p>
<p>lol i meant pedestal. thanks for the opinions!</p>
<p>I’m Korean and I will admit that I am not a 3.7+ student. I’m a solid A-/B+ student with a 3.4 gpa (shocking, right?). Even my test scores aren’t “great”, I got a 1760 on my SATs and a 26 on my ACT. So far, i’ve been accepted to Penn State. Instead of making my transcript uber perfect, I focused on my essays and extracurriculars. I did lots of clubs that had meaning TO ME like film clubs, film festivals, cultural clubs, etc. My essay was also about expressing my creativity through the art of cooking. I know so many Asians at my school who have near perfect gpas and test scores, but they seriously have no personalities and are awkward. I think the reason why those high-achieving Asians get rejected is because they are not really well rounded; they might get the best grades, but have no life other than studying. My English teacher, who was an admissions officer at Columbia told me that a student can have perfect stats but if his/her essay lacks passion and/or personality, then it will be thrown out. Anyway, I hope I answered your question…kind of lol.</p>
<p>thanks man! I am korean also btw.</p>
<p>*which I am pretty sure all Asian American kids have obvious Asian last names. *</p>
<p>LOL…</p>
<p>Not my nieces and nephews…they have Italian first and last names. Their teachers probably do double-takes on the first day of school each year.</p>
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<p>That’s 10^15 stools, very tall if you stack them all up and put someone on top. I thing that would be scary for anyone of any race.</p>