Monday, March 26, 2012

Asian Discrimination

If I was conducting a study to determine whether or not some colleges were discriminating against Asian Americans students I would gather a lot of data. The first numbers I would want my hands one would be the number of Asian Americans students that apply to certain colleges and the actual number of Asian Americans being accepted into those colleges. The next thing I would to would be to find out would be the number of students that aren't Asian that get accepted into those schools and the number that apply. With those numbers I could create fractions that would show the difference in the number of Asian Americans accepted to colleges and the number of other students that are accepted. Then I would gather the average SAT score and GPA that both these groups had to be admitted into that college. With that information I could find out the difference in the average SAT and GPA scores needed to be accepted into certain colleges by Asian Americans and other students. However, my study wouldn't stop there. Next I would see how many Asian Americans get to play college sports compared to other students. This would create a chart showing the chances of an Asian American playing a college sport. This could be expressed as a pie chart for an effective way of showing the slim chance of some groups being allowed to compete in sports at the college level. Actually, discrimination is something experienced by Asian Americans when it comes to college sports. For example, Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks new star was one of 18 Asian Americans in the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball. This shows how low of chance Asians have when it comes to the traditional experiences of not only going to college but, playing for your school team.