Stanford but c+/b- (2.7) GPA...want BU MBA

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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You denounce bern700 for his sterotypical racism, yet in the latter part of your comment you used it as he did. Nice work.

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<p>I would have assumed that if you go to Penn that you would have been able to catch the sarcasm in that. </p>

<p>bern700, the comment I made is to exactly describe the myth that so many others believe. I don't doubt that past generations of Asians may have lacked communication issues, but asian americans that grew up here are par/par with caucasians with communications skills.</p>

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<p>why did the public schools on the grade inflation site have such low GPA's</p>

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I can bet you that she's going to be more successful than most asians from top schools that end up as back office number crunchers because they have no personality or people skills.

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<p>HAHA. I think this is true. BUT I don't think its because Asians CAN'T, but because of what Asian parents have DRILLED in their children's heads. </p>

<p>Take this thread, as an example:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=170748%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=170748&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Its true that Asian parents stress grades TOO MUCH, all while their kids stay at home and study all day.</p>

<p>Back to the post, I think that its true that if the OP just does has some great work experience, they should be fine. But having great work experience is easier said than done.</p>

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why did the public schools on the grade inflation site have such low GPA's

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<p>I think it's twofold. Firstly, the private schools feel pressure to give high grades because the students are paying a lot to attend them, so they feel they should get something in return. In essence, the students are buying a diploma from these schools. </p>

<p>It didn't always use to be that way. In the old days, private schools would grade just as hard, if not harder, than the public schools. But then when private schools implemented grade inflation, they also compensated by just making admissions extremely hard, such that now the hardest part of getting a degree from an elite private school is simply getting admitted in the first place. Public schools, in contrast, have always been easier to get in, relatively speaking, for their state residents. However, in order to maintain their prestige, public schools have to respond by grading harder and flunking some students out for poor academic performance to compensate for the fact that the students they bring in are not as of high quality as comparable private schools. </p>

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HAHA. I think this is true. BUT I don't think its because Asians CAN'T, but because of what Asian parents have DRILLED in their children's heads. </p>

<p>Take this thread, as an example:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ad.php?t=170748%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ad.php?t=170748&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Its true that Asian parents stress grades TOO MUCH, all while their kids stay at home and study all day.

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<p>Well, in fairness, it should be pointed out that at least the Asian parents care about the education of their children. Hence, at the end of the day, Asian-Americans have the highest salaries and highest average education levels of any ethnic group in the US, significantly higher than even Caucasians. I also think that Asian parents emphasize grades too much, but at least they're doing SOMETHING. Let's face it. A lot of parents don't care about their kids' educations at all, and as a result, there are a lot of people who have both poor social skills AND low grades. In other words, at least Asian kids are taught to respect education. Let's face it -a LOT of American kids simply have no respect for education, and that's because their parents don't teach them that education is important.</p>