<p>Has anyone considered why? here are my best two guesses</p>
<ul>
<li>a lot of asians in california</li>
<li>UCs not allowed to discriminate</li>
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<p>In other news, the sky continues to be blue</p>
<p>(except in Beijing)</p>
<p>i think its also because UCs have high appeal to Asians. Like in Asia, UCLA and Berkeley are considered really prestigious.</p>
<p>asians are taking over!!</p>
<p>It's for the reasons you listed. UCLA's and Berkeley's appeal in Asia has nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>-Lots of asians in Cali</p>
<p>-Asians are cheap, and the UCs allow much lower tuition for in-staters</p>
<p>-Most of the UCs are fairly prestigious, notable Berkeley and UCLA, and Asians love prestige</p>
<p>-UCs are very number based, and since asians are notoriously higher test scores and have high GPAs, they are admitted in high numbers.</p>
<p>(I am asian myself, by the way)</p>
<p>wouldn't they aim for higher ranked schools then?</p>
<p>Wow. Please don't do this again.</p>
<p>I've noticed a sudden influx of hundreds of Chinese students at our local university. Apparently they were recruited for a new program which lets them attend the University of Toledo for one year, like being an exchange student in college. Toledo has the opennings and apparently they have the money.</p>
<p>As the Black Lantern said, the UCs are not allowed to discriminate based on ethnicity. If other prestigious schools were similarly prohibited from using race during admissions, many would have a higher % of Asians than they do now...though maybe not as high a % as UCLA and Berkeley, because there are a lot more Asians in California. But is there any doubt that MIT, for example, would be close to 50% Asian if they couldn't discriminate based on race (under the insidious guise of "diversity" and affirmative action)?</p>
<p>agree with Tourguide 10000%</p>
<p>Thanks, Shad.</p>
<p>If a spaceship came from Mars and monitored all of our conversations and TV and radio broadcasts, the Martians would likely come to the conclusion that we in the US are very fair people who are obsessed with preventing ethnic stereotyping, ethnic discrimination, ethnic injustice, hate crimes, etc. Our kids learn from kindergarten onward that racial discrimination is vile and inherently evil. Yet right under our noses, Asians are blatantly held to different standards than other ethnic groups. Their crime? Working hard and getting better grades and test scores. I'm NOT Asian, but I can't believe people aren't rioting in the streets over the way Asian applicants are treated.</p>
<p>I still think my reasons are more accurate :)</p>
<p>Agreed about MIT. Just look at Caltech: it's over 40% Asian, I believe.</p>
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<p>Because they punch way, way above their representative weight when it comes to stone cold academics. Period.</p>
<p>You know what has to suck big time? Being an academic underachiever as an Asian... and by that I mean a "B" student.</p>
<p>To the OP: did you go to a h igh school that had a signficant Asian population? Asians , at our high school, have a reputation for working like machines. They work interminably! Their parents get very upset if the kids get even one "B" on their post card. </p>
<p>Moreover, they REALLY know how to prepare for the SATS. In our high school, there was a group of Asian kids that attended an SAT course for almost two years! Yes, you heard that right. I don't know if there was a special deal or contract cut with the SAT provider,but these kids were preparing since early in their sophomore year of high school. Not surprisingly, the whole group did very, very well on both the SATs and ACTs.</p>
<p>I should say that this "work till you drop philosophy" of Asians has benefited other kids too. My daughter has that philosophy as has many of her high school friends, which is why graduates of our high school usually do exceedingly well in college. Although I do feel sorry for the kids that can't have lives, I do highly respect their commitment.</p>