<p>Only on CC would you see the term "ORM" when referring to asians - "over-represented minorities".</p>
<p>My thought is that being asian does not help or hurt at all, but being a "stereotypical asian" probably hurts - the kids with 2300 SATs, debate club, math olympiad, science research, but no sports, no community service, and no quirky ECs (like published poetry, art awards, etc).</p>
<p>since when does the stereotypical asian have no community service?</p>
<p>anyone who says it doesnt hurt is lying.
california got rid of affirmative action and now Berkeley is 40% asian.
racism toward asians is never taken seriously. its really sad actually</p>
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<p>and k&s, i honestly have no idea what you're talking about. so step off.
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<p>LOL!! Right.</p>
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<p>Exactly. </p>
<p>Once again, studies have shown that Asian-Am applicants have the same type of ECs as other applicants - and this would be esp. true for Asian-Am who are assimilated, "whitewashed", "bananas", "twinkies", etc. (i.e. - socialized the same as their white peers), who, as a group, are larger than the no. of Jewish applicants - and yet are underrepresented in comparison to Jewish students).</p>
<p>And btw, black immigrant applicants are stereotyped as academic gunners (who primarily are interested in scientific fields) and the Ivies and other top universities can't seem to get enough of them (make up about 10% of the black pop. in the US but make up 40% of the black student pop. at the Ivies).</p>
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<p>The rise in the no. of Asian students at Berkeley started before the UC system got rid of AA.</p>
<p>Both UCB and Stanford have admitted to admissions practices which hurt Asian applicants and the no. of Asian students started to rise when they changed their admissions policies.</p>
<p>Btw, AA is still alive and well - it's just been revived under a different format.</p>
<p>hurts (10 chars)</p>
<p>"and k&s, i honestly have no idea what you're talking about. so step off."</p>
<p>just because you, TYLER doesn't know what he's talking about</p>
<p>doesn't mean he should step offf</p>
<p>what's the relation here between YOU not understanding and HIM leaving?</p>
<p>screwthepc, evidently you need to be reminded of the CC terms of service.</p>
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<p>Don't bump 10-day-old threads with the sole purpose of attacking another poster.</p>
<p>what did I attack him of?
did i give any personal insults?
i was pointing out his logical flaws.</p>
<p>hey pc, if you're going to revive dead threads simply for the sake of attacking someone, at least understand the conversation....</p>
<p>"Oh, please tyler –</p>
<p>I’ve debunked your “claims” many a time in previous posts."</p>
<p>-thats what I was referring to, you seem to be the only one who missed that.</p>
<p>Seems like screwthepc is making all of these ignorant claims in other threads and bumping threads about asian americans because he probably feels jealous of the success asian americans have had both in college and in the real world...</p>
<p>I think that this is his way of "internet role play" or something. trying to be the guy that goes "screw the pc" by making ignorant claims.</p>
<p>but anyway this thread should just die. again.</p>
<p>I agree that screwthepc keeps making ignorant and misleading posts.
Does that mean he is attacking? (sorry i dont quite see the distinction here)</p>
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<p>I’ve debunked your “claims” many a time in previous posts."</p>
<p>-thats what I was referring to, you seem to be the only one who missed that.
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<p>And you still seem to be unable to respond to my debunking with any rationale, coherent arguments.</p>
<p>because i don't know what "claims" you debunked..........</p>
<p>it hurts, real bad.</p>
<p>If it bugs you, keep the slot blank. ^_^ Then they won't know your race.</p>
<p>Being Asian and applying to college is like a popcorn kernel applying for a spot in the popcorn bag.</p>
<p>I think it's kind of rude when someone assumes you want to go somewhere because of its rank or prestige. I've had my heart set on Stanford since Freshman year of high school. I finally go to visit this year and you know what? I felt like I belonged there. Like I needed to go to that school. Everything there was just so awesome. I liked the campus so incredibly much and it just made me want to go there even more. >_<</p>
<p>That being said, I kind of understand why some people go for prestige. If you worked so hard in high school, I guess you want it to be reflected in where you get accepted. You want people to think, "Hey, that's one hard working kid." At least, that's how I see it. I'm sure there are many reasons why people go for prestige. Though, it's true what someone said before, one size doesn't fit all.</p>
<p>Don't assume everything from a brochure because what they advertise isn't what you get. I visited Rice Univeristy and I was thinking of applying there, but I hated it. I live in Dallas, so I'm used to Texas weather, but Houston weather was terrible. =/ The campus...I really disliked it too. Something about it...just didn't seem likable to me. Same goes for SMU. I hated the campus, not that I was really interested in going to SMU anyway.</p>
<p>Edit: And I said this before...but can't you just leave the slot blank? They don't ask for a picture right? Only Columbia asks me for a picture... So it's not like they'll know.</p>
<p>Will omitting race actually help an Asian's chances at very selective schools?</p>
<p>omitting race probably won't do anything for an asian, cause they can figure that most people who choose to do this are overrepresented already (all the hispanic, native, or african americans would mark their race). Just mark asian and don't stress about it. Colleges aren't going to accept/deny you just based on your race. Just try to have interests and not be stuck in the typical asian stereotype (i play tennis, piano, am president of math club and science club, computers, have no other interests (except those mentioned) and want to be in pre-med).</p>