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Yale discriminate against asians and whites?

Yeah I read about this issue.
It's a real shame.

The students who get in should be the students that have the highest scores, period.

Just like the person who gets the job should be the best one for said job and not just picked because there's a lack of women/men or anyone of a certain ethnicity.

FYI I'm not Asian, but I do believe that if they only let in who scores the highest academically, top colleges would primarily consist of Asians.
The tiger parent stereotype is a stereotype for a reason and often it results in high scores.

People hate hearing this but it's true.
If one cannot make their dreams come true through old fashioned hard work then we're not much of the America that immigrants imagined of and came here for anyways

Racism is awful. Most people agree & I'd like to believe that most treat others with dignity. I just wish we abolished it in all forms; both ways.
Having laws or policies in any sector that does otherwise doesn't make much sense to me.
 
Yes they do as do most of the others.
 
This is so not new. Ivy admissions are not based on high test scores. Private schools don't admit by meritocracy. That's why you see way more Asians at public schools.
 
These universities should also remove their "legacy" admissions policy. One student should not receive an admissions advantage over another prospective admit due to where their parents graduated from.
 
My son was a home school student due to his piano performing and competition schedule, but daughter attended public schools. Her middle school was good, but the Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, NC was awful. I don't remember her doing homework. Students were mostly black, Hispanic and few whites. One black 10th grade student was bringing her baby to school. Then in the middle of my daughter's 10th grade year we moved to Cupertino, CA and following my husband's friends advice, we started renting apartment near Mona Vista High, a local public school. The students were mostly Asian (Indian including). She was doing her homework all evenings and all nights, often till 3-4am. I am sure she was rather happy to work that hard and receive good grades. Of course, it was a stressful learning environment, but she never complained.

Several years ago one rather brave Asian father mentioned the discrimination against hard working Asian students on Nextdoor. No matter how great their test scores were, they were non getting admitted to the best private universities. I didn't read neighbors' replies, I just remember feeling his greatest pain since I knew well how hard he and his child worked in order to achieve the highest scores.
 
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the biggest prejudice universities have is the legacy system, some are dropping it but we should get rid of it altogether imho. also admission by donation....i read somewhere admission to harvard is a 2-3$m donation (not saying that is true, but also wouldn't be surprised).
 
There goes your white privilege and here comes your black privilege. Depending on the color of your skin there are advantages to certain things in life.
 
Musia said:
Several years ago one rather brave Asian father mentioned the discrimination against hard working Asian students on Nextdoor. No matter how great their test scores were, they were non getting admitted to the best private universities. I didn't read neighbors' replies, I just remember feeling his greatest pain since I knew well how hard he and his child worked in order to achieve the highest scores.
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Yup, Big disadvantage for Asians getting into a private U.
 
I didn’t read the article but Here is some food for thought: what makes Yale so highly regarded? And has this alleged discrimination lessened the caliber of graduate they are producing? If it’s really a harmful practice, why is Yale so highly regarded in spite of this? Could it be that diversity and inclusion help to create a better outcome in the learning environment and outweigh standardized test scores and identical GPA’s? Maybe we should examine the most brilliant people in history to answer this question.
 
My daughter attended and graduated from a well-regarded public university in Canada, after graduating from high school in the US. The admissions process looked only at her grades transcript, SAT, SAT subject and AP course scores. Not only were teacher recommendations and resumes of sports/extra-curriculars not required, there was no mechanism to offer them if you wanted to. It appears to be a system completely based on academic merit - but they may have quotas on how many international students they allow from different countries. At any rate, under this system approximately 15% of their undergraduates are Chinese international students. The number of students with Chinese ethnicity is higher as it would include students from Canada and other countries.

For better or worse, highly selective schools in the US aspire to have diversity. A school like Yale, with less than 7% admissions rate, has enough ridiculously qualified applicants to achieve whatever diversity they are looking for and still keep the caliber of students very high. I'm conflicted about it. I was glad my own kid went to a university that was easier (much) to get into than an ivy league school but actually very tough to graduate from. I promote public universities with my own high school students every chance I get.
 
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