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My letter to Peter Jacobs who wrote the article "Kid who got in to every Ivy League school"

Dear Peter, 

 

It’s interesting to read your article about the kid who got into every ivy league school where you said: “It's easy to see why Nelson got into UA's honors program and every single Ivy League school. As a student at Houston High School in Memphis, Tennessee, he has a 4.58 weighted GPA, has taken 15 AP courses, and achieved a 2260 out of 2400 on his SAT and a 34 out of 36 on his ACT. He's the senior-class president of his high school, a National Merit Scholar and National Achievement Scholar, and a state-recognized alto saxophone player.”

 

I am sorry to say that it’s easy to see why Nelson got into every ivy but for an entire different reason.  The real reason is Nelson is African American.  My son who is Asian American born and raised in this country is graduating this year and was rejected by every ivy school. Such a drastic contrast!  And look at his stats: 4.75 weighted GPA, 13 APs (mostly 5’s and a few 4’s), SAT 2310, PSAT 233, National Merit Scholar and National AP Scholar with distinction, 4% in his class at a large competitive pubic high school, the captain of school debate club, the treasurer of science team who raised $1500 for the team by selling food and snacks on weekends, an eagle scout and a regular volunteer at many community service events, church and local hospital, won top 10 national level competitions in debate and STEM, won numerous state level competitions in STEM (multiple gold, silver, bronze medals), 8 years of National Piano-Playing Auditions.  He is passionate about debate and cares deeply about many social issues.

 

Furthermore, the most striking fact, based on your article, is that Nelson’s family seems to be middle class like mine.  When first came to this country in 1993 with only $2,000 in my pocket and no financial aid and no scholarship, I had to work and study extremely hard at the same time to put myself through school.  What justifies the “extra help” from all the ivy schools given Nelson family’s socioeconomic status?  And how to explain Nelson got into every ivy while my son with similar qualifications, if not better, got rejected by all?   

 

Please don’t get me wrong.  I have equal problems with legacy preferences and athlete recruits.  But the naked racism in this country in the 21st century contradicts the basic American values (e.g. equality and fairness) we want to instill into our kids’ minds and souls.  What kind of lesson do we want to teach our kids?  Merits and hard work matter less than race? 

 

I hope you write about it….

 

Best Regards,
XXXXX

 

所有跟帖： 

• 读的我眼泪都出来了，我们可怜得孩子。 -0913- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:37:19

• l Like your courage。 -CirrusCloud- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:38:38

• Support you! -monochrome- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:41:17

• 俺很感动。华人应该投资媒体，操控舆论，大量报道类似不公平案例。最好出面报道的都是白人主流媒体 -skyport- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:43:01

• 正解。 -萧紫箬- ♀ (27 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:49:49

• 对 -0913- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:00:47

• 点赞了！写的真好。 -琼岛春荫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:53:36

• 华人应该从自己做起，给孩子榜样，流泪有什么用，用自己的脊梁给孩子撑起一片天，去投票，去政治捐款，去干实业，发出自己的声音，一代才 -frostynight- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:54:42

• 这封信写得真好。我们必须发出自己的声音。 -MaMaGaGa- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 06:59:12

• 支持你!!! -超级连接- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:01:59

• 这么优秀的孩子也进不了，气愤！能介绍一下同一学校的情况吗？那样的对比可能更直接有用。 -rockman1988- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:02:22

• Matriculation data -4AsianAmerican- ♂ (456 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:54:57

• 两头受挤，是不公平。 -rockman1988- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:15:15

• 非常感动。我觉得你可以写给dear editor，这样可以直接发表，让更多的人看到。 -壮士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:07:09

• it's a buisnessinsider article. not sure if they have to editor -4AsianAmerican- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:58:15

• 他有回复你吗？ -violinpiano- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:09:28

• 很感动，支持。 -代小酒- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:46:08

• 非常理解你，但是你儿子对你这么做有什么看法吗？ -H&CMom- ♀ (69 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 07:55:41

• 他儿子有什么看法为什么要告诉你？ -shangh_r- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:03:04

• 你不必这么defensive，我只是觉得孩子已经是成人了，父母出面有时孩子觉得不舒服 -H&CMom- ♀ (33 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:05:48

• 别人有别人的计划，你想帮助就提建议，这种打听别人计划隐私很不礼貌 -shangh_r- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:09:27

• 我有叫他告诉我他儿子的想法吗？ -H&CMom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:24:56

• 这是什么：但是你儿子对你这么做有什么看法吗？ -shangh_r- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:34:45

• 你自己玩好，不奉陪了 -H&CMom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:43:37

• 这种不算是为孩子出面吧 不过就是根据自己的经验反问一下文章的作者啊 -violinpiano- ♂ (48 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:31:18

• 算了，我本意是想说孩子是否知道或者同意父母这么做 -H&CMom- ♀ (102 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:38:17

• 敢于为下一代出头，而不是萎缩龟缩，中国爸爸的好榜样 -shangh_r- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:04:57

• 请具体说"won top 10 national level competitions in debate and STEM"- -weston- ♀ (151 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:18:37

• 支持，希望能跟踪报道。今天不是你的儿子，明天有可能就是。大家应该关心。 -amiyumi- ♀ (6 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:20:15

• Why bother, check this idea out -freecall- ♂ (567 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:43:22

• You are a little blind-sighted. Your kid is judged against -beachlver- ♂ (641 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:44:45

• 支持你， 我觉得不仅要写给peter, 也要给别的记者 -常常妈- ♀ (251 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 08:49:04

• 点赞支持，希望多些这样speak out的父亲。 -围观生活- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 09:13:29

• 点赞！发表出去，让更多的人了解！ -snoopymom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 09:25:54

• Tim Cook said the young generation need speek out what they feel -goodschool1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2015 postreply 13:11:46