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LMAO. Nice.</p>
<p>No one is LOLing here. </p>
<p>So you’ll be perfectly happy with the fact that you will live under a shadow “he achieved this only because of the color of his skin” for the rest of your life? (whether truly deserved or not?) </p>
<p>Affirmative action is a double edged sword. It may help you get into the schools you want, but from the beginning you’re being judged on a double standard, and that’s not something you’ll be enjoying.</p>
<p>I always find it silly to let yourself be beaten down by such comments. </p>
<p>Anyways, remember that AA just gets your foot in the door. It ain’t a free ride.</p>
<p>Yea, I know, but it’s not like I’m prancing around campus with a mexican Flag. I’m going to definitely use it as a focal points on essays, but I’m not going to brag about it if I get into the school. Also , I don’t really look Mexican, so none will be the better :)</p>
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<p>I will be all too happy to oblige and complain about how I suffer disadvantages in the elite admissions process because of the color of my skin, if only to keep you busy apologizing to those poor ‘others’</p>
<p>Three cheers for people who are Mexican, but do not look it or have a last name that resembles it!</p>
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<p>I don’t know about graduate schools, but professional schools are known to battle each other fiercely for the top URM students.</p>
<p>ilovebagels, I’d be careful not to sound as if you are downplaying challenges faced by minorities. There is no doubt that these challenges are sometimes exaggerated, but they do, nevertheless, exist.</p>
<p>People of all ethnic backgrounds face challenges.</p>
<p>As one of Chinese descent, I think Chinese kids from working class, immigrant families are doing it wrong. Hard work is pointless if it doesn’t get you were you deserve to be. We need a charismatic, unselfish leader who will gather hoards of Asian-American followers together–Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Thais, you name it–and whine “THAT’S RACIST” on our behalf. I look forward to that day with glee.</p>