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gresrun
983 days ago
That's a dangerous, biased assumption.
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gruez
983 days ago
I suspect it's not supposed to be taken at face value. It's a reference to Harvard admissions process, where asians seem to get suspiciously low "personality scores" compared to white applicants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...
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Philorandroid
982 days ago
I totally agree, which is why it's disheartening that universities like Harvard use it as a metric to exclude Asians:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/15/harvard-disc...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...