Macleans article about the prevalence of Asians at top universities and what is happening, and what can/should be done about it.
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/educatio.../10/too-asian/
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Still, an “Asian” school has come to mean one that is so academically focused that some students feel they can no longer compete or have fun. Indeed, Rachel, Alexandra and her brother belong to a growing cohort of student that’s eschewing some big-name schools over perceptions that they’re “too Asian.” It’s a term being used in some U.S. academic circles to describe a phenomenon that’s become such a cause for concern to university admissions officers and high school guidance counsellors that several elite universities to the south have faced scandals in recent years over limiting Asian applicants and keeping the numbers of white students artificially high.
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I thought this was an interesting article. My dad always taught me, as an asian, I need to work at least 2x as hard as the white kids because that's just how life works.
Amusingly, I did go to U of T because of its prestige, and yes, my engineering class was probably 80% Asian (chinese/japanese/korean/indian etc.). Go stereotypes!