An interesting piece on an important issue:
“…Yet one feature
of modern college admissions practices in the United States that can often be
overlooked in this discussion is that white applicants receive a significant
boost relative to Asian-Americans. This is among the findings of a major study
by Princeton sociologists Thomas J. Epenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford,
who also observe that Hispanic and African-American applicants receive a boost
relative to whites.
According to the
authors’ models, an Asian-American applicant must score 140 points more on the
SAT out of 1600 than her white counterpart, all other things equal, to stand a
comparable chance of admission at an elite institution.”
Related:
http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2015/06/bamboo-ceiling.html