Recently an Asian American student from Palo Alto, California, was rejected by 16 out of the 18 top U.S. universities he applied for. Stanley Zhong faced rejections from Stanford and MIT, here's why(X, formerly Twitter)Why did Asian American student face rejection? He further adds that Computer science is really competitive and the probability of getting accepted is lower for everybody. Diversity in American universitiesTalking about the diversity in American universities, he said, “They want different kinds of students in their population, so generally speaking, if you're looking at accomplishments, Asian American students would dominate, and universities do not want to have a class full of just Asian American males. “One important strategy if you are very interested in studying computer science at MIT and Stanford is don't say that you want to study computer science at MIT and Stanford,” Koh revealed.

Source: Hindustan Times October 18, 2023 13:25 UTC