Happens all the time. No lawsuit.
Some of these Asian kids come off like real jerks on their application. Like they say they wrote a novel, and write terribly, so it looks like they are just trying to make it look good.
I suggested the same thing (see Post No. 23). I suspect there is something in his application package — other than his Asian surname — that sent up bells and whistles. Perhaps he wrote a highly offensive essay or worse, plagiarized the essay or used AI or a third-party service to write the essay for him. From what I understand, many highly selective colleges and universities routinely run the application essays though a database that looks for unoriginal works (i.e., plagiarized, 3rd party service, or AI.