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[quote] We don't know if he got a full scholarship, or a combination of grants and loans. No reason he shouldn't try for the best scholarships to the best colleges. He's breaking no rules here -- and AOs will be calling the high school to see if they have any more students like him.

His GPA is backed up by strong AP test results and also SAT2 scores.

Wrong. Those are not amazing SAT II scores. His history score is only 73 percentile, bio is only 86 percentile. An Asian boy with his stats would be rejected from every college this boy was admitted to with a full ride. An Asian boy with those stats would struggle to get admitted to UVA with same profile.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-a-good-sat-subject-test-score [/quote]

Why do whites and Asians worship such a very low intellectual bar at the SAT following years of prepping and SAT prep courses.  Such a low intellectual/academic bar that many top middle school students hit the ceiling just after elementary school!

SAT tests are a low bar to measure anything. Those whites and Asians who specialize in the SAT are not the movers and shakers of the globe...they spend their time, years,  and money filling in scantron bubbles.  I suspect most low income students take this screening test  once without any preparation  (650 vs 750 so what a couple of questions difference... much yawning).  Why waste time and money to prepare for this middle school test?[/quote]
Nice story but not every Asian kid is "prepping" for the SATs for years or even for months.  My kid scored over 1500 the first time he tried a timed, full length SAT on the Khan academy website without any prep.  He wants a higher score so we will buy him a Kaplan book for $14 and he will spend a few weeks reviewing it before the actual test.
He enjoys school and works hard but also goofs off, spends time with friends, plays a sport for fun (in a low key rec. league), plays an instrument for fun (no high level competitions), loves to read, loves going to plays and museums, enjoys travel.  I don't think he will be a "mover" of "shaker" but he is definitely not a scantron bubble filler and neither are most of his friends.  
fwiw any kid from any socioeconomic class who is motivated enough to apply to an Ivy league university would probably be smart enough to buy a second hand SAT prep book or prep for free online at the Khan academy website.  Here in Montgomery County there are local organizations that offer heavily subsidized SAT prep ($40 for an entire year of academic tutoring and SAT prep) in several high schools (so transportation isn't a problem either).  [/quote]

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