Harvard's Asian Problem

YankeeFan · Nov 22, 2014

Can't have too many of them:

Over the last eight years Asian students have comprised between 17.6% and 20.7% of students admitted to Harvard. Though the number of Asians applying for admission has increased, the percentage of offers has barely budged. In 1992, 19.1% of Harvard’s admissions offers went to Asian applicants, compared to 25.2% who were admitted to the California Institute of Technology, a school that doesn’t use racial preferences. In 2013 Harvard made 18% of its offers to Asians, while CalTech admitted 42.5% Asian students.

Similar admissions percentages at Harvard have held steady for other racial groups with remarkably little variance. In other words, while schools like Harvard say the goal of racial preferences is to achieve a “critical mass” of minority students, the admissions evidence suggests that the school is reserving pre-rationed pie slices for racial groups.

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heyabbott · Nov 22, 2014

YankeeFan said:

Can't have too many of them:

Over the last eight years Asian students have comprised between 17.6% and 20.7% of students admitted to Harvard. Though the number of Asians applying for admission has increased, the percentage of offers has barely budged. In 1992, 19.1% of Harvard’s admissions offers went to Asian applicants, compared to 25.2% who were admitted to the California Institute of Technology, a school that doesn’t use racial preferences. In 2013 Harvard made 18% of its offers to Asians, while CalTech admitted 42.5% Asian students.

Similar admissions percentages at Harvard have held steady for other racial groups with remarkably little variance. In other words, while schools like Harvard say the goal of racial preferences is to achieve a “critical mass” of minority students, the admissions evidence suggests that the school is reserving pre-rationed pie slices for racial groups.

http://online.wSportsJournalists.com/articles/harvards-asian-problem-1416615041
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class of 2018 also is 12% African American and13% Hispanic. And 90% Jewish

LongTimeListener · Nov 22, 2014

That's Linsane.

heyabbott · Nov 22, 2014

you admit one and 20 minutes later you want to admit another

Flip Wilson · Nov 22, 2014

heyabbott said:

you admit one and 20 minutes later you want to admit another
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Just a few people in the press box looked up when I laughed at that.

Mark2010 · Nov 23, 2014

As long as the football team wins the Ivy League, is there much of a problem? How many Asians are on the roster?

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