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Some fear being Asian American is a disadvantage when applying for college

Por: Los Angeles Times Nation November 04, 2022

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Kenji Horigome's college application featured a 4.2 GPA, challenging coursework and a compelling narrative of losing his father as a boy and struggling to make ends meet with his single mother, a low-wage Koreatown restaurant worker. But he didn't bother to apply to Harvard or Yale. I heard that Asians have to get perfect SATs and perfect GPAs and still wouldn't get in, said Horigome, now a first-year student at Harvey Mudd... + full article



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