For those who think this is a diversity admission, he got 2250 on his SATs. That means he is incredibly smart. This isn’t some idiot who got in solely because of his race or ethnic background.
To some extent, it was. His SAT was in the median range for Ivy acceptance, even slightly below for the most competitive like Harvard, MIT, Stanford. 11 AP courses is very good - but again, that's typical for all Ivy students. Many students have more. So he had smarts, good scores, took difficult courses - but Ivy's look for anything to differentiate a student - and this kid had one other HUGE advantage - the right skin color.
Getting into 8 Ivy's is unheard of. That last qualification pushed him well over the top. A simple fact is - a suburban white kid with the exact same application would be very lucky to get into 1 Ivy.
What would America be by now had the affirmative action movement been based upon ‘affirming the bright’ as precious gifts to our society, instead of aiming at mediocrity as a precious goal and means to ‘level the playing field’.
For those who think this is a diversity admission, he got 2250 on his SATs. That means he is incredibly smart. This isn’t some idiot who got in solely because of his race or ethnic background.
No, this is precisely because of his race. Millions of incredibly smart kids with grades/scores like this kid don’t get admitted to every Ivy League school. Acceptance to every Ivy League school is academic equivalent of winning the powerball lotto. And he won because of his race, sorry.
i agree with you... with all that i have learned about this kid, he will do well at any of those Ivy League schools... he is not one of those minorities who find themselves out of their league...