Are college admissions reaching a point of extreme randomness?

[circuitrider]

@Zinhead

When a very qualified applicant has been denied from a variety of schools, poor LOR’s and/or personal essays are the most likely culprits. Despite what some people on this thread have said, the OP was placed in the “Asian” bucket, and that is most competitive application bucket for these schools.

I disagree with that. The Asian bucket and the Caucasian bucket are the same bucket at all but a few LACs. OP would likely have gotten into Amherst or Middlebury with those stats.