They do the same to Jews, or they used to.
I was wait-listed at MIT and I had a near-perfect GPA (a 4.27 out of a possible 4.3), just shy of perfect SAT (1580/1600), and perfect ACT (32 I think, can’t remember).
I was also already a decorated pilot in the military.
They were pretty up front about it back then: they said that without weighting the school would be all Jewish and Asian.
The article touches on that.