Did the accusations of Harvard using Affirmative Action to be anti-Asian get to them? Harvard University announced that it let a record number of Asians in this year, according to NBC. This year, Harvard University said that 25.4 percent of new admittance out of 1,950 is Asian American. That’s almost three percent higher than last year of 22.7 percent. And that’s not even counting the international students who made up 12.3 percent of new students. So what brought this on?

This comes on the heels of a recent lawsuit where Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination. Led by conservative Edward Blum, the group, Students for Fair Admissions, claimed that Affirmative Action was unfair to Asian Americans as it led to capping the number of Asian Americans into Harvard. The group argued that Asian American applicants were being overlooked in favor of other races who are not as qualified to get into Harvard. This case is in the hands of Allison Burroughs, a federal judge in Massachusetts, who is expected to make a decision soon.

Harvard denied these accusations, but they did tend to score Asian Americans lower in their personality tests. Harvard said they took a holistic approach, which includes grades, SATs, afterschool activities, and personal ratings, into deciding which students get into their school.

So what happened this year that almost three percent more Asian American students got into the school. Did Asian Americans somehow increase their personalities by three percent or is this just a natural increase.

Whatever the cause, this case has Asian Americans split in whether to back Affirmative Action or not. Affirmative Action is a law that states that race can be taken into account when deciding to admit students. However, what happens when that law is used to possibly discriminate against a certain race. Some see this as the heart of the case while others see this as a way to take down civil rights protections because the lawsuit is backed by Edward Blum.

Anyways good job to all those Asian Americans who made it into the school of their dreams. At least three percent of you have a better personality than the rest of us non-Harvard proletariats.