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Tag Archives: college admissions
“Holistic” Admissions at UC Berkeley: An Insider View
Question: What activity would have enough ethical dilemnas to scare off an ethics professor? Answer: UC Berkeley’s “ holistic” Admissions process. Ruth Starkman, who at the time was an ethics professor at the University of San Francisco, has written this … Continue reading
How White Views on “Meritocracy” Change After Learning About Asian American Student Success
Any discussion about caps on Asian American college enrollment needs to be accompanied by definition what criteria should be used for admissions. University of Miami sociology professor Frank L. Samson found that white Californians that he surveyed strongly supported … Continue reading
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Tagged college admissions, Frank L. Samson, University of California
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Former Ivy League Admissions Officer Says Asian Americans At A Disadvantage
You do find that some Asians can be disadvantaged in the process, and not only because admissions committees think about Asians in a specific way, but because recommenders do too. These are the words of a former Ivy League Admissions … Continue reading
Hong Kong Couple Sues Admissions Consultant For $2 Million After Sons Rejected From Harvard
A Hong Kong couple is suing an “Education Consultant” for the $2 million that they paid to get their sons into Harvard. The suit alleges that Mark Zimny of IvyAdmit Consulting Associates asked Gerald and Lily Chow to entrust money … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), DUDE WTF ASIA, Education, WTF
Tagged Admissions Consultants, college admissions, Harvard University
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The College Admissions Game, Part 9: Aftermath
After playing the college admissions game, did we win? Was the investment in an admissions consultant worth it? Did the predictions by the admissions officer come true? Did get Number One son and The Daughter get into their dream school? … Continue reading
The College Admissions Game, Part 8: The Interview
One part of the college admissions process that you may encounter is the interview. Some colleges require it, while two out of the three high schools that Number One Son applied to required interviews. Although The Daughter did not have … Continue reading
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Tagged college admissions, college interview
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The College Admissions Game, Part 7: Applications
Stories about caps on the number of Asian Americans admitted to elite universities might make a student applying for college wonder if he or she should check the box for Asian American. That applicant might balk at applying to many … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, college admissions, Facebook, social networking
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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
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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
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Tagged college admissions, Harvard, Princeton
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Is Foreign Tuition Money Squeezing Out Asian American College Students?
One of the predictions from the admissions officer who spoke at The Daughter’s High School was that as public universities get their funding cut, they will seek to increase revenue by recruiting more out of state students who can pay … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese students, college admissions, public universities
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The College Admissions Game, Part 4: The School Visit
I selected colleges to apply to without ever visiting most of them. I even decided which one to attend without visiting the ones that accepted me. Looking back, I was pretty lucky that I ended up with a good experience. … Continue reading
The College Admissions Game, Part 3: An Admissions Officer Speaks
College admissions officers have been criticized about things like caps on Asians Americans and decisions about who gets in and who does not. But what do they really think? The Daughter’s high school held a session where a college admissions … Continue reading