<p>Okay, so it's an oxymoron. </p>
<p>What if someone is in an under represented Asian ethnic group, for example, Thai. Do colleges not care?</p>
<p>At my school of about 1300 students, there are only two Thai kids!</p>
<p>that's an interesting point... or vietnamese</p>
<p>we don't have many japanese either</p>
<p>Indeed. And I wonder how the number of Scots measures up vs. the number of Italians, Irish and Poles!</p>
<p>They do ask for your specific nationality if you say you're asian, so I'm guessing it does play some role if you're not the standard Chinese applicant I guess....</p>
<p>Byerly's sarcasm is unfortunately a little truthful...I remember reading an article by some Harvard guy where he or she said that they might decide to accept someone because that person knew how to speak some asian mountain language or something...exagerating it but w/e.</p>
<p>Scots wearing kilts must be able to earn an edge under <em>some</em> preference category .... cross-dressers, perhaps?</p>
<p>It's always going to depend on the college. Some colleges only care about race. Some care about nationality. Some care about whether a group is underrepresented at their particular institution. Some care about whether a group is stigmatized in society. Some don't care about any of it.</p>
<p>Not really related, but one of my hallmates is half-Thai, half-Palestinian. I have no idea what percentage of MIT students are Thai.</p>
<p>Japanese aren't underrepresented; there just aren't as many of them in the US population. Some universities consider Thais, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Laos, etc. to be URMs, others don't.</p>
<p>oops, I didn't mean for my wording "not care" to be so strong. thanks for the insight!</p>
<p>sweet, there's a Thai Student organization at MIT!</p>
<p>Asians are basically all grouped together at most elite colleges - as being from one OVERpresented minority group</p>
<p>Basically you have to be from one of the favored "minority" groups</p>
<p>Another one of the distortions created by continued color-coding affirmative action policies, which typically are nothing but diisguised racial quotas</p>
<p>In regards to the comments by AA proponents, Scots, Italian. Poles, and Irish are not normally deemed "minorities" as they are caucasian. Of course they already know that, but insist in posting nonsense anyways</p>
<p>holy moly, I just emailed the Thai Student organization, and they said there's only 11 enrolled Thai students in the undergrad school, and about 40-50 in grad.</p>
<p>crazzzyyyy!</p>
<p>Uhm, yeah, there are 11 international students from Thailand at MIT.</p>
<p>somehow I don't think that's what you were looking for.</p>
<p>ahhh. you're right! thanks for clarifying that. I knew there had to be more smart Thai kids than that! ; )</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>To my point of view, the number of the Asian kids here are almost the same as the number of the White kids.</p>
<p>How ironic. Saying someone is "overrepresented" based solely on race is racism also.</p>