<p>Ok, I'm Asian and another Asian I know from my school is applying to the same college as me. </p>
<p>His SAT, SAT IIs, APs, and GPA are all significantly better than mine. </p>
<p>He also does more stuff outside of school and does a lot of extraordinary volunteer work both in and out of the country. </p>
<p>Basically, he's 100 times better than me all around. </p>
<p>What I'm asking is whether this will affect my chances of getting accepted.... meaning if he didn't apply to the same college as me, would my chances of getting into this college be any different? Or does it have no effect. THANKS!</p>
<p>contrary to what was said above, this will hurt you especially at the top schools which don’t like to admit more than 1-2 students from a school (unless it’s a super high ranked high school), and if this kid is similar but better than you it will hurt you, especially as your Asian and college admissions do not treat us favorably. </p>
<p>First-relax. I know its hard, but panicking will not help. They are comparing you to the pool, and only if you are both top candidates would you two be compared. Accepting two students from one school is rare, but not unheard of. Focus on yourself to improve your chances. Retake tests you could score better on and get involved in volunteering, work, and/or other ECs. Write some killer essays. Also, ask yourself why it is you want to go to this school. Is it really the best fit? Even if so, be sure to find some other great schools to apply to as well. Good luck!</p>
<p>They do not take into account race as much as you think, but qualifications >.> </p>
<p>If it is a highly selective school, then perhaps it could have some effect and if he is qualified as you say, ask yourself are you equally as qualified in some shape or form? The only thing you can do is do your absolute best like sw0206 mentioned. And then from there apply to a couple of matches and safeties. Like any prospective college student, nothing is certain, so you shouldn’t be freaking out over something like this</p>
<p>You shouldn’t freak out. Just keep doing your best, and don’t mind the other person. I agree that it might hurt your chances, but just in case consider some other college matches or safeties.</p>
<p>The Asian part isn’t going to mean a thing. If he’s a hundred times better than you–if you are than way down there that he can be THAT much better, you aren’ t gonna get into any highly selective school. If you are within the same ball park, it 's not going to matter. There are some selective schools that have accepted 10-20 that I know of, students from the same graduating class, same admissions cycle. With a bunch of Asians in the group. So I wouldn’t sweat it from that standpoint. There is no quota system.</p>
<p>^^
Just see what happened at Berkeley and UC’s after they banned affirmative action, went from 26% Asian to 43% I think. Being Asian will hurt OP and it’s foolish to pretend otherwise.</p>
<p>LOL. You have a lot more to worry about than just one Asian from the same school. You aren’t just competing with him, you’re competing with the best Asians from all the best high schools across America. Feel better now? Relax and there’s nothing you can do about it.</p>
<p>Theanaconda, I don’t know any school that identifies student by race other than URMs which are put in a separate category at some schools for admissions. It doesn’t matter a whit if you are Asian. What matters is if you are not URM and a school has a significant number of such spots that will take out the number of seats in the general pool. Which would make a difference whether you are caucasian or asian, Yes, when affirmative action is completely removed and there are no URM pools for admissions, it makes more seats available for general admissions In that sense, it does affect admissions over all. But at some schools, Asians are URMs too, be aware.</p>
<p>I think studies have shown that anglicized Asians (with white names) fare better than regular Asians, if your name is Asian sounding then you will be assumed to be Asian. Again, the UC system and Berkeley are the best example of what happens. Studies predict that if race-blind admissions happens, 4/5 seats lost by URM’s will go to Asians, not Caucasians. Or (an admittedly) old study that shows for top schools, to get in as Asians you needed to have an SAT score 140/1600 higher than Caucasians. I am not debating the merit of affirmative action, but there is no absolutely no doubt that the worst ethnicity to be is Asian for nearly all schools </p>