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...Lai decided she liked the diversity she experienced during her summers, and made it a criterion in her college search. She chose to attend Harvard, a school she believed would offer the diversity she craved...
...Lai says attending Harvard only served to open her eyes to a whole new range of inequalities that exist in American society, despite its seeming diversity...
...Lai says she first realized that this composition was not necessarily typical when she attended a Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer program and other camps during her high school years...
When she entered as a first-year, Lai says she bought into the so-called “model minority” myth about Asian Americans—they were naturally hard-working and dutiful, and thus attained more success in American society than other minority groups...
...Lai says she was proud that she had attended a public high school, and that her father had worked his way out of poverty and given her the opportunities that allowed her to reach Harvard’s halls. She decided hard work was the key to success in the Unites States...