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Hello,

I'm midas, but you can call me... god (just kidding)

I've been on tumblr for quite a while now but I wasn't really active. And since a new school year is about to begin, I decided to give it a shot, and try to actually post stuffs on here.

I will post mostly about fandom (Mostly Dead Boy Detectives and PJO, I think), movies, books, music and being a student (I study humanities).

So if you want to be moots with me, I am... right here :)))

PS : I'm french.

The Model Minority Myth Today -- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard

Asian-Americans being discriminated against in college admissions, specifically towards Harvard.

The rat race of college admissions tends to be an uphill battle for Asian-Americans, as the Model Minority Myth (which stems from the creation of H1-B and EB-3 visas prioritizing skilled workers, causing Americans' perceptions of Asian-Americans as ALL highly skilled, which is untrue) contributes to the sky-high expectations of achievement by Asian-American high schoolers.

"To illustrate just how strong the Asian-American pool is, in the baseline dataset Asian-American applicants have academic indexes that are over 0.2 standard deviations higher than whites, almost one standard deviation higher than Hispanics, and over 1.5 standard deviations higher than African Americans. Indeed, Asian-American rejects have academic indexes that are higher than African American admits."

While yes, academically Asian-Americans excel, it turns out that in other areas of college admission they slump.

"Using data over ten years, they found that Harvard’s admissions officers assigned substantially lower personal ratings to Asian-American applicants versus white applicants, especially when compared to the ratings assigned by teachers, counselors, and alumni interviewers."

"Asian-American applicants suffer a statistically significant penalty relative to white applicants in two of the ratings Harvard’s admissions officers assign to each file (the personal and overall rating)."

So not only are the personal and overall ratings one of the contributing factors, but it is likely due to racial biases within school counselor and admissions officers systems.

White people having the most legacy as usual.

Within each of the other three groups (3, 3+, all 2’s), African-American applicants have the highest admit rates followed by Hispanics, then whites, and finally Asian Americans.

In fact, the scoring for African-American applicants on Harvard’s overall rating exhibits the opposite phenomenon exhibited by Asian-American applicants, as African-American applicants are disproportionately concentrated at the high and low ends of the rating scale.

African-American applicants are either overperforming or underperforming, never averaging out, showing how also due to societal norms and racist ideologies, have to fit the mold of being extraordinary or what society tells them they are. Or entirely be seen as a diversity student to lower (or raise) the GPA to seem more welcoming or exclusive.

Asian-American applicants are less likely to be admitted if they are in the middle of the road. They have to be exceptional or above average, otherwise they get completely ignored.

Despite being more academically qualified than the other three major racial/ethnic groups (whites, African Americans, and Hispanics), Asian-American applicants have the lowest admissions rates. In fact, data produced by Harvard show that this has been true for every admissions cycle for the classes of 2000 to 2019. A closer examination of the six years for which Harvard produced applicant-level admissions data shows that even removing those who receive some other form of preferences (such as legacy, athletic, or early action) still results in Asian Americans having the lowest admit rates over this period.

Asian-Americans are disadvantaged in a space where everyone else thinks they are not.

कौन कहता है भारत पुरुष प्रधान देश है

ना तो ये पुरुष प्रधान देश है नहीं स्त्री प्रधान देश है

ये पैसा प्रधान देश है

जिसके पास पैसा है उसकी ही चलती है

नहीं तो पुरुष एक रिक्शा चलाने वाला भी है और एक ठेले वाला भी

पर उनको कितनी इज्जत मिलती है हम सबको पता है

कोई स्त्री भी उसकी ही पत्नी बनना चाहती है जिसके पास पैसा है

aajkal kyu respect earning sources aur paiso ko dekh kar diya jaa rha ab kisi ke vwavhaar aur vicharo ka mahtav nhi

jiske pass political power paisa hai ussi ko maan rhe sab sahi

pahle students life enjoy karte huye padhte the

ab sabkuchh sacrifice karke padh rhe

itna pressure hai career ka aajkal youngsters pe ki students festivals, life sab enjoy karna bhi bhul rhe....

हाथ फेलेगा तो कैसे लिखेगा इतिहास

अकेला रहना सीख तेरा तू ही है खुद को कर support

अपने पीछे खड़ा रह

कमी निकल खुद की, और सुधार उसको

बन खुद का Hater बन खुद का बड़ा Fan

…...…..♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪…………🎼😌🎶

yaar jab padhne baitho tabhi neend aane lagti 🥱😴😴

waise phone kitna bhi chalao neend nhi aati

kya kare....😒

For Boys, everything is going to decide our career, aapki wife kaun hogi nhi hogi kyuki aap jisse pyaar kar rhe hai uske papa ko aapki job pasand aayegi yaa nhi , aapki kaun kitni ijjat karega, samaaj me hamari kya jagah hogi, hamare friends kaun rahenge, everything will decide your post , your job. kabhi kabhi lagta hai job paana hi hamara jivan hai kal ko hamare pass achhe job nhi hai achhe rupaye nhi hai to hamare ghar wale bhi hame nhi puchhne wale aur naa hi ham apne family ke liye kuchh kar payenge. sometimes i get distracted too but phir sochta hu agar achhi job nhi hui phir zindagi ki aisi taisi ho jayegi....

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Exam season sucks, hope everyone studying is going well

Remember to take breaks

cringemaxxing at the examination hall

HELP NEEDED

I've accepted an offer from a UK university & it's a dream come true for me (and my family) to continue my study abroad.

But considering that our country's economy is SHITE, I've been trying to look up for ways to fund my studies. For right now, I have a potential loan I'm applying to which would go towards half of my tuition fees - unfortunate to have a loan but at least, there's something, you know?

Here's the thing though, I've heard of people being sponsored by goodwill people who are wealthy (and ig philantropic enough???) to do so - and I'm just wondering - where can I find these people. You might think I'm joking - I'm genuinely not.

I have some side hustles that can only pay me so much, so genuinely, where can I find sponsors? Honestly, of course, if it's not meant to be, then I can try next year's intake but I'm sl close - I already have an offer, I just need some financial help.

So please, good tumblr people, I need some advice or some pointers/leads I can try follow. Other than that, hope you have a blessed day regardless :D

my life is currently dominated by the letters A, T, C, and G

[03.06.2023]

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Mood

Do you ever get a brief flash of panic and then you can’t even remember what it was? Like you can’t for the life of you recall what made you so stressed for that split second?

I’ve spent so many hours on this. It’s not even done yet either.

remember to leave a couple seats open right next to the door so the latecomers can sneak into class without disrupting the lecture babes

overheard a group of guys walking from the math building at college and all I heard was "... if you SQUARE it!" followed by rambunctious laughter from the entire group