<p>Good analysis of how screwed up college admissions is.</p>
<p>Makes you think twice before applying at elite colleges.</p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=nG6OHBjaLNE%5B/url%5D">http://youtube.com/watch?v=nG6OHBjaLNE</a></p>
<p>I think theres stuff missing there. The asian guy at the beginning- he had a 2400, but they also said "soley on a good standardized test score" or something like that. I think that he didn't have a great transcript or ECs.</p>
<p>That's a very superficial and misleading report. College admissions is much more complex that that.</p>
<p>This report is not about what are the qualifications for college admissions. On the second half of the video, it shows how ultra rich people still have an advantage over the rest of the polulation. As the reporter puts it, they are simply "buying their way" to college regardless of merit.</p>
<p>i always hate the reports that guy does. It's always SO obvious that he's twisting the whole situation to say what he wants...</p>
<p>For those of you speculating about Li's other qualifications, here is his academic background from wikipedia:</p>
<p>Academic background
Li graduated from a public high school in Livingston, New Jersey in the top 1% of his class, having received a perfect score of 2400 on the SAT, as well as perfect or near-perfect scores on SAT Subject Tests in math level 2, physics, and chemistry.[2] His qualifications also included community service in Costa Rica and high rankings in New Jersey's math and physics leagues.[3][4] He applied to nine universities, of which Princeton, Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania rejected him, while Yale, the California Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, and Cooper Union accepted him.</p>
<p>wow, i am disgusted at the college admissions process. and to think the duke guy was smiling the whole way through as he admitted that this was corruption and bribery.</p>
<p>life sucks. There isn't much we can do. I guess we've just gotta live with it :(</p>
<p>As much as I am against AA and "corruption", I don't agree with Jian Li's claim of unfairness.</p>
<p>A 2400 is definately an achievement in itself, but that alone doesn't mean that he has greater potential than someone with a much lower score. I've known people with perfect scores on their SATs, perfect scores on 10 SAT2's and 12 APs who have been rightfully rejected from many elite schools.</p>
<p>Wouldn't a college do better to recognize students based on their passion and accomplishments in what they love? A student who published a book and writes articles frequently may not have a perfect SAT math score. A student who wins the International Mathematical Olympiad and does research in mathematics may not have a perfect SAT writing score. But I think both are more promising than someone who has no life outside of scoring high on the SAT.</p>
<p>1st-the reporter was twisting it because thats what ALL reporters do- its basically their job- just ask eliot shickler or ryan crofts</p>
<p>2nd-the duke guy knows hes corrupt but he knows its necessary- and we know it too</p>
<p>3rd- we have no idea how well Li's essays, recs, ECs really were</p>
<p>4th- how much smarter is Li's 2400 than Tevan's 2290? im not sure how much of a difference it is- but i could be wrong</p>
<p>5th- HE GOT INTO YALE AND CALTECH- it wasnt like he ended up at mcneese state</p>
<p>6th- the reporter does make the good point that you can basically "buy" a spot in college- but thats how life works- unfair yes</p>
<p>also that was a pretty good video- wasnt that dirty mike zito and jim honeycutt directing that? looked to be a mix of rubydog/kenny gordon stuff-- amazing backwight</p>
<p>How many people do you think are wealthy enough to "buy" a spot at a top university? I would think those development cases might make up at most ten spots per class.</p>
<p>^^I second that post. While the hyper-wealthy may be able to buy a spot, it's not as though those students are "crowding out" others. And all of the hyper-wealthy people may not want their kids to go to top schools. The kids may be out of their league academically, and most parents wouldn't want to do that to their kids. It's only a small subset of extremely wealthy parents who are securing these spots.</p>
<p>My problem with this video is that the kid doesn't realize that his situation is typical. The vast majority of kids who apply to top colleges get rejected. He hasn't been personally wronged in any way. He's just bitter.</p>
<p>Why is Jian Li complaining? He's damn lucky. My 2400 and extracurriculars didn't get me into a single Ivy or top school. Yale, Caltech...wow, he should be relieved as hell!</p>
<p>I'd be happy to get into Yale.</p>
<p>Li: "2400"
Reporter: "That's the top score"
Li: "Correct"
Reporter: "But that wasn't enough to get into the top colleges."</p>
<p>Oh cry me a river, he got into Yale! Apparently, it's not top enough</p>
<p>Yeah seriously I don't understand what he wants...he can only go to one college...would there really be any benefit to getting into 10 top collegeS?</p>
<p>you didnt know..i have know this fact since elementary school...seriously..</p>
<p>and when you look at it, he WAS a textureless math grind. not just because he's asian.</p>