If you're Asian...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I’m Asian. And I’m proud. And if I have less chance of going to Harvard for it, I’ll just face it and just try harder like a true Asian.</p>

<p>The statistic is actually correct. I inputed my scores in mychance.org and applied them to Harvard. I had 15% chance as Asian. Just tried changing myself as “Hispanic” for the heck of it, and my chance rose to 60%. Not trying to be a racist, but it is true that race plays somewhat a big role in admission.</p>

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<p>I am Hispanic, and I do admit that when I am applying to colleges, I probably do get an advantage just because of my race over Asian or Caucasian people. But, I have worked really hard in high school, so I hope my achievements also help me, not just my race.</p>

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<p>"The statistic is actually correct. "</p>

<p>What statistic? How about these?</p>

<p>[ACE</a> | Students of Color Make Dramatic Gains in College Enrollment But Still Trail Whites in the Rate at Which They Attend College](<a href=“American Council on Education”>American Council on Education)</p>

<p>“Although students of color made significant gains in college enrollment, African American and Hispanic students still lag behind their white peers in the rate at which they enroll in college. In 2002-04, 47.3 percent of white high school graduates age 18 to 24 attended college compared with 41.1 percent of African Americans and 35.2 percent of Hispanics.”</p>

<p>“The high school completion rate for African Americans age 18 to 24 rose two percentage points from 75.6 percent in 1992-94 to 77.8 percent in 2002-04, while the rate for Hispanics showed the largest increase up from 56.6 percent in 1992-94 to 64.4 percent in 2002-04. Hispanics still trail whites and African Americans in high school completion. The high school completion for whites was 87.6 percent in 2002-04, up from 85.6 percent in 1992-94.”</p>

<p>I didn’t see any Asian statistics there, but I bet AS A GROUP, the numbers look pretty good.</p>

<p>I DID find this…</p>

<p>“Among students who began college in 1995–96, Asian-American students had the highest rate of attaining a bachelor’s degree (62.3 percent) within six years, followed by white students (58 percent), Hispanics (42 percent) and African Americans (36.4 percent).”</p>

<p>And this…</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_outcomes_in_the_United_States_by_race_and_other_classifications[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_outcomes_in_the_United_States_by_race_and_other_classifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Seriously…be proud…the IMPORTANT odds are WITH you.</p>