frenzymando
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There are stats that make it appear as if it is more difficult to get in as an Asian from an academic standpoint than it is to get in as a white.Mine got in and checked white, so I don't think race is a negative...
http://www.ceousa.org/attachments/article/663/ceousa-service-adademies.pdf
"There is no evidence that Asian applicants receive special preference at
either of the military academies. In fact, there is evidence that the Asian
applicants with the same academic qualifications find it somewhat more
difficult to obtain admission than do their white counterparts at both
academies."
The average Asian appointee has to 50 points higher on the SAT to get into WP and 30 points higher to get into USNA.
The service academies aren't the only schools that have stats showing they favor whites over Asians.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-asian-race-tutoring-20150222-story.html
"Lee's next slide shows three columns of numbers from a Princeton University study that tried to measure how race and ethnicity affect admissions by using SAT scores as a benchmark. It uses the term “bonus” to describe how many extra SAT points an applicant's race is worth. She points to the first column.
African Americans received a “bonus” of 230 points, Lee says.
She points to the second column.
"Hispanics received a bonus of 185 points.”
The last column draws gasps.
Asian Americans, Lee says, are penalized by 50 points — in other words, they had to do that much better to win admission."
Based on that, it seems like Asians have a harder time getting into service academies, and colleges in general, than whites do.
However, what I think the studies fail to look at is the whole person. Getting into a service academy isn't just about having strong academics. You need good extracurricular and Asians tend to participate less in sports than whites do. I haven't studied the college admissions process so I'm probably not very qualified to say this, but I think that is what explains the gap(between whites and Asians). This might not be true, I don't work in the admissions office, I'm just a candidate. That's just what I think explains the gap. That being said, I would not be surprised at all if there were actually a penalty for being Asian.