Asian Applicants Face Difficult Time
According to a recent US News and World Report, for Asian applicants, it is 3 times more difficult than White Americans and 15 times more difficult than African Americans to be admitted to top private colleges in the US. This news article was based on research by Thomas Espenshade of Princeton University. However, athletes, students from top high schools and black and Hispanic students from low income families had admissions edges. Read the original article.
Remember that this research was based on data from 1997. Many feel that it is probably even more difficult now than it was back in 1997. Some fear that Asian students are stereotyped as students who can do nothing else but studying and are victimized as college admissions officers make room for other races by admitting fewer Asians than their test scores, transcripts and other relevant data indicate.
As it was mentioned in earlier posts, many parents feel that college admissions seem more like lottery to some people. The criteria for admissions have become very obscure as many college admissions offices advocate holistic evaluation. What exactly is the holistic evaluation? As a parent of a college bound high school student, it is a bit disturbing to learn all this, not knowing how my student can prepare to study in a college of his choice and what his chances of getting into that college might be. What do you think about this news article?
