<p>bluenotebook - both applicants you showcased here probably could do the work at Cornell, even though the Hispanic has lower stats. Now if you have 50 Asian applicants with higher stats in general, 5 Hispanics with lower stats (but still have minimum requirements), and Cornell’s admit rate is 20%, would you admit 10 Asians and 1 Hispanics, or would you admit 8 Asians and 3 Hispanics?</p>
<p>The fact that Asians need higher stats to get admitted has nothing to do AA, it has everything to do with the fact Asians generally have higher test scores and GPA, and colleges do not want the campus to be filled with 50% Asians. The is no different than with Men/Women admit rate. Engineering Men admit rate is 15.86%, and for Women is
35.32%. Hotel Men admit rate is 37.5, and for Women is 21.29%. <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf#zoom=100[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf#zoom=100</a></p>
<p>This is about building a community. A top tier school has the luxury of crafting a community with well balanced men/women ratio, race, talent, and still maintain its high academic standard.</p>