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this is what it takes these days. this post is from college ...
cheese-eating violent theater stage
  04/01/12
and he will be completely unremarkable during and after unde...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
he will probably get a sweet finance/consulting job or a top...
titillating puppy
  04/01/12
hence unremarkable.
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
he will probably graduate summa from harvard ug. hardly unre...
titillating puppy
  04/01/12
i know Asian guys who went to HUG and now work at places lik...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
hug>tpg>hbs is the very top of american society for so...
titillating puppy
  04/01/12
Remarkable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mint nibblets hospital
  04/01/12
just telling it like it is breh, sorry you don't know anyone...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
You're telling it like it is after being filtered through th...
contagious school cafeteria
  04/01/12
all that striving and talent to become another cog in the hi...
excitant people who are hurt
  04/01/12
Yeah. We need a new version of Mighty Putty.
Violent sadistic business firm
  04/08/12
this
bipolar ocher love of her life
  04/01/12
what's ur definition of "remarkable"?
low-t selfie
  04/01/12
"Weaknesses: Ethnicity...? On paper my application look...
Mustard Tantric Theatre Fortuitous Meteor
  04/01/12
jesus christ, the dude got waitlisted by MIT
yellow laser beams chapel
  04/01/12
as the saying goes, HYPSM can fill their class with valedict...
Coiffed address depressive
  04/01/12
The guy's parents earn more than $200K per year and he proba...
high-end floppy garrison
  04/01/12
An all-Asian Harvard could eliminate the school of architect...
olive dysfunction
  04/01/12
it's not just the gpa/sat scores. this asian kid is objectiv...
titillating puppy
  04/01/12
I interviewed some kids for my undergrad, and a lot of kids ...
olive dysfunction
  04/01/12
look, you can't tell if someone is a superstar from what the...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
yeah, i'm actually surprised he got into harvard, to be quit...
out-of-control bbw state
  04/01/12
making AIME is not at all impressive. he doesn't have an...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
According to the above, he went to a shitty high school that...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
"Blacks have lower numbers but at least they improve th...
Thirsty exciting kitty cat
  04/01/12
I think the legitimate argument is that colleges are suppose...
olive dysfunction
  04/01/12
HARVARD BEST IN ASIA!!!
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  04/01/12
Why did Roger Luo leave us?
Violent sadistic business firm
  04/08/12
I'm always suspicious of shit like that. I dunno, a teenaged...
mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap
  04/01/12
Suck it up. He made it further than you did.
olive dysfunction
  04/01/12
true.
mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap
  04/01/12
Just LOL at this insane striving
Pea-brained cocky school macaca
  04/01/12
LOL at fuckin math team. WTF? I'd rather be fuckin poor my w...
Ungodly carmine locus kitty
  04/01/12
This just shows what intel and accomplishments are shit in A...
Canary Keepsake Machete National
  04/01/12
intel is impressive as fuck. sorry you're a jealous bro who ...
out-of-control bbw state
  04/01/12
what is the intel thing
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  04/01/12
most prestigious high school science contest. 300 semi-final...
out-of-control bbw state
  04/01/12
Math team is NBD - you show up at a classroom at lunch time ...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
false, he made it to the USAMO competition and he's not just...
Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead
  04/01/12
credited. the other posters are jelly bros who have no idea ...
out-of-control bbw state
  04/01/12
(guy who has been posting about math 55 for six years)
Trip at-the-ready codepig double fault
  04/01/12
No, this guy didn't go to USAMO, see above. He did USABO (b...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
he didn't make USAMO. this guy is a dumb asian striver.
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
uvt, did you make USAMO?
razzmatazz boltzmann
  04/01/12
Yes, with zero prep. and I don't think I'm all that good...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
haha, yeah right u mad this brah pwns your "prestige...
razzmatazz boltzmann
  04/01/12
lol, he is a pussy pre-med. i own him hard.
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
and you went to a state school and are pursuing what, exactl...
razzmatazz boltzmann
  04/01/12
right, the school i went to is just "a state school&quo...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
where'd you do your undergrad? what specifically are you ...
razzmatazz boltzmann
  04/01/12
Berkeley. I will try to found a startup in Asia hopefully...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
like I said, you went to a state school far less prestigious...
razzmatazz boltzmann
  04/01/12
like i said, going to business school would be a last resort...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
not necessarily what it takes
big crimson dog poop
  04/01/12
lol at MIT waitlist
wonderful forum boiling water
  04/01/12
yeah - got to be yield protection? Or maybe they have enoug...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
MIT can't 'yield protect' anyone
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
Explain this dood getting waitlisted then.
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
Luck of the draw? He's not good enough to be auto-admit for ...
Yapping site
  04/01/12
I didn't read all his superstudyasian bullshit. Maybe no imp...
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
Yeah, he wasn't USAMO or anything. So maybe they already go...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
Keep in mind that actual IMO participants tend to prefer MIT...
Yapping site
  04/01/12
i think this used to be true, but it's gotten more even betw...
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  04/01/12
flame
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  04/01/12
• name: CHANG
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  04/01/12
It makes me sad that he'll most likely graduate from Harvard...
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  04/01/12
why does that make you sad? he(or his parents) made this cho...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
huh? shouldn't you be proud that an asian bro got into the m...
out-of-control bbw state
  04/01/12
No, brah, he was waitlisted from MIT.
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
naw. i don't give a fuck about the prestige of white institu...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
did he get into caltech?
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
So, uvt, what is the credited "choice" for a dude ...
lemon free-loading mother
  04/01/12
grow a backbone, for one.
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
I dunno man. Just seems like people who work so hard in lif...
Motley pervert market
  04/01/12
guys like this ruin shit for other asians. they think they h...
Racy outnumbered sanctuary
  04/01/12
what the fuck is a high school kid supposed to be doing if n...
big crimson dog poop
  04/01/12
lol at violin being a hobby for him. His parents have bee...
Racy outnumbered sanctuary
  04/01/12
"what the fuck is a high school kid supposed to be doin...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
why are the two lifestyles mutually exclusive? Playing s...
Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead
  04/01/12
team sports are important for any kid
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
in what way is it important? I'm not saying it's not good......
Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead
  04/01/12
teamwork aspect, camaraderie, working towards a common goal,...
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
Not gonna deny that those are some possible benefits... but ...
Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead
  04/01/12
you are fucking stupid. Asians own at sports if they put tim...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
yfwgi
Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead
  04/01/12
no
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  04/01/12
You don't have to be freakishly huge or fast to compete succ...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
seriously. did the average xoxoer not play sports in HS? lma...
useless meetinghouse legend
  04/01/12
> making mistakes, See Ravi, Dharun. America does not ...
flirting resort
  04/01/12
Ravi was Indian, not "Asian" in the normal US sens...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
she took a plea deal though. Asians are all about confucian ...
mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap
  04/01/12
Yeah, I just don't think generalizations about "Asians&...
sexy dun church circlehead
  04/01/12
The problem is that this kid is the asian ideal. ANd not ...
mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap
  04/01/12
It's kind of weird I have what this dude wants yet my path w...
filthy tanning salon
  04/01/12
the level of asian ridiculousness in this thread is mind-bog...
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LOFL @ this lack of self awareness - oh what an underprivile...
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  03/02/20
780 on bio sat II? Ding this fag
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  03/02/20
I just thought it was funny that Johnsmeyer, Rudolph, uvt, a...
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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:08 PM
Author: cheese-eating violent theater stage

this is what it takes these days. this post is from college confidential.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): 2400 1 sitting

• ACT:

• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 World History, 780 Bio E

• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500

• AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB 5 Calculus BC 5 Physics B 5 Chemistry 5 English Language and Composition 5 World History 5

• IB (place score in parenthesis):

• Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP Spanish, English 4

• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist, AIME 3x, USABO Semifinalist, 2nd Place California Math League, AMC12 School Winner 2x, National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Rennselaer Medalist

Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Local youth symphony 1st violinist (4 yrs, assistant concertmaster), private violin teacher (3 yrs), private tutor (3 yrs), school Math Team captain, Science Bowl member

• Job/Work Experience: Research intern at Stanford School of Medicine

• Volunteer/Community service: NHS, District coordinator for UNICEF Tap Project, School UNICEF Club Treasurer/Secretary, volunteering at local food pantries and homeless shelters

• Summer Activities: Orchestra camp (4 yrs), biomedical research (1 yr)

• Essays:

Common app was about volunteering at a local food pantry and how that inspired me to fight poverty in my area, and how I plan to go into health care legislation to help the underprivileged obtain affordable health care.

Supplement was about my work experience with an autistic boy at an elementary summer school and how that shaped my aspirations to be a professor.

• Teacher Recommendation:

Math teacher for 3 yrs, and math team coach. Knew me well.

Spanish teacher for 2 yrs, saw a lot of growth in my personality and character as I tried to master a new language.

Biology teacher who helped me on my research. Knew me well and described my humor.

• Counselor Rec: Superb

• Additional Rec: Letter from Stanford professor. Said that I was one of the most brilliant high schoolers he has ever worked with.

• Interview: Didn't get an alumni interview (odd, because everyone else at my school did) but had an interview with an adcom over the phone 2 weeks ago. Went well, but I was really nervous.

Other• State (if domestic applicant): CA

• Country (if international applicant):

• School Type: Large Public (2200 students)

• Ethnicity: Chinese...

• Gender: Male

• Income Bracket: 200,000+

• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection• Strengths: Solid test scores, great recommendations, overcoming some adversity?

• Weaknesses: Ethnicity...? On paper my application looks like a cookie-cutter Asian

• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Our school is rather diverse and our school district is rated one of the worst in the nation. I think it helped that no one has gotten into Harvard for the past 3 yrs.

• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Caltech (EA), Columbia (Rabi Scholar), UPenn, UCBerkeley Regents, USC Trustees Scholarship

Waitlist: MIT

General Comments:

Harvard's my number 1 choice! I'm so excited!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366603)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:14 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

and he will be completely unremarkable during and after undergrad, why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366660)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:16 PM
Author: titillating puppy

he will probably get a sweet finance/consulting job or a top phd. u seem jealous as fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366678)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:23 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

hence unremarkable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366719)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:23 PM
Author: titillating puppy

he will probably graduate summa from harvard ug. hardly unremarkable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366724)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:26 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

i know Asian guys who went to HUG and now work at places like http://www.tpg.com/

they are not remarkable in any way.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366744)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:29 PM
Author: titillating puppy

hug>tpg>hbs is the very top of american society for someone in their 20's. such a person will make shit tons of cash. lol if you think that's unremarkable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366761)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:30 PM
Author: mint nibblets hospital

Remarkable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366766)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:30 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

just telling it like it is breh, sorry you don't know anyone like this personally and buy into the hype.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366774)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:00 PM
Author: contagious school cafeteria

You're telling it like it is after being filtered through the lens of your bizarre values.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367784)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:32 PM
Author: excitant people who are hurt

all that striving and talent to become another cog in the high finance machine. seems disappointing at best.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366787)



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Date: April 8th, 2012 4:57 PM
Author: Violent sadistic business firm

Yeah. We need a new version of Mighty Putty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20418409)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:18 PM
Author: bipolar ocher love of her life

this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366689)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:23 PM
Author: low-t selfie

what's ur definition of "remarkable"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368653)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:16 PM
Author: Mustard Tantric Theatre Fortuitous Meteor

"Weaknesses: Ethnicity...? On paper my application looks like a cookie-cutter Asian"

bro might have a sense of humor. he should poast here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366676)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:25 PM
Author: yellow laser beams chapel

jesus christ, the dude got waitlisted by MIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366737)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 5:30 PM
Author: Coiffed address depressive

as the saying goes, HYPSM can fill their class with valedictorians. they choose not to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20366771)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 6:53 PM
Author: high-end floppy garrison

The guy's parents earn more than $200K per year and he probably went to a rich suburban high school. He plays fucking violin and wants to be a doctor. People bitch about reverse discrimination against Asians, but it's not about their race. They're all. the. same. Can you imagine how shitty the college experience would be if the class were 85% Asian as it would be if they accepted people solely based on GPA/SAT scores? Blacks have lower numbers but at least they improve the sports teams and liven up the parties.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367736)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 6:56 PM
Author: olive dysfunction

An all-Asian Harvard could eliminate the school of architecture and graphic design and just convert HUG into an extension of HMD.

Acceptance into HUG could be an eight-year HUG-HMD program.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367754)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 6:56 PM
Author: titillating puppy

it's not just the gpa/sat scores. this asian kid is objectively a superstar. i don't see how accepting an upper-middle class black (most blacks at harvard are at least middle-class) with subpar credentials really adds to the strength of the harvard class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367756)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:00 PM
Author: olive dysfunction

I interviewed some kids for my undergrad, and a lot of kids today look like superstars. It would be really difficult to have to select a class from all of the superstars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367787)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:56 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

look, you can't tell if someone is a superstar from what they did in HS outside of sports and maybe mathematics.

this kid is an Asian striver. he made AIME 4 times without ever making it to USAMO, he is not good at math; he also sucks at sports.

he did well at USABO or whatever, but biology is memorization.

he is not a bad candidate, but enough with this superstar shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369351)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:00 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

yeah, i'm actually surprised he got into harvard, to be quite frank. the asian guys i know from california public high schools who went to harvard were far more impressive than him.

making aime is ok but not that hard. the gap between aime and usamo is massive. it's like only 250 people vs. 10,000 or so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369375)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:01 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

making AIME is not at all impressive.

he doesn't have anything that stands out on his application, but the overall package is ok. is he a pre-med? lol, fuck his life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369390)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 6:58 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

According to the above, he went to a shitty high school that hadn't sent anyone to Harvard in 3 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367770)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:03 PM
Author: Thirsty exciting kitty cat

"Blacks have lower numbers but at least they improve the sports teams and liven up the parties."

That's a very American thing to say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367805)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:06 PM
Author: olive dysfunction

I think the legitimate argument is that colleges are supposed to function to make the US a truly socially mobile place. A smart kid from the projects can actually escape his poverty if he gets into HUG. If HUG started to select only upper middle class and upper class overachievers with tons of money to afford the internships and education then it would be standing in the way of functioning for social mobility.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367826)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:40 PM
Author: abnormal slate casino candlestick maker

HARVARD BEST IN ASIA!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369700)



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Date: April 8th, 2012 5:04 PM
Author: Violent sadistic business firm

Why did Roger Luo leave us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20418463)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:01 PM
Author: mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap

I'm always suspicious of shit like that. I dunno, a teenaged kid shouldn't have so many accomplishments.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367792)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:02 PM
Author: olive dysfunction

Suck it up. He made it further than you did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367802)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:04 PM
Author: mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap

true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367815)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 7:03 PM
Author: Pea-brained cocky school macaca

Just LOL at this insane striving

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20367804)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:30 PM
Author: Ungodly carmine locus kitty

LOL at fuckin math team. WTF? I'd rather be fuckin poor my whole life with a football state championship ring. LOL at this. He probably took some bowl face to Math league formal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368702)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:38 PM
Author: Canary Keepsake Machete National

This just shows what intel and accomplishments are shit in America. This guy is an AZN faggot. If you saw him anywhere you wouldnt think anything. The MAX he can do in life is be some fucking paper pushing piece of shit.

I'd rather have much more average credentials but know how to work the system, how to be social, and have a penis bigger than 2 inches.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368759)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:39 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

intel is impressive as fuck. sorry you're a jealous bro who couldn't get into HYPS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368769)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:47 PM
Author: Spectacular coral wagecucks temple

what is the intel thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368849)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:50 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

most prestigious high school science contest. 300 semi-finalists and 40 finalists. if you're a finalist you're virtually an autoadmit at harvard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368890)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:44 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

Math team is NBD - you show up at a classroom at lunch time a few weeks out of the year and take a math test. Maybe have a practice session sometimes. Not really much of an extracurricular.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368812)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:53 PM
Author: Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead

false, he made it to the USAMO competition and he's not just another Mu Alpha Theta member. That's pretty impressive because it requires you to take a nationally administered test and score high enough to advance to subsequent rounds. The next level above that is IMO, I believe. That's the International Math Olympiad. Basically, the 6 most genius math students in high school are selected per country and compete in Greece.

The jump from USAMO to IMO is a big one, but most of the dudes participating in USAMO are fucking hoss at math and science.

Check out the past members of IMO though, they're pretty sick. I knew one of them in 2004. He is making multimillion dollars at dat hejfund in NYC. Parties it up just about every weekend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368915)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:57 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

credited. the other posters are jelly bros who have no idea what they're talking about. this asian dude was not someone who just won some local math contests. USAMO is VERY hard to get; you have to get a high combined score on both the AMC and AIME to qualify. if i'm not mistaken only around 250 high school students in the country are invited to write the USAMO exam, which is all proofs. to be on the IMO team you really have to be a fucking genius.

one of my best friends did USAMO all 4 years of high school, got a 800 math SAT when he was in 6th grade and got a 5 on the BC calculus exam in 7th grade. he ended up going to harvard and first week of freshman year he decided to take math 55, arguably the toughest math class at harvard. he said he felt like the dumbest kid there because they were all IMO members and gold medalists. so he dropped it and went down to math 25.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368944)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:48 PM
Author: Trip at-the-ready codepig double fault

(guy who has been posting about math 55 for six years)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369305)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:03 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

No, this guy didn't go to USAMO, see above. He did USABO (biology).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369006)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:58 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

he didn't make USAMO.

this guy is a dumb asian striver.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369364)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:03 PM
Author: razzmatazz boltzmann

uvt, did you make USAMO?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369407)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:05 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

Yes, with zero prep.

and I don't think I'm all that good at math, or science for that matter. I'm pretty decent at it, but def not any kind of a prodigy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369417)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:06 PM
Author: razzmatazz boltzmann

haha, yeah right

u mad this brah pwns your "prestige"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369419)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:08 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

lol, he is a pussy pre-med. i own him hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369431)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:09 PM
Author: razzmatazz boltzmann

and you went to a state school and are pursuing what, exactly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369435)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:14 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

right, the school i went to is just "a state school".

pursuing what? something that pays me 6 figs with almost no work experience, and has the potential to create empires out of nothing other than ideas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369465)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:17 PM
Author: razzmatazz boltzmann

where'd you do your undergrad?

what specifically are you going to pursue?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369488)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:21 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

Berkeley.

I will try to found a startup in Asia hopefully within the next year. I don't know what I will do after that, either continue to do the entrepreneur thing or go to business school at some point.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369514)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:22 PM
Author: razzmatazz boltzmann

like I said, you went to a state school far less prestigious than Harvard.

LOL at the rest of your plan including seeking refuge in the warm arms of another American (white in your words) educational institution.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369531)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

like i said, going to business school would be a last resort type of thing. i don't see it happening tbh.

and lol @ trying to talk shit about one of the most prestigious universities in the world, even though school prestige means jack shit in the vast majority of professions, or getting laid.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369577)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 8:33 PM
Author: big crimson dog poop

not necessarily what it takes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20368723)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:22 PM
Author: wonderful forum boiling water

lol at MIT waitlist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369160)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:44 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

yeah - got to be yield protection? Or maybe they have enough identical Asians already.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369281)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:49 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

MIT can't 'yield protect' anyone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369315)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:50 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

Explain this dood getting waitlisted then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369319)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:52 PM
Author: Yapping site

Luck of the draw? He's not good enough to be auto-admit for MIT. MIT does NOT need more asians like this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369330)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:52 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

I didn't read all his superstudyasian bullshit. Maybe no impressive math accomplishments

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369333)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:53 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

Yeah, he wasn't USAMO or anything. So maybe they already got all the super math doods they needed and his other stuff (violin) wasn't interesting enough to distinguish him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369336)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:54 PM
Author: Yapping site

Keep in mind that actual IMO participants tend to prefer MIT over harvard. He's not even close to being auto-admit to MIT based on math/science ability alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369345)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:00 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

i think this used to be true, but it's gotten more even between harvard and MIT. the imo kids who do harvard ug almost always do math phd at MIT. or in the case of gabriel carroll, econ phd at MIT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369385)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:51 PM
Author: Misunderstood crawly karate striped hyena

flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369327)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:54 PM
Author: soul-stirring transparent messiness senate

• name: CHANG

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369343)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 9:57 PM
Author: Motley pervert market

It makes me sad that he'll most likely graduate from Harvard without having had his penis touched by a female.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369359)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:00 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

why does that make you sad? he(or his parents) made this choice to sell out.

i hate house chinks like these.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369381)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:01 PM
Author: out-of-control bbw state

huh? shouldn't you be proud that an asian bro got into the most prestigous college in the fucking world?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369388)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:02 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

No, brah, he was waitlisted from MIT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369394)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:02 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

naw. i don't give a fuck about the prestige of white institutions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369398)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:16 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

did he get into caltech?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369479)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:04 PM
Author: lemon free-loading mother

So, uvt, what is the credited "choice" for a dude like this, to not be a house chink?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369408)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:16 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

grow a backbone, for one.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369478)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:04 PM
Author: Motley pervert market

I dunno man. Just seems like people who work so hard in life deserve it. I guess he'll probably make a bunch of money, so there's that at least.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369411)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:03 PM
Author: Racy outnumbered sanctuary

guys like this ruin shit for other asians. they think they have to become a drone to compete.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369404)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:05 PM
Author: big crimson dog poop

what the fuck is a high school kid supposed to be doing if not studying? nothing wrong with being a "drone" if this guy's a drone. and, tbf, he also has a few hobbies, which are intrinsically no more or less positive than sports or videogames (violin; competitive math).

the world would be a better place if more kids were like this one, but most kids are incapable of focusing that much on anything or understanding that much of anything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369415)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:08 PM
Author: Racy outnumbered sanctuary

lol at violin being a hobby for him.

His parents have been training him since birth and shoving him into whatever looks best.

His hobby is trying to be perfect, and other asians have to be drones to compete.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369432)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:09 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

"what the fuck is a high school kid supposed to be doing if not studying?"

seriously? what about hanging out, playing sports, making mistakes, being young and in love, i.e. living, instead of chasing after some deranged Asian American house chink pre med dream?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369441)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:22 PM
Author: Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead

why are the two lifestyles mutually exclusive?

Playing sports - why is it a better use of time than learning the math/science that this dude is? You can still exercise and be healthy without committing the time to team-sports.

Making Mistakes - this happens throughout life no matter what you're doing. Don't see why being an average american doing jackshit in hs makes it any more meaningful.

Being young and in love - you know he wants dat wgwag. Most people on xo probably can't touch this guy's resume and intelligence and still have 0 success with their love life.

It sounds like you're just mad at the stereotypes?

I'd rather my kid be like him than an avg american.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369525)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:25 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

team sports are important for any kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369557)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead

in what way is it important? I'm not saying it's not good... obviously can (not will) teach teamwork and recovering from failure, getting beaten up and humbled etc... i'm asking if there's an appropriate substitute

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369578)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:32 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

teamwork aspect, camaraderie, working towards a common goal, socialization, physical fitness, school spirit, respecting authority figures, just plain fun, etc. I'm not sure there are academic endeavors that can combined all these, nevermind the fact you do academic shit all day at school and need another outlet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369605)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:38 PM
Author: Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead

Not gonna deny that those are some possible benefits... but I honestly think they are only reaped by those that are successful at it, i.e. big, fast, athletic negroes, whites, and latinos. Do you think the shittier players on a team feel awesome when they are a bench warmer? Do they have respect for an authority figure that doesn't give them playing time? Do they have school spirit and camaraderie with people who could likely make fun of them for their meek, beta physical attributes?

Maybe he plays basketball at the YMCA? Fuck if I know, but this dude has way too high of an opportunity cost to be dabbling with athletic teams.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369673)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:41 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

you are fucking stupid. Asians own at sports if they put time into it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369731)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:45 PM
Author: Amber razzle-dazzle partner stead

yfwgi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369777)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:53 PM
Author: flirting resort

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369891)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:11 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

You don't have to be freakishly huge or fast to compete successfully at the high school level in any sport.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370003)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:12 PM
Author: useless meetinghouse legend

seriously. did the average xoxoer not play sports in HS? lmao.

fucking sad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370023)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:52 PM
Author: flirting resort

> making mistakes,

See Ravi, Dharun. America does not like it when Asians make mistakes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369881)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:12 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

Ravi was Indian, not "Asian" in the normal US sense of the word. Actually the Asian chick got off, come to think of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370017)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:36 PM
Author: mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap

she took a plea deal though. Asians are all about confucian pragmatism, so she didn't really sweat over moral stands like Ravi is doing.

Ravi is fucking riskign deportation because he won't admit to a hate crime.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370413)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:38 PM
Author: sexy dun church circlehead

Yeah, I just don't think generalizations about "Asians" in US culture apply to Indians, Persians, Arabs, etc, although of course they are part of the physical continent of Asia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370432)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 11:40 PM
Author: mind-boggling light range mad-dog skullcap

The problem is that this kid is the asian ideal.

ANd not all asians are fit for this ideal. I certainly wasn't.

And it has pretty much fucked me for life, thus far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20370446)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:21 PM
Author: filthy tanning salon

It's kind of weird I have what this dude wants yet my path was completely different than his superstudyasian BS. There are better ways to live

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369515)



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Date: April 1st, 2012 10:21 PM
Author: umber main people

the level of asian ridiculousness in this thread is mind-boggling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#20369516)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:00 PM
Author: Comical theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685195)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Comical theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685312)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:19 PM
Author: Primrose 180 native friendly grandma

LOFL @ this lack of self awareness - oh what an underprivileged minority! basically Tryone from the hood.

� Income Bracket: 200,000+

� Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection� Strengths: Solid test scores, great recommendations, overcoming some adversity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685332)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:22 PM
Author: Soggy home

Post removed by moderator for violating The Law of The Land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685355)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: talented rebellious patrolman

780 on bio sat II? Ding this fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685378)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Comical theater

I just thought it was funny that Johnsmeyer, Rudolph, uvt, and Henry Aaron are all arguing with each other in this thread from 8 years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685388)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 10:59 PM
Author: Diverse electric furnace abode

and at least 2 confirmed jjc alts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685539)



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Date: March 2nd, 2020 11:02 PM
Author: Comical theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1913506&forum_id=2#39685549)