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What sets Asian Advantage apart from other college consultants?
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Most college consultants have a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach to college admissions for applicants regardless of their race. They either have very little knowledge about how biased the college admissions process is towards Asian-American applicants, or they are ex-college admissions officers with a vested interest in playing down the racial quotas that dominate the process. For the latter especially, these racial quotas enhance the admissions prospects of their mostly-white client base.
We are one of a handful of college consultants - and the only one in the Western US - whose focus is on assisting Asian-American students who are applying to the elite tier of colleges, and need an extra boost with their applications because of the schools’ discriminatory practices.
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Why do elite colleges discriminate against Asian-American applicants?
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Since almost all College Admissions Directors are politically liberal, they have a desire for their student bodies to racially mirror the population as a whole. But the large number of qualified and outstanding Asian-American applicants to schools like Stanford, Harvard and Cal threaten to overwhelm their schools’ student demographics--to the point where the student bodies would no longer have a plurality of white students. That’s where they draw the line.
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What does this discrimination mean for the highly-qualified Asian-American applicant?
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It means that your application will be subjected to a higher standard of admission. College admissions directors will say that in addition to academic criteria, their applicants will be evaluated through “holistic” methods. This is a code word for racial discrimination and an undocumented quota system. It’s no wonder that Asian applicants refer to their ethnicity as “the anti-hook”—meaning that it hurts their chances for admission.
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How can my Asian-American child overcome these obstacles?
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By recognizing that anti-Asian bias exists, and then completing the college applications with an emphasis on countering this bias. Generally speaking, that means Asian students need to approach the admissions process in a completely different manner than the white or non-Asian applicant.
Asian Advantage has developed a unique 4-step approach to neutralizing anti-Asian bias in the college application process. Our methods may appear to be counter-intuitive at first, but make perfect sense when taking discrimination into account.
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Why can’t I just “Be Myself” on my college applications?
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You can, but you’ll lower your chances of getting into college versus the general applicant pool. That’s because Asian-American applicants are usually better prepared for college than their non-Asian counterparts, and highlighting certain aspects of that preparation places him or her in danger of being labeled a “robot” by the admissions committee members. That’s a prelude to rejection.
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What do you mean by “robot”?
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The typical profile of the Asian “robot” is the well-rounded student who excels in multiple areas. In academics, this usually includes science and math, and in extracurricular activities, music and volunteering. Thus, you’ll see many of these Asian-American applicants with high grades and SAT/ACT scores, along with a seemingly impressive list of awards and achievements in science fairs, musical competitions and school-based activities like debate and the robotics club.
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Isn’t discrimination against the law?
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Yes. But today, colleges are careful not to leave a paper trail with explicit quota figures or notes on an application like “Mary is an Asian robot”. The Ivy League schools (most notably Harvard and Brown) actually did leave a paper trail back in the 1980s, with snide and racially-tinged comments about Asian applicants that they later rejected. But all the US Department of Justice did was to give them a slap on the wrist and say “Don’t do that again!”
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Why focus on the elite colleges, such as Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Cal?
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We focus on the top tier because these are the colleges that practice the most social engineering through their racial quotas. They also happen to be the schools that the top Asian-American applicants are targeting. A large majority of these applicants fit the student profile of these elite schools, but are not treated equally by the college admissions process.
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When should I begin the college planning process?
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Ideally, you should begin no later than the summer after the applicant’s junior year in high school. This gives the applicant and his or her family about 4 to 5 months to plan and execute a college admissions strategy with Asian Advantage.
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Why should I use Asian Advantage?
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We have over 20 years of documented success in helping Asian applicants gain admission to the nation’s top colleges. While we cannot guarantee admission to any college, we can significantly increase a qualified student’s chances of getting into a top-tier college.
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