<p>I don’t think any college would tell you why you got rejected. I believe there are quite a lot of kids like her, or even better than her were also rejected from all HPYMS. Each of those school had more than 30k applicants with only ~2000 postions which was farther reduced by the hooked kids, some unlucky kids would miss their chances. It’s hardly to believe the recommenters made some negative words on her, the teachers she chose liked her very much. Well, I asked a friend read her essay recently, he said the essay was written with unique style, but not selling her enough. Anyway, sometime, there is no reason to be rejected from any school.</p>
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The highschool I follow with interest (because my kids went there), this year’s graduating class had students in the top ten accepted to Harvard and Yale but they were whites. The class valedictorian was an Asian American (Chinese) but he was not accepted into any of the top ten schools (USN), not even top fifteen. Again, in this school the majority of the top ten students are Asian Americans and the val is invariably an AA. But these top ranking (who usually excels in extra curricular activities also) AA students have hard time getting in the top schools, for the past several years. Did your daughter decide which school to enroll at?</p>
<p>My S, an AA, is probably going to get 2400 on his SAT, but he really sucks at sports. Other ECs and awards are quite strong. His dream school is H. My fingers are crossed.</p>
<p>I looked Candidates for the Presidential Scholars Program 2012 in in New Jersey. <a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2012/candidates.pdf[/url]”>http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2012/candidates.pdf</a>.
The qualification was SAT 1600 (R+M) or ACT 36. Out of 100 candidates, count yourself, there were 50 Chinese + Korean, I believe there were many Indian students too. You can image what’s the ratio of AA in 2400ers. I guess most of them will be rejected by H, not because of high SAT scores. Diversity is an important factor for high education, which is also an elite college looking for.</p>
<p>By the way, none of those AA candidates was selected as Presidential Scholars of New Jersey.
To toughyear, my D enrolled in Williams College.</p>
<p>No. The acceptance rate for this group was 18.6%. This is in the information sent to alumni interviewers. Interestingly, this is the same percentage of candidates who were accepted with 3.6-3.8 GPAs. However, the acceptance rate from minority candidates with 3.5 GPAs was 49% (also from alumni interviewer statistics). If I read the statistics right, a minority candidate with a 3.5 GPA is roughly five times as likely to be admitted as a non-minority candidate with a 3.9 GPA. The reason is that Harvard is seeking diversity.</p>
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Congratulations. Williams is a great college. </p>
<p>The valedictorian student that I mentioned earlier is among the Semifinalists of the Presidential Scholars Program 2012 — and this indicates he excels in other areas than academics.<br>
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Lets call a spade a spade. **Selection and acceptance based on RACE and RACIAL DIVERSITY is an important factor in higher education ** Why should they use a disguise of ‘Diversity’ when what they are really doing is a racial discrimination practice? The US Department of the Interior describes ‘Diversity’ as
Harvard and other top colleges seem to be stressing only one aspect of this diversity, racial diversity, with a serious discrimination against one race in particular. Americans with Asian origin. This is racial discrimination that is still being practiced without being prosecuted by law. When will the Supreme Court hear the case against U.Texas about affirmative action in college admission? (AA should want more conservatives in the Supreme Court so that this affirmative action becomes declared unconstitutional).</p>
<p>As this thread is much about the Asian American applicants and the disadvantages they endure in college admission, I thought this recent study by Pew Research Center on the Asian Americans is interesting. Lots of interesting data are there.
[The</a> Rise of Asian Americans | Pew Social & Demographic Trends](<a href=“http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/the-rise-of-asian-americans/]The”>The Rise of Asian Americans | Pew Research Center)
[Asian</a> Americans | Pew Social & Demographic Trends](<a href=“http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans-graphics/]Asian”>Asian Americans - Research and data from Pew Research Center)</p>
<p>In the following video, at the 54 min mark, an audience member asks a question why the business and job creation by Asian Americans is not included in the Pew study. At 55:30 min mark, she mentions that the Asian Americans are the fastest growing community in the business formation by minority groups, accounts for 1/3 of all minority-owned businesses, over 50% of gross receipts and jobs (of minority-owned businesses) are by businesses owned by Asian Americans, etc.
[Video:</a> The Rise of Asian Americans | Pew Social & Demographic Trends](<a href=“http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/video-the-rise-of-asian-americans/]Video:”>Video: The Rise of Asian Americans | Pew Research Center)</p>
<p>The economic contribution by this meager 5.5% population group is very large.</p>
<p>from the data available on collegeboard, it appears to be true.</p>
<p>Please use old threads for information only, do not post and revive them.</p>