04-08-2015, 01:26 AM
KittenMittens Wrote:It's not so much that he got into an ivy league school, it's that he got into all 8 of them which suggests a blatant pass based on race. An Asian or White applicant with those credential wouldn't have gotten into all of them, maybe one or two or three, but not all 8. There was another black student the year before who got into all 8. Is that just merit, luck, or the race card? Statistically, the odds of getting into 8 ivy league, let alone 1, are almost non-existent. But to get into all 8? A 4.0 GPA and 2270 SAT are extremely good, but not good enough to get into all 8. A 2270 SAT score means that 13,760 SAT takers beat him. So how many of those 13,760 got into 8 ivy league schools, let alone just 1?
You make several claims based on no provided evidence. To claim "An Asian or White applicant with those credential wouldn't have gotten into all of them, maybe one or two or three, but not all 8" is absurd. This type of statement is based on ideology and not logic. In order to prove such a statement, one would have to have access to far more data than is available to the general public. Your statements appear to claim that all 8 Ivy League universities favored this applicant over similarly qualified applicants based on his race. This claim is impossible to prove and is therefore conjecture.
How many of the students with SAT scores that exceeded 2270 + have 4.0 gpa + have equally impressive writing skills + have equally impressive extracurricular activities + applied to all 8 Ivy League Universities were accepted to all 8? When phrased completely, your question is a good one. Unfortunately, it would take a significant quantity of research to answer.