Harvard Asian Admission Bias?

It was about undergrads.

The case was mostly about undergraduate admission. The problem Harvard (and some other top universities like Stanford) had was that so many Asian Americans were applying and had better grades and test scores than anyone else (look up "Tiger Parenting"). To maintain diversity in the student body, these schools limited the number of people of Asian descent that they would admit. Yes, that sound unfair. But college admission has never been just a numbers game, and there were plenty of other top universities that they could go to. It depends on whether you think that a vital part of getting an education is being exposed to different types of people and different viewpoints or not. No one has a "right" to be admitted to any university, especially not a private one. I'm glad your friend got into the medical school. 

I am reasonably sure, but not 100% positive, that the case only involved undergraduate admissions.  

To clarify, however, no one claimed that all Asians were being denied admission.  Indeed, there are many Asians undergrads admitted to Harvard each year.  The case instead hinged on claims that (1) Asian applicants were denied at a higher rate than others, and (2) Asians admitted had to be better qualified than non-Asians admitted.  

The court's ruling that Harvard did not discriminate against Asian applicants was decided on statistical evidence.  Both sides started with the same admissions data.  The plaintiff's stats, which showed discrimination, omitted 4 groups of students (recruited athletes, children of professors, legacy applicants, and children of large donors) who were admitted at a higher rate than others.  The school's stats, which showed no discrimination, included all admitted students.  Put in non-legal terms, the court felt the plaintiffs cherry-picked their evidence.

no insider from Harvard is going to answer and no one else knows ... the lawyers got to everyone years ago