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> he would have been fine at MIT I suspect Why? Because he is Asian and must be good with numbers? Chuck, what you describe, does indeed exist in American uni
by zerr 11y ago
> he would have been fine at MIT I suspect
Why? Because he is Asian and must be good with numbers?
Chuck, what you describe, does indeed exist in American universities, but it is a discrimination. We should fight such atrocities.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoNot at all, because everything I read about him suggests he is a focused problem solver. Someone who meets challenges with creative solutions out of the stuff he has on hand versus someone going back and doing a lot of set up research and then testing phases and then development. Many of the folks I've met from MIT fit that same model, basically uniting around solving complex problems.
- maneesh 11y agoI was thinking the same thing. The speed at which parent jumped to that conclusion made me think he was the discriminating one, not you.
- zerr 11y agoI guess I should've put /s at the end of the first statement/question. I meant we shouldn't judge by stereotypes - I'm glad Chuck meant a different thing... at that level though.
- grinich 11y agoMIT is actually more diverse than Harvard. In the past several years, it's been >10% international. Both schools have about the same percentage of Asian students. Harvard: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/admissions-statistics https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/admissions-statistics MIT: http://web.mit.edu/ir/pop/students/diversity.html http://web.mit.edu/ir/pop/students/diversity.html
- zerr 11y agoNatural diversity is good of course, but we've heard some horrible stories regarding forced diversity (race, gender, ...) - preferring A over B only because B's race quota has been filled...