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Panel: Do Asians face a higher bar in College admissions?

Don't Force It: How to Get into College without Losing Yourself in the Process

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The Myth of an Asian American Penalty in the Admissions Process

The myth that there's an Asian American penalty is at the heart of this challenge to Harvard. The holistic admissions process does not reduce students to like a checkbox or use race as a determining or single factor in deciding who gets in. "I think it's a highly effective scare tactic used by no offense a lot of private college admissions counselors," she says.

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