[Labyrinthos]

I am not going to opine without seeing his entire college application package. including essays and extra-curricular activities. For all we know, the kid wrote a very dark essay or an essay he though was funny, but came off as offensive. The fact that all of these schools turned him down suggests there is something in his application that all of the schools saw as a negative.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The fact that all of these schools turned him down suggests there is something in his application that all of the schools saw as a negative.

Yes - his last name was Asian. Open secret that schools are using the completely subjective essay requirement as the tool to discriminate in favor of non-Asian minorities. While it is of course possible that this particular Asian kid wrote a unique essay that should serve as a disqualifier, the data in these lawsuits have shown that Asian applicants are declined overwhelmingly based solely on subjective criteria.

The truth is that there is a cultural predisposition among certain groups to heavily emphasize academics, and those children simply do better.

[Midwesterner53]

Yes they did: Asian.

[PAR35]

The fact that all of these schools turned him down suggests there is something in his application that all of the schools saw as a negative.

Yes, that Asian surname.