Does anyone know about the "VISION 2005" weekend?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>Asians are a part of affirmative action, but they are a part of the group that must try harder to get accepted; even harder than caucasians.</p>

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<p>I think asians are "so abundant that they aren't considered in affirmative action," and technically ARE a minority, but being asian doesn't really help in admissions because they're so many of them. So they're not like URM or anything, so I guess, consequently.. not "ethnically diverse" in university admissions.</p>

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<p>When I say they aren't considered, I mean that being asian doesn't help you under affirmative action policies.</p>

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<p>I think what icymoon is saying is that even though asians are a minority, they are most likely not an under-represented minority in the eyes of recruiting efforts for admissions. Over 15% of those students reporting ethnicity currently enrolled are Asian.</p>

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<p>exactamente :)</p>

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<p>great to see this is now the "are asians a minority?" thread...jk</p>

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<p>population distribtion of US as of last year:
blacks ~~ almost 10%
hispanics ~~ a litte over 12%
asians ~~ almost 3 %
native american ~~less than1%
whites - everyhing else.
so asians are not so abundant that they dont count anymore. its just that <em>sigh</em>, as wrong as it is, even though the REAL asian population is < either blacks' or hispanics'popuations, they dont count. i thinkthis isnt fair.
o well.
good job ongettin he vision letter thing. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, asians are a minority in the u.s., but not a minority in admissions.</p>

<p>I agree it's not fair, but there's not much we can do about it.</p>

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<p>notaperfectangel-
Here are the stats from class of 2008 <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Einstresr/ricefacts/students.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricefacts/students.html&lt;/a>. You can compare them to the US population stats. If the population of Asians in the US is less than 3 %, but over 15% at school, I guess that is why asians are likely not considered URMS. The % of the other minority groups are less than that listed in your statistic, so I suppose would then be considered URM's.</p>

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<p>there's more hispanics than asians? That's interesting. I thought it was the other way around.</p>

<p>So, this VISION thing is only for minorities and asians are considered one?</p>

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<p>Just curious about all you who got the invitation go VISIONS, did you guys apply ID or RD?</p>

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<p>
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Does anyone know about the "VISION 2005" weekend

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It's the place to be if you're going to be an optometrist.</p>

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<p>ecnerwalc3321, vision 2005 is for "ethnically diverse" people, which includes minorities but not asians.</p>

<p>athlon, I think they were IDers.</p>

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<p>alright, thanks</p>

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<p>yeah, i applied ID and got the vision invite</p>

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<p>i talked to the lady scheduling the thing today and she says that people all over the US got invited...just to let you guys know...</p>

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<p>what are you talking about?</p>

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<p>oh ok, thanks coqui.</p>

<p>ecnerwalc, she's talking about people who got invited to the vision 2005 weekend.</p>

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<p>Well, I know that, but I thought it was for minorities only.... That's it. I'm not coming on this thread again. I'm making a fool of myself.</p>

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<p>what? i didnt get one?? I am azn...should I call in or something?? maybe that is a sign...i am not accepted...oh my gosh!! what to do??? should i call????????????//</p>