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...slid the official Harvard list: "Occupants of Hollis 5." As we scanned the list we noticed three names: first, that of Ralph Waldo Emerson '21 (that's 1821), who lived in our room in 1818-19. Then, three pages down the list were printed our names: Flora Ting-ting Kao and Susannah Barton Tobin, Class of 2000. After the initial thrill of "living in Ralph's room," my next response was straight out of "Wayne's World:" We're not worthy! Three months later, although I have discovered that my roommate is definitely worthy of living in Emerson...
...consensus seems to be that being Asian in applying to Ivy League schools does not help," says Yvonne M. Kao...
...believe any sort of boost should be necessary," Kao says. "Affirmative action is inherently racist [and] it breeds a sense of self-doubt. You have to wonder, 'Am I where I am because of who I am or what I look like...
...Intellectual diversity is more important than ethnic diversity," Kao adds...
...history of exclusion and seeing they are being accepted and thinking they can buy into that."CrimsonGrigory TovbisAffirmative action breeds a sense of self-doubt. You have to wonder, am I where I am because of who I am or what I look like?' --Yvonne M. Kao...