Editing Chinese Americans (section)

=== Educational attainment ===
Overall, as a demographic group, Chinese Americans have a higher [[Educational attainment in the United States|educational attainment]], have a higher percentage of people working in select white collar and professional occupations, and earn higher [[median household income]]s compared to other demographic groups in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ticker |first=Neil |title = Major Study of Chinese Americans Debunks 'Model Minority' Myth |publisher=University of Maryland |date=12 November 2008 |url = http://newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1786 |access-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120518080935/http://newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1786 |archive-date=18 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chinese Americans, along with other East Asian Americans, typically exhibit above-average rates of academic achievement and higher educational attainment rates compared to other ethno-racial demographic cohorts within the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Choi |first=Daniel |title = The Other Side of the Model Minority Myth |journal=Yisei Magazine |url = http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~yisei/issues/spring_92/ys92_20.html |access-date = 2 December 2013 |archive-date = 27 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027075024/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~yisei/issues/spring_92/ys92_20.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Chinese Americans often have some{{Clarify|date=May 2023}} of the highest averages in tests such as [[SAT]], [[ACT (test)|ACT]], [[Graduate Record Examination|GRE]] etc. in the United States. Although verbal scores lag somewhat due to the influx of new immigrants, combined SAT scores have also been higher than for most Americans.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.studyinternational.com/news/asian-americans-test-scores-sat-ac |title = Why Asian-Americans score so highly in the SAT & ACT |publisher = Study International |date = 30 November 2018 |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210326125451/https://www.studyinternational.com/news/asian-americans-test-scores-sat-act/ |url-status=live }}</ref> With above average SAT and ACT scores as well as GPA's, Chinese Americans are more likely to apply to competitively elite, prestigious, and high-ranked higher education institutions than other ethno-racial groups in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Dharma |first=Tiffany |title = The Model Minority: Asian-American Youth and the Harmful Perpetuation of a Cultural Myth |journal = Inquiries Journal |volume=3 |issue=9 |year=2011 |page=2 |url = http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/571/2/the-model-minority-asian-american-youth-and-the-harmful-perpetuation-of-a-cultural-myth- |access-date = 10 May 2012 |archive-date = 11 October 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111011144401/http://studentpulse.com/articles/571/2/the-model-minority-asian-american-youth-and-the-harmful-perpetuation-of-a-cultural-myth- |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.parentingscience.com/chinese-parenting.html |title = Traditional Chinese parenting |publisher = Parenting Science |access-date = 31 December 2011 |archive-date = 16 December 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111216122656/http://www.parentingscience.com/chinese-parenting.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arthurhu.com/index/aaward.htm#acm |title = Awards |website = Arthurhu.com |access-date = 31 December 2011 |archive-date = 25 December 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111225004718/http://www.arthurhu.com/index/aaward.htm#acm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/a_new_comparison_of_minority_and_non_minority_college_applicants |title = Who Applies (and Gets in) |author = Scott Jaschik |date = 22 August 2011 |website = Inside Higher Ed |access-date = 26 February 2012 |quote = Then there is the question of who applies to competitive colleges: the NELS data show that 30 percent of Asian American applicants do, compared to 18 percent of white students and 10 percent of black and Latino students. |archive-date=25 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425194809/http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/a_new_comparison_of_minority_and_non_minority_college_applicants |url-status=live}}</ref> Chinese Americans are also disproportionately represented among US [[National Merit Scholarship]] awardees, and constitute 13% of the nation's top [[Ivy League]] universities and other prestigious institutions of higher education around the United States. They are more likely to apply to competitively elite higher education institutions.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dharma|first=Tiffany|title=The Model Minority: Asian-American Youth and the Harmful Perpetuation of a Cultural Myth|journal=Inquiries Journal |year=2011|volume=3 |issue=9 |publisher=StudentPulse|page=2|url=http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/571/2/the-model-minority-asian-american-youth-and-the-harmful-perpetuation-of-a-cultural-myth-}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentingscience.com/chinese-parenting.html|title=Traditional Chinese parenting |publisher=Parenting Science |date= |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurhu.com/index/aaward.htm#acm |title=Awards |publisher=Arthurhu.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/a_new_comparison_of_minority_and_non_minority_college_applicants |title=Who Applies (and Gets in) |author=Scott Jaschik |date=22 August 2011 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |accessdate=26 February 2012 |quote=Then there is the question of who applies to competitive colleges: the NELS data show that 30 percent of Asian American applicants do, compared to 18 percent of white students and 10 percent of black and Latino students. }}</ref> Chinese Americans also constitute 24% of all Olympic Seattle Scholarship winners, 33% of [[USA Math Olympiad]] winners, 15.5% of [[Putnam Math Competition]] winners, and 36% of Duke Talent Identification Grand Recognition Ceremony attendees from the [[Dallas Metropolitan area]].<ref name="Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurhu.com/index/aaward.htm#beauty|title=Awards|publisher=Arthurhu.com|access-date=31 December 2011|archive-date=25 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225004718/http://www.arthurhu.com/index/aaward.htm#beauty|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="CensusEdu2003">Stoops, Niacole.  "Educational Attainment in the United States, 2003." U.S. Census Bureau, [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf Current Population Reports publication P20-550], June 2004.  Accessed 16 Feb 2007.</ref>