<p>TV4caster, I looked at the numbers I posted again(looked at the links I posted for TJ’s college destination numbers)- for 2010-it is UVa 91,William and Mary 60, Virginia Tech 30, Duke 17. The numbers you posted were for class of 2011,not 2010, which is why they did not match what I listed.For 2011, it was UVa 106, William and Mary 56, Virginia Tech 31, Duke 12.
That is strange about that University of Michigan deferral. Hope it works out.</p>
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<p>From 1997 to 1998 (when Proposition 209 affected UC admissions), Asian American (including Filipino and Pacific Islander) freshmen enrollment at Berkeley increased from 1,465 to 1,565 (total freshman enrollment went from 3,557 to 3,722, so Asian American freshmen increased from 41% to 42% of the total), according to [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu) . The biggest change for 1998 was for Unknown, from 186 to 539 (from 5% to 14% of the total).</p>
<p>[On</a> College Applications, Some Asian-Americans Avoid The ‘Race’ Box | Here & Now](<a href=“http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/02/03/college-admissions-asians]On”>http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/02/03/college-admissions-asians)</p>
<p>ucbalumnus: that no. did seem too high to be believed. Here’s the audio of the program I was referring to. It is not Fresh Air, it was from Here and Now.</p>
<p>Even if you assume that all of the increase from 1997 to 1998 in Unknown was due to Asian Americans not checking the race box, that would be far from double. But one would expect Proposition 209 to have had the opposite effect, causing Asian Americans to be more likely to check the race box, but others to be less likely to check the race box.</p>
<p>The Here and Now link you gave does not claim doubling at UC, nor does it even mention UC.</p>
<p>The UC Berkleley discussion was in a sidebar discussion on the radio. I guess it didn’t make it into the audio. Also, the text on the web was a small part of the radio piece.</p>
<p>The person speaking in the radio program may have said the entire U. California system, not Berkeley, or his numbers may have been wrong. There have been adjustments to the U.C admissions policies over the years since the original outlawing of affirmative action, so it is hard to compare. </p>
<p>In any case, it is interesting that at least a few of the U. California campuses have over 40% Asian-American undergrads in their enrollments. People who believe Asian-Americans are being discriminated against are using those numbers to attack other selective universities. </p>
<p>At the same time, I read that some Asian-American applicants feel they are being displaced by the higher numbers of Chinese students who are paying full sticker price.</p>
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<p>For the entire UC system, eligibility was determined by a GPA and test score chart at the time; changes in admission policies with respect to race in 1998 should theoretically have had no actual effect if the entire UC system as a whole were considered, since any race-considering policies would have simply redistributed UC eligible students to different UC campuses within the UC system.</p>
<p>However, the perceptions associated with the policy change likely did change who actually applied and what race boxes they checked. While this likely did change the composition of the UC systemwide student population as a whole, it is unlikely to have come anywhere near doubling the number of Asian American freshmen in 1998.</p>
<p>A Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper article dated, July 31, 2011, contains links to information on how many students from each Virginia high school and region were accepted by UVA and W&M last year. Among other statements made, “The two schools with the highest number of acceptances are the state’s premier governor’s schools — Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria and Maggie Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies in Richmond. They rank No. 1 and 2, respectively, on both lists of top schools by admission numbers. Thomas Jefferson, with 425 graduates, will send 106 to U.Va. and 56 to W&M. Of Maggie Walker’s 179 graduates, 45 plan to go to U.Va. and 21 to W&M.”<br>
Here is the link: [Northern</a> Virginia leads U.Va., W&M admissions | Richmond Times-Dispatch](<a href=“http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jul/31/tdmain01-uva-wampm-draw-large-portion-of-student-b-ar-1208154/]Northern”>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jul/31/tdmain01-uva-wampm-draw-large-portion-of-student-b-ar-1208154/)
My S is one of those Northern Virginia students who would be happy to increase UVA’s yield if accepted.</p>