Princeton's Admissions Policies Investigated

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kikus of AL 4:41PM June 12, 2010

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Buy Ambien of AL 7:43AM April 05, 2010

There are other factors involved; perhaps the white student in this case had a better essay, recommendations and or extracurricular activities. Harvard, Princeton and Yale reject hundreds of applicants every year who have perfect SATs. They look for a well-rounded individual.
That being said, I do think without a doubt that Asians are in general held to higher standards than any other race when it comes to college admissions. So speaking to the broader context, yes there is a lot of unfairness that occurs in the college admissions process along racial lines.
Then consider that on average black students in the Ivys have literally a couple hundred fewer points on their SATS than whites, and yet are admitted at a higher rate, and what you are left with is a big disparity.

jason of PA 8:12AM September 27, 2009

You, know after reading a lot of these comments, which I have found to be interesting, I have to ask; "is getting into Princeton going to give you a name for yourselves that you just have to have or is it just by far the best educational source that one could ever have in one's lifetime?" It seems so sad to me that America has always been the considered, so I thought, the land of opportunity and the land of the free where all are welcome and here we are speaking of racism, what's that, in America, come on people. It reminds me of the fights at Christmas time over the Cabbage Patch Dolls and the Tickle Me Elmo that everyone just had to have and the true meaning of Christmas was? The true meaning of an education? Let us all be gracious toward one another and take our place in education and give our talents and gifts to this world wherever it may take us. If we don't have integrity and love for our fellow man, do we really belong at Princeton? What are we saying for Princeton? What is Princeton saying to us?

Karen Lei Provo of NV 5:59AM July 28, 2009

Asian Li was rejected for a less-qualified white applicant with lower scores and achievement. Based on merit, Li should have been admitted, and the less-qualified white student should have been rejected.
When a white female, Gratz (University of Michigan), files a complaint about racism, many whites applaud and abet her. When an Asian complains about racism, most whites laugh. This is a racist double standard.
The racist article relentlessly attacks Asians. They didn't make a racist article assailing whites because whites would WHINE and cry racism.
A student with a perfect SAT score doesn't communicate in broken English. So whites are jealous because a well-qualified Asian dared to request equal treatment. Less-qualified whites are favored over more-qualified Asians. This amounts to affirmative action for underqualified whites.

truthfully of CA 11:34AM April 20, 2009

Hm... this article makes it seem like he sued because of his perfect SAT scores. Why not mention the Princeton study that shows that African Americans benefit from affirmative action at the expense of Asian Americans?
http://opr.princeton.edu/faculty/tje/espenshadessqptii.pdf

of MA 5:24AM January 08, 2009

basing your arguments on subjective factors and extra-curricular activities to justify discrimination really misses the point.
let's say an asian student scored 2300 sat score & a 4.0 gpa and a black student scored an sat score of 2100 and a 3.8 gpa (on the same subjects), and let's say they both have virtually identical backgrounds and extracurricular achievements - who do you think will be accepted first? do you have any doubt?

sf student of CA 11:34AM December 14, 2008

Anecdotally,and given the SATs of incoming students of various racial groups, I don't think there's any question that Asian-American students are discriminated against in admission to elite colleges.
The fairest solution is to begin with a race and ethnicity-blind process. It would be quite easy to do. Applications would be assigned numbers, information about family backgroudn would not be accessible to admission officers making the decisions.
Then, to help those who are diadvantaged, economic and racial/ethnic factors could be looked at a on a second cycle.
This would also be much more honest than the current de facto quota system which no one darest acknowledge.

Lind of NJ 6:10PM October 17, 2008

There is clear discrimination on the part of the admissions office at Princeton. If the chips truly fell as they should, the ethnic breakdown of Princeton would rapidly change. Well-qualified students, Asian and to some extent White, are spurned by affirmatve action.
Though affirmative action is present at Princeton, it is Prinecton's declared right to consider "racial/ethnic status" according to the CollegeBoard.

of TX 7:05PM October 16, 2008