I notice that his English written fluency is a bit shaky, which makes me wonder about his reported 4.0 GPA. He may be a strong student, but the best in his class?? He seems to be benefiting from some “Affirmative Action” in grading, because in my high school no one could have gotten As in humanities and social science subjects with his shaky English proficiency (the science teachers might not have cared as much). Some comments he posted on his Facebook page:
Guillermo Pomarillo commented on an article.
Yesterday at 9:45pm
So, I am really giving many people here the benefit of the doubt. Maybe some of you are clueless or some of you jump to conclusions. But, here are some important points I will like to make.
1. I got a full-ride to stanford through a private organization called Questbridge.
2. I graduated with a perfect GPA and took 11 AP courses in high school. (UW GPA: 4.0 Weighted GPA: 5.24)
3. My ACT score ranges from 30-36 (I will not state my actual score because I will like to keep that private). I scored in the top 95 percentile in the country.
4. My tuition isn’t paid for by any tax payers. I am going to a PRIVATE institution where I recieve grants from the pool of money they have raised through alumni and donors.
5.This is not fake. I did not disclose the information of the dentist or of his office because I didn’t make this post with the intention to get back at him. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he doesn’t know of the struggles that students like me face, maybe he’s clueless? Therefore, I refrained to release his name because I am sure that he is not a bad person. I believe people can change and if he has come across my letter I hope it moves him to change. Also, he is a man with a family and I would hate to put his career in jeopardy. I didn’t do this post out of anger. I did it to bring awareness to the reality that many students face across the nation.
6. I participated in EC’s ranging from interning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, playing varsity volleyball, and competing in Mathletes.
7. Many of you really don’t deserve an explanation from me. But, I felt obligated to state these things because no, being a low-income, Latino, doesn’t mean that you automatically score lower than others or are inferior to other groups. After all, I did score better than most of the kids in this country.
8. I belong in Stanford. I will prosper in Stanford. If you are bothered by me going to Stanford, too bad cause Stanford is my home. I belong there. And so do the thousands of other minority, underpriveleged (including whites) students in college campuses across the nation.
Which means he scored 30. If he scored 36 he'd be screaming it from the rooftops.