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kyro did not claim there was a 5% cap on the proportion of Asians at schools. He claimed that the admissions pool was drawn out of the top 5% of each ethnic bra

kyro did not claim there was a 5% cap on the proportion of Asians at schools. He claimed that the admissions pool was drawn out of the top 5% of each ethnic bracket. Those are two different things.

smoyer 14y ago
Thanks for pointing that out ... I missed it as I read the article. In that case, I can tell you that the pool of WASP kids (like my daughter) at Princeton consisted of those who had "almost perfect" SAT scores, documented extra-curricular activities, proof of social awareness (best shown by volunteer work with disadvantaged populations) and good interview skills. I'd say it's pretty hard to get into that population as well.
- bradleyjg 14y ago
  WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestent. It sounds like your daughter doesn't qualify on at least two counts, and even a biological daughter would fail on at least one. N.B. Decendents of the Jutes, Angels, and Saxons who remained behind when those tribes invaded England are not referred to as Anglo-Saxons.
- auctiontheory 14y ago
  If this is the same daughter, I think you just told us that she is not a WASP! (Maybe a 'P'!)
- beachstartup 14y ago
  > WASP kids (like my daughter) white nope anglo saxon nope, and not even if she were your biological daughter. protestant ... maybe. is she religious?
  - smoyer 14y ago
    I was referring to my biological daughter.
runamok 14y ago
I almost made that same mistake. I was thinking "are there even 20 racial groups"? Acceptance rate at Harvard is 5.9% for instance. So you get almost 20x applicants than you can accept.
- argonaut 14y ago
  Actually I'm talking about medical schools, which often have admit rates below 5%. Taking the top 5% of every ethnic group is the same as taking 5% of the entire applicant population, so this only applies to med schools with admit rates below 5%. I'm not talking about undergrad.
  - pc86 14y ago
    > Taking the top 5% of every ethnic group is the same as taking 5% of the entire applicant population Except you get an entirely different applicant pool; if the numbers from the article are accurate, the former gives you far fewer Asians and Whites and far more African Americans and Hispanics than the latter.

kyro did not claim there was a 5% cap on the proportion of Asians at schools. He claimed that the admissions pool was drawn out of the top 5% of each ethnic bracket. Those are two different things.

smoyer 14y ago

Thanks for pointing that out ... I missed it as I read the article. In that case, I can tell you that the pool of WASP kids (like my daughter) at Princeton consisted of those who had "almost perfect" SAT scores, documented extra-curricular activities, proof of social awareness (best shown by volunteer work with disadvantaged populations) and good interview skills. I'd say it's pretty hard to get into that population as well.

bradleyjg 14y ago
WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestent. It sounds like your daughter doesn't qualify on at least two counts, and even a biological daughter would fail on at least one. N.B. Decendents of the Jutes, Angels, and Saxons who remained behind when those tribes invaded England are not referred to as Anglo-Saxons.
auctiontheory 14y ago
If this is the same daughter, I think you just told us that she is not a WASP! (Maybe a 'P'!)
beachstartup 14y ago
> WASP kids (like my daughter) white nope anglo saxon nope, and not even if she were your biological daughter. protestant ... maybe. is she religious?
- smoyer 14y ago
  I was referring to my biological daughter.

runamok 14y ago

I almost made that same mistake. I was thinking "are there even 20 racial groups"? Acceptance rate at Harvard is 5.9% for instance. So you get almost 20x applicants than you can accept.

argonaut 14y ago
Actually I'm talking about medical schools, which often have admit rates below 5%. Taking the top 5% of every ethnic group is the same as taking 5% of the entire applicant population, so this only applies to med schools with admit rates below 5%. I'm not talking about undergrad.
- pc86 14y ago
  > Taking the top 5% of every ethnic group is the same as taking 5% of the entire applicant population Except you get an entirely different applicant pool; if the numbers from the article are accurate, the former gives you far fewer Asians and Whites and far more African Americans and Hispanics than the latter.