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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unlikely the kid took SAT in China before high school and used it for college admissions and there was a huge SAT scandal involving bunch of white kids in New York state few years ago where kids were paid to take the SAT for other students. [/quote]
Exchange students usually come to the US for a year or two, so he may have completed 1-2 years of HS.[/quote]l

May, might, coulda.  He did all four here. [/quote]

No one but the student and the admissions officers know what is in any particular student's application. Something was going on with this kid's application that 30 different sets of admissions officers decided to send him a "We regret to inform you..." letter.  My guess would be something with the essays, either the writing quality or the subject.

Lots of Asian kids get accepted to lots of different colleges, so I highly doubt that 30 different schools decided to turn down this one kid solely because he is Asian. There's something else going on there.

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Yes. He checked Asian.  Signed - White Chick.[/quote]

Then why do so many other kids who are Asian and have checked Asian get accepted at these same schools? Why did 30 schools all pick this one kid to reject just because he is Asian and for no other reason?
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Why are you assuming he's the only one? I would check the class-action lawsuit action on this very issue.[/quote]

The PPs are not saying he's the only one. They're saying that it seems odd that 30 schools would reject this one kid with perfect qualifications solely because of the fact that he is Asian. Statistically, it doesn't make sense. Sending a perfect application to 30 schools, even with the Asian box checked, should have resulted in at least some acceptances. For the application to be rejected across the board in this way, there was most likely something in the application that gave pause to 30 sets of admissions officers. I agree with the PP that it was probably something in the essays or the recommendations.

It is statistically unlikely that 30 different schools would decide that this is the Asian kid we're not accepting, even though he is the perfect candidate in every other way.
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I think this is possible since I know of an Asian American kid who had done extremely well overall at a very good school (perfect gpa, 2360 SAT (800, 800, 760), all 800s on SAT IIs, all 5s on many APs, leadership positions in key student groups, original STEM research which was highly advanced (graduate school level), very impressive internships, many hours of volunteering, great recommendation letters (seen them both were 11/10), great essays (reviewed and evaluated by several English teachers to be excellent and seen them 9/10), multiple national level awards such as debate awards etc. etc. Really passionate and curious about learning which showed through various EC activities and leadership positions.

And yet, this kid applied to 9 schools and was rejected by 8 schools and accepted by only 1 school. His race (and no "Hooks") was only thing that got in the way. [/quote]

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