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Tag Archives: Harvard
Asian American Admissions after the end of Racial Affirmative Action
After the end of racial Affirmative Action last year, a key question of interest emerged: how would admissions to elite colleges be affected? Would Asian American admissions skyrocket? Would be Black and Hispanic numbers decline? Looking at some summaries of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education
Tagged Affirmative Action, college admissions, College Admissions Game, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, OiYan Poon, Princeton, Yale
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CAAMFest 2024: Opening Night and Gala with ‘Admissions Granted’
This year’s opening night film was the documentary Admissions Granted: “In the run-up to the landmark Supreme Court case pitting Asian American plaintiffs against Harvard University, controversial legal strategist Edward Blum took direct aim at dismantling affirmative action, energizing activists … Continue reading
Lawsuit Targets One of Harvard’s Last Bastions of Affirmative Action – Legacies
After losing its affirmative action case in the US Supreme Court, Harvard is seeing one of its last bastions of affirmative action – legacy admissions – become the target of a lawsuit. Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the civil rights … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education
Tagged college admissions, Harvard, legacies
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Harvard Asian American Admissions Up in 2023 as Supreme Court Decision Looms
Harvard’s Asian American admissions, subject of a lawsuit that accuses of Harvard of suppressing Asian American admissions, rose to 29.1% for the incoming class for 2023. This is an increase from 2022’s 27.1% of the admitted class, a absolute percentage … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education
Tagged Affirmative Action, College Admissions Game, Harvard
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‘Harvard Please Let Me In’ – A Music Video by Ethan Kim
I saw a Facebook friend of mine post this video from YouTube about North Carolina high school student Ethan Kim, who had applied early to Harvard, but got deferred. So he decided to put together a rap music video asking … Continue reading
An Asian/White Divide in Silicon Valley
Many statistics quoted about Silicon Valley diversity often lump Asian and Whites together vs Hispanics and African Americans. This sorting implies that there is some kind of unity between Asian and Whites in Silicon Valley. As a longtime resident, I … Continue reading
Posted in Education, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Harvard, Samuel Liu, Saratoga High School, self-segregation
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8AsiansNews: Debate on Affirmative Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AycvECJji9s Debate held at Harvard University discusses the question “Does Affirmative Action On Campus Do More Harm Than Good?” as featured on NPR Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates Podcast.
One Easy Way to Win Praise and Adulation for Getting into Harvard and Stanford
With the revelation from an Ivy admissions insider about biases against Asian Americans and ever increasing application pools, it seems more and more difficult for an Asian American to get into “dream” schools like Princeton and UC Berkeley. Some Asian … Continue reading
The College Admissions Game Addendum 1: Rankings, Ratings, and Registering
How much is getting into a top ranked college worth? One family from Hong Kong offered up to $400K to a popular Silicon Valley consultant to get their “C” average student into a top ranked school. This raises many questions, … Continue reading
Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill Discrimination Suits: Good or Bad for Asian Americans?
Harvard and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have been sued for their admissions practices by the organization Project for Fair Representation. The suit says that Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill are making admissions harder for Asian Americans than … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education
Tagged Affirmative Action, Edward Blum, Harvard
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Admissions Discrimination Investigation Against Harvard and Princeton Closed After Complaint Withdrawn
An investigation into whether Harvard and Princeton’s admissions discriminate against Asian Americans has been dropped after the complaint by an Indian American student in California was withdrawn. The student and his family have not said why the complaints were withdrawn. … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Education
Tagged college admissions, Harvard, Jian Li, Princeton
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U.S. Education Department Investigating Harvard and Princeton for Discrimination against APAs
An Indian American student has triggered an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights into discrimination by Harvard and Princeton University against Asian Americans. Studies from Princeton itself conclude that Asian Americans need higher test scores … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Education
Tagged college admissions, Harvard, Princeton
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