Comment on Hired by Google as L4 but rejected by top collegesComments−Philorandroid2yStanley Zhong graduated from high school in June 2023I think it's safe to assume that Mr. Zhong is of an Asian background. My guess is that he is, unfortunately, lacking in "interpersonal skills".−gresrun2yThat's a dangerous, biased assumption.−gruez2yI suspect it's not supposed to be taken at face value. It's a reference to Harvard admissions process, where asians seem to get suspiciously low "personality scores" compared to white applicants.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...−Philorandroid2yI totally agree, which is why it's disheartening that universities like Harvard use it as a metric to exclude Asians: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/15/harvard-disc...
Comments
I think it's safe to assume that Mr. Zhong is of an Asian background. My guess is that he is, unfortunately, lacking in "interpersonal skills".
That's a dangerous, biased assumption.
I suspect it's not supposed to be taken at face value. It's a reference to Harvard admissions process, where asians seem to get suspiciously low "personality scores" compared to white applicants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollme...
I totally agree, which is why it's disheartening that universities like Harvard use it as a metric to exclude Asians: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/15/harvard-disc...