Does Princeton discriminate against Asian Americans?

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Princeton University recently rejected an Asian American applicant with a perfect SAT score. A study published by Princeton's own researchers concluded that an Asian-American applicant must score 50 points higher on the SAT than other applicants just to have the same chance of admission as the other applicants. (http://opr.princeton.edu/faculty/Tje/EspenshadeSSQPtII.pdf)

Is Princeton discriminating against Asian American applicants?

Princeton refuses to release test scores and admission rates by ethnicity, saying the public has not asked for the information.

As a member of the public, I request that Princeton release average test scores and admission rates on its applicants by ethnic group (African American, Asian American, Hispanic, and White).

If Princeton refuses to do so, what is it trying to hide?

(If you graduated from Princeton, please indicate school and year in the comments section.)

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  • Don W. Joe
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    • of course it does
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  • John Z. Wang
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  • Peter Hsieh
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  • William Tong
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    • Please be open & fair
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  • Ke Li
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    • Please release admission statistics to the public
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  • Kevin Luo
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  • Albert Chin
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    • please explain why Asians are held to a higher scoring standard on the SAT
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    • Northern CA
  • Debbie Chong
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  • Theodore Chen
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  • Yang Liu
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  • Cynthia Wong Hu
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    • Release test scores and admission data now
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  • Baorong Shi
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  • Songtao Ye
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    • Asians rock.
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    • Reading, Conneticut
  • Min Feng
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  • Tracy Janik
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    • Berlin, CT
  • Lisa Peng
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  • Wei Liu
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    • I support asking for release of data on test scores and admission rates by ethnicity
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  • Frank Xia
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  • Hong Liu
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  • John J. Lee
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    • Let's see what the facts are.
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  • Julie He
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    • I strongly demand Princeton Univ to release the information
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  • Alice Kim
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  • Zhen Song
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    • We have the right to know the fact and the reason.
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  • Cindy E. Stevens
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    • This is not acceptable...if nothing to hide publish
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  • Gene Hou
  • Al Lin
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    • Release admissions statistics for more transparency, and for the public interest
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  • yuan chen
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    • This is a typical discrimination
  • Wenchao Wang
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    • I heard some Ivey League schools set higher admission requirements for Asian students, which is unfair. I support public's "right to know".
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