Colleges are looking for diversity,

but it is also true that Cyndie may be 

putting herself in a more competitive pool 

by listing her Asian ancestry at schools like 

Brown where there is a huge Asian pool.

Lisa Robertson (a math teacher at HS)

told me today that she did not list her Asian

ancestry when applying to Cornell for that reason.

I know that a Brown alumni told me that he when

he worked on admissions, the Asian part of the

applicant pool was much more competitive than

the Anglo part.

I regret that I first heard this this week.

Will

申請大學這檔事

越來越讓人心灰意冷

繼拒絕信事件後

再收到導師的這封信

真難過得想撞牆

聽女兒說暑期裡

一個一起到雲林教英語

分在不同學校的美東男孩

上週傳來捷報

已幸運被MIT（麻省理工）錄取

正替他的好運高興之際

也不禁想到不知多少跟他一樣

成績頂尖的優秀亞裔生

卻被摒在門外無端犧牲掉

多少父母親跟我一樣捶胸頓足啊

這兩天女兒情緒已趨穩定

接下來的耶誕假期

得為元月一日另一個重要申請截止日

不傾全力應付不成

此刻正醞釀該不該鼓勵女兒

效法信中的數學老師

隱瞞半個亞裔身分呢