<p>Is it harder to get into more prestigious colleges if you're Asian?</p>
<p>Yeah. Affirmative Action and such. It sucks (you can’t fight racism with racism), but there’s not much you can do.</p>
<p>However, it’s only about the same has losing 50 points on the SAT (or a point on the ACT) according to studies.</p>
<p>Sad answer is…sometimes yes. Asians aren’t URMs, so its clearly no particular help (unless you are applying to some LACs, to which then diversity becomes a help).
From there, sometimes app readers per admission commitee may compare an asian app to the average asian GPA or SAT (which can be higher, especially with the influx of foreign applicants). </p>
<p>Worst bit is, “Asian” is a blanket term of tons of countries; the people in said countries differ from region to region, and a blanket term doesn’t define them (us?) correctly.</p>
<p>The sad truth is: yes. Studies suggest that the higher standards embraced in the Asian-American community reflect negatively on their chance at admissions. We’re not really competing against each other, we’re competing against those who are qualified in our respective ethnic groups.</p>
<p>Which sucks for me, white girls can be academically fierce! Glad I’m not held to the “standard Asian” stereotype though.</p>
<p>It depends. If a disproportionate amount of Asians choose to flood a certain school with applications, then yes, arguably it could be harder. But if so, it’s a self imposed hardship of choice since there is any number of Universities from which to chose. Also, be aware that any race who chooses to flood any particular school would feel the same pain of selectivity. (PLEASE DON’T POST THE MY SAT SCORE IS HIGHER ARGUMENT. THE SAT IS BROKEN AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER REPAIR.)</p>