<p>@Rtgrove123, I am in the middle 50% of SAT scores for Stanford.</p>
<p>@InvisibileMan023 Let me start by saying I am sorry Stanford does not want a student body completely full of Asians with perfect SAT scores. If that were the case, I would not have applied. Wouldn’t you agree that above a certain threshold, SAT scores are just a measure of how many study books/ tutors you can afford? I’ve actually read studies that state SAT do not correlate to how well a student will do at college. So why do you put so much importance in them? Also, did these rejected applicants medal at state athletically all 4 years in high school? Start their own business? I want to meet these mythical applicants you speak of.</p>
<p>So in what ways other than SAT scores am I deficient? I can tell you that I come from a high school with a senior student populations of 76, located roughly in the middle of nowhere. Opportunities aren’t exactly in abundance here. Not to sound narcissistic, but I have achieved more than any student from here ever has. Especially coming from a low-income, single-parent household with 4 other siblings. Also, you do not know the content of my essays. I can tell you I thought my essays were amazing. And essays are actually quite a large factor.</p>
<p>Also, I do believe I add diversity in many respects, including coming from a very rural area. I don’t know how many applicants can say they see a windmill farm from their bedroom window. I don’t know how many applicants can name all their classmate’s middle names. I don’t know how many applicants who are exactly like me. Actually, I find it “absolutely absurd” for a person to think they can single handedly say who gets in and not. Sorry to burst your bubble, but you cannot say with absolute certainty that an Asian version of me stands no chance in hell getting in.</p>
<p>Let me be clear, I am not arguing that my URM status was not a factor. You could of have said being Hispanic increased my chances. However, you made it out to be the ONLY factor that mattered, and my achievements weren’t “good enough.” Where do you get off telling others what constitutes “qualified?” There is a point when picking the “more qualified” applicants just means picking those with the money to travel, to study, to be tutored. In your mind, you see test scores as the measure of a man. They aren’t. I know Stanford saw something in me. A spark that told them I am going to achieve great things. This is precisely what drives me. I want to look back in 30+ years and see how far I’ve gotten and how much I’ve impacted the world. I want to remember this conversation. And think to myself, I remember there were once people who didn’t think I deserved my education at Stanford because my SAT scores weren’t high enough. </p>
<p>BTW - I would LOVE for you to show me an Asian applicant from a small school/rural area from a low-income father supporting 5 kids that has won 4 state athletic medals (all four years), 5 academic state metals and counting…, started their own photography business, and wrote such meticulously sculpted essays as I did. Trick question! I’m half-Asian! Hahahaha.</p>