Asians negatively affected by affirmative action?
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 7:06 pm
"Asians need SAT scores 140 points higher than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and an incredible 450 points higher than blacks (out of 1,600 points) to get into these schools. An Asian applicant with an SAT score of 1,500, that is, has the same chance of being accepted as a white student with a 1,360, a Latino with a 1,230, or an African-American with a 1,050. Among candidates in the highest (1,400–1,600) SAT range, 77 percent of blacks, 48 percent of Hispanics, 40 percent of whites, and only 30 percent of Asians are admitted....
" 'Asians are typecast in college admissions offices as quasi-robots programmed by their parents to ace math and science tests,' Golden observes. A Yale student commenting on the Princeton OCR complaint put it more bluntly: '[T]here can be good reasons for the disproportionately low acceptance rates for many Asians. . . . Top-tier schools . . . look not only for good grades but for an interesting student who will bring something of value to the community.' ....
"Another study by Espenshade found that racial preferences for blacks and Latinos at elite colleges come almost entirely at the expense of Asian-Americans rather than whites. He and a colleague determined that if affirmative action were eliminated, '[n]early four out of every five places . . . not taken by African-American and Hispanic students would be filled by Asians.' "
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/26_1_c ... ation.html
It sounds like Asians are being rejected from universities so that more blacks and Latinos can be enrolled. Diversity has become more important that academic achievement. Asians, however, are partially to blame since most of them vote Democrat.
" 'Asians are typecast in college admissions offices as quasi-robots programmed by their parents to ace math and science tests,' Golden observes. A Yale student commenting on the Princeton OCR complaint put it more bluntly: '[T]here can be good reasons for the disproportionately low acceptance rates for many Asians. . . . Top-tier schools . . . look not only for good grades but for an interesting student who will bring something of value to the community.' ....
"Another study by Espenshade found that racial preferences for blacks and Latinos at elite colleges come almost entirely at the expense of Asian-Americans rather than whites. He and a colleague determined that if affirmative action were eliminated, '[n]early four out of every five places . . . not taken by African-American and Hispanic students would be filled by Asians.' "
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/26_1_c ... ation.html
It sounds like Asians are being rejected from universities so that more blacks and Latinos can be enrolled. Diversity has become more important that academic achievement. Asians, however, are partially to blame since most of them vote Democrat.