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Genius New York High Schooler Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools

It seems like a lot of you don’t know how the college admission process works. You’re all talking about him “only” being ranked 11th in his class and only getting a 2250 on the SATs but those stats aren’t meant to be compared with your score or my scores. And before people start jumping down my throat understand this, when it comes to scores and rankings there is no national standard. Kids from California aren’t compared with kids from Alabama, that kind of comparison is pointless because its clear that school systems across the US aren’t equal in terms of resources, staff, and money. What actually happens is each kid is compared within their own areas and similar school districts. It’s about doing your best with what you have as a student at that particular school. If anything what makes it even harder for smart privileged white kids is the fact they go to school with other equally smart privileged white kids. If you go to a school where everyone gets a 2400, that score holds less weight. And as far as being ranked 11th. Rank doesn’t take into account the difficulty of your course load. The kids ranked 1-10 may have had 4.0 GPAs but they may not have had any honors or AP classes on their transcripts. A B in an honors/AP course holds more weight to admissions than a A in a regular college prep class. Although his race and background probably had something to do with it, stop acting like SAT scores and class rank are some great equalizer cause they’re not.