18-year-old incoming college student David Jiang , whose parents immigrated from China over 20 years ago, said Harvard University had been his dream school.Last June, the Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
“I was always aiming for the castle on the hill,” Jiang said. “I was always trying to go for Harvard.” “It's just a huge part of my identity,” Jiang told “Nightline.” “If a school does not want to admit me because I'm Asian American, then there's not much I can do about that, because it's the part of me that I just can't get rid of.”
According to Harvard’s student newspaper, The Crimson, the so-called “personal rating” could “include traits like humor, kindness, sensitivity and leadership.” Harvard has denied any bias or discrimination against Asian American applicants in their admissions process. In a statement to ABC News, Harvard claims in part they have “taken several steps to arrive in compliance with the ruling from the Supreme Court. These changes have been made across our recruitment, application and admissions practices.”
Almost a decade later, Castillo enrolled in a community college and set her sights on a four-year university. She workshopped her approach at the Kaplan Educational Foundation, a nonprofit that works with underprivileged community college students. A survey by the Gallup Center on Black Voices shows nearly 70% of Americans supported the end of affirmative action. Some who fought for its end say the college admissions process won’t truly be fair until schools stop giving preference to children of alumni, called legacies.
Second-generation Yale graduate Dr. Amanda Calhoun, whose father also graduated from Yale University, said affirmative action was transformative to both her and her father.“I think it's a really big deal for us as American descendants of the enslaved to be legacy and legacy families,” said Amanda Calhoun, a second-generation Yale graduate, whose father also graduated from Yale.
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