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Tag Archives: College Admissions Game
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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AAPIs (and some Asian Canadians) in the 2024 Paris Olympics: A Retrospective
After watching the 2024 Paris Olympics which closed last week, I definitely felt that AAPI athletes had a high profile. That led me to decide to create this retrospective on AAPI (and some extent, the Asian Canadian) presence in the … Continue reading
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
28% Asian American Admissions Disadvantage to Selective Colleges
While Harvard is being sued by for its legacy admissions policy, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows that Asian applicants to a set of highly selective colleges have a 28% disadvantage compared to white … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education
Tagged Affirmative Action, College Admissions Game
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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
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Tagged Affirmative Action, College Admissions Game, Harvard
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NYC Theater Review: peerless at Primary Stages
Jiehae Park’s dark comedy peerless about the high pressure stakes of elite college admissions is now playing at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters in New York City. This twist on Macbeth features twin Asian American sisters, M and L, who … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Comedy, Education, Entertainment, Family, New York, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged college admissions, College Admissions Game, Jiehae Park, peerless, Sasha Diamond, Shannon Tyo
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New Study claims “No Strong Evidence” of College Admissions Discrimination against Asian Americans
When I first read that research from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce claims that there is no strong evidence of admissions discrimination against Asian Americans in the 90 most selective colleges in the US, I was skeptical. … 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