It likely comes as little surprise to our readers that some of our clients at Ivy Coach happen to be Chinese American, Korean American, and Indian American. It also comes as little surprise to our readers that some of our clients aren’t American at all, hailing from all over the world, including China, Korea, and India. You could say we’re well-versed in how Chinese American, Korean American, Indian American, and students from China, Korea, and India can overcome the discrimination that they invariably face in the highly selective college admissions process. 

And, yes, these students — members of overrepresented minorities on elite American college campuses — are absolutely discriminated against in the admissions process, as the 2023 SCOTUS ruling overturning Affirmative Action laid bare. To suggest otherwise reflects a certain naïveté, a fundamental misunderstanding of how the admissions process works, one for which we, as the truth-tellers of the elite college admissions process, have no stomach.

Our Asian and Asian American Students Triumph Over Discrimination

At Ivy Coach, we help present our Asian and Asian American students with the most compelling profile possible to admissions officers at our nation’s most selective universities so they can overcome the phenomenon of implicit bias. In our firm’s over quarter century of helping students earn admission to their dream schools, you could say we’ve seen a whole lot of students’ profiles. When many Asian and Asian American applicants come to us, seeking our help, they showcase activities and extracurricular involvements that the vast majority of Asian and Asian American applicants choose to present when they apply to college — regardless of what anyone feels, this is undeniably true.

Our Asian and Asian American Students Dare To Be Different — and Reap the Benefits!

Originality is valued across the many different domains of life. In college admissions, the job market, the dating scene, and life, it’s rarely a wise move to present in the same way as so many others. Those who stand out reap the benefits. We don’t know why so many Asian and Asian American college applicants choose to play the piano. We don’t know why so many choose to play the violin or compete in math competitions, but we aren’t in the business of denying what is plainly apparent, even if it happens to offend you. It’s simply our job to help students and families get into the most competitive schools possible, no matter their heritage. 

We’re proud to say our clients are not subject to the same discrimination that so often plagues Asian and Asian American applicants. It’s an oversimplification — one we ourselves are guilty of — to suggest that America’s elite universities discriminate against Asian and Asian American applicants. They discriminate not solely based on the applicant’s race but on the profile that often goes hand-in-hand with that race. Our Asian and Asian American students at Ivy Coach, like all our students of all different races around the world, always dare to be different. And they often get in not despite being Asian or Asian American but rather because they’re Asian or Asian American and because of their highly compelling and wonderfully weird profiles.

How Ivy Coach Encourages Asian and Asian American Applicants to Embrace Their Uniqueness

With college admissions competitiveness at an all-time high, applying with a robust singular hook is more crucial than ever. This is the unique passion, discipline, pursuit, or cause that you can’t wait to bring to all you do on your future college campus. Instead of succumbing to the well-rounded myth or presenting in such a way that gives admissions officers the desire to discriminate, our Asian and Asian American clients break from the mold. Our team of former elite college admissions officers will work with your child to develop a singular hook that circumvents discrimination and optimizes their odds of admission to a highly selective school.

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