<p>Any minority who gets in is qualified to be there and can handle the work. Stanford is known to be very hollistic in its admissions and they know that a SAT score ultimately means nothing. There was something unique about Affe that the admissions officers found, something more compelling than, oh idk, solving a rubik’s cube. You can whine all you want InvisibleMan about how you’re Asian, but you are; deal with it. Stanford’s application is one of the most extensive out there and really allows you to show what makes you unique. Yes, a lot of Asians are academically strong. But that is why it is even more important for these applicants to show what makes them different from the other thousands. Yes, URMs often have better chances, but this is because there are not as many strong applicants. URM is by no means however, a defining factor, in the same way that ORM is by no means a defining factor. </p>
<p>You telling Affe that he only got in because he was hispanic is the equivalent of me telling you that you’re not getting in because you’re Asian. But neither statement is true. Grow the hell up.</p>