These two weeks readings all focused on what roles Asian Americans play in academics. The article "Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic, Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices" clearly points out that the stereotypes of Asian American students' college choices are mostly groundless. Tiger moms do exist in American society and they do want their children to go to high-ranking universities, but there could be white tiger moms, African American tiger moms, and even Indian tiger moms. Not only parents can influence their children's college decision but also gender, ethnicity and wealth, etc. The study (Poon, Byrd, 2013) found that first-gen Asian Americans pick their college mostly based on their high school counselors' and teachers' suggestions. However, second-gen Asian Americans listen to their parents more. I'm not surprised by the fact that most Asian Americans want to go to high-ranking universities since rankings of universities matter a lot in Asian countries and second-gen Asian Americans listen to their parents' thoughts. I was born in China. People care so much about the rankings and reputations of universities that parents send their kids to tutoring classes from early ages (like primary school or even kindergarten). That explains the fact that Asians like higher ranking universities and there is nothing wrong about it. Also, gender plays a huge role in this. Girls tend to listen to their parents more than guys do. Surprisingly, I also found out that the tiger mom has three girls and that just explained more about why they all went to high-ranking universities.
Citation: Poon, O and A Byrd. "Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic, Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices". Journal of College Admission, 2013.
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Question: Why is the Asian Americans admission rate to high-ranking universities lower than the others.
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