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after his harvard rejection michael wang went on to williams and now works for a law firm. elaine. >> quijano: tony dokoupil, thanks. it's been another violent weekend in chicago. at least 14 people were hit by gunfire. three died including a 14 year old boy. additional atf agents are helping combat gun violence in the city. they're lead by a chicago native, for her the fight is personal. she spoke to adriana diaz. >> i was that kid that walked to school in fear that i would get caught in a gang shooting. and no kid should have to live with that fear. so what i say to them is put the guns down. >> when you were tasked. >> it is celinez noneeasy job to get the guns off the street, the head of the atf knows the pain of gang violence personally. hen she was 8 she lost her cousin who she considered a brother to gang violence. >> and get the anger that some of these gang members feel, that they want retaliation. i say you know what, turn that hurt into greatness and do something positive. >> as her plan of attack against violence, she launched chicago's crime gun strike force in
after his harvard rejection michael wang went on to williams and now works for a law firm. elaine. >> quijano: tony dokoupil, thanks. it's been another violent weekend in chicago. at least 14 people were hit by gunfire. three died including a 14 year old boy. additional atf agents are helping combat gun violence in the city. they're lead by a chicago native, for her the fight is personal. she spoke to adriana diaz. >> i was that kid that walked to school in fear that i would get...
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. >> michael wang applied to almost every ivy league school.more schools. >> in 2015, federal civil rig s rights -- >> according to documents released this spring, admissions officers did discuss applicants in racial terms. no cultural flavor. reads one review of an hispanic applicant. very few have riff can with verbal scores like this. reads another. can you guarantee that, asian-american and white applicants are not being held to a higher standard than other groups? >> i can guarantee that all of our students are held to an equal standard. it is tough off to get into princeton. tough to get into our other ivy colleges regardless of what group you from. but everybody gets a fair shake. >> harvard for its part also stands by its policy. in a statement to cbs news, the school said, harvard's administration's process considers each applicant as a whole person. we review man >>> nevada is the eighth state to allow the legal sale of marijuana to adults. the problem is, most visitors to las vegas have no legal place to smoke it. mark strassmann rep
. >> michael wang applied to almost every ivy league school.more schools. >> in 2015, federal civil rig s rights -- >> according to documents released this spring, admissions officers did discuss applicants in racial terms. no cultural flavor. reads one review of an hispanic applicant. very few have riff can with verbal scores like this. reads another. can you guarantee that, asian-american and white applicants are not being held to a higher standard than other groups?...
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. >> reporter: michael wang did everything to get into harvard. >> multiple speech, debate award.iano competitions. >> reporter: in 2013, the california high school student was rejected by his dream school even as he says students with lower grades got in. >> asian-americans are set to a higher bar compared to applicants. had i been african-american, latino i may have gone to more schools, not sure myself. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled repeatedly, race can be a factor in college admissions. on the website. harvard talks proudly of considering the whole person in its decisions. but asian students like wang allege that harvard keeps them out with what amounts to illegal cap on asian enrollment and preference for other racial minorities according to a lawsuit filed in 2015 by an advocacy group, students for fair admissions. more than 60 asian-american associations joined, this week the trump administration confirmed it is investigating. saying the department of jufs tis is comm -- justice is committed to protecting all americans. >> the college is not releasing the data how ex
. >> reporter: michael wang did everything to get into harvard. >> multiple speech, debate award.iano competitions. >> reporter: in 2013, the california high school student was rejected by his dream school even as he says students with lower grades got in. >> asian-americans are set to a higher bar compared to applicants. had i been african-american, latino i may have gone to more schools, not sure myself. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled repeatedly, race can...
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. >> reporter: michael wang applied to almost every ivy league school but was only accepted to one. >-american or latino i might have gone to more schools. i'm not sure myself. >> reporter: in 2015 federal civil rights investigators reported no evidence that princeton university used separate admissions processes, reviews or tracks by race. according to documents this spring admissions officers did discuss applicants in racial terms. no cultural flavor, reads one review of an hispanic applicant. very few americans with verbal scores like this. >> can you guarantee asian american and white applicants aren't held to a higher standard? >> i canuarant all our students are held to an equal standard. it is if you have to get into princeton. it is tough to get into other ivy colleges. but everybody gets a fair shake. >> reporter: harvard stands by its policy to consider race to enroll a diverse class of students. in a statement to cbs news harvard's process considers each applicant as a whole person. we review factors with standards established by the u.s. supreme court. >> tony, thank you.
. >> reporter: michael wang applied to almost every ivy league school but was only accepted to one. >-american or latino i might have gone to more schools. i'm not sure myself. >> reporter: in 2015 federal civil rights investigators reported no evidence that princeton university used separate admissions processes, reviews or tracks by race. according to documents this spring admissions officers did discuss applicants in racial terms. no cultural flavor, reads one review of an...
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michael shifter. china's foreign minister, has urged north korea, to end ballistic missile tests, that have raised tensions across east asia. wangsmart decisions". new sanctions, agreed at the un, and supported by the trump administration, could cost pyongyang more than 1 billion dollars a year. yogita limaye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. putting on a united front in manila. rex tillerson is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all members of the security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korea's ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urged the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial such as a missile launch or a nuclear test. at this meeting, the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. testing missiles like this one is what prompted the sanctions. for north korea the new sanctions could mean a loss of about $1 billion. but experts say it is unlikely to deter the state. the north koreans are unlikely to negotiate a
michael shifter. china's foreign minister, has urged north korea, to end ballistic missile tests, that have raised tensions across east asia. wangsmart decisions". new sanctions, agreed at the un, and supported by the trump administration, could cost pyongyang more than 1 billion dollars a year. yogita limaye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. putting on a united front in manila. rex tillerson is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all...