Asian parents are actually sabotaging their kids by putting them through the best high schools, SAT prep classes, and same extracirriculars as other Asians (Coding, Classical Instruments, Tennis, etc.) Based on how colleges looked at admissions (saving seats for top students at random schools, factoring students who have less opportunities, and waiving the need to add a SAT Score. Its SO COUNTERINTUITIVE. By looking out for their kid's best interests they are just pitting him/her against all the other high performing Asian students So it makes sense he was rejected, Stanley was: -Attending a top high school in Palo Alto -From wealthy family (ITS PALO ALTO) -Spent a lot of effort on getting a top 1% SAT Score >An applicant who was a top student from bumfuck nowhere and from a poor family and didnt take the SAT, actually has closer odds as Stanley when it comes the admission officer's eyes.

The idea that all asian colleges students are the same is ridiculous and this is coming from a black guy who went to college with a lot of asian students. Just because a student is Asian and gets good grades doesn't mean they don't have their own unique personality and interests.

I am an immigrant from the Philippines and was accepted in UC Berkeley with a 3.5 gpa in 2014. I did work part time and volunteered. I felt like my admission essay was a sob story and that was reality. I think many universities look at how the students overcame their struggles and persevered.

He got rejected because he is asian particularly Chinese.

This kid is going to do well in life regardless of where he goes to school. And I would hesitate calling any of the UCs or Cal State Poly mid tier - quite a bit of competition going into these colleges.

I don't have a bachelor degree and I can still become Staff Engineer at a tech company. College isn't the only way. This kid will do well, with or without uni.

My nephews who are biracial sadly will not and have not mentioned their Asian side. This rejection happens to super successful academic Asian students...what about the less super successful Asian students? Its a sad situation

UW has an ultra competitive, capacity constrained CS program and he probably applied to be a direct admit into the program that's why. It's easier to get into UW if you apply as a general admit but your chances of getting into the CS program are not assured if you do it that way.

We need more nerds, I don't care if there Asians! 🇺🇸💐

Honestly I’m not surprised he was rejected by several UCs, I was literally told it would be hard to get in to the major UCs when I did college applications (2017) because I’m Asian and the college demographic is skewed. 😕

The larger point is not that this outstanding young man will be fine being hired by Google, but what does this imply to other talented young Asian Americans trying to get into a top level college. In all the confusing cross currents, what is getting lost is the proverbial elephant in the room: Your skin color and race is far more important than your talent, effort, and character. It seems there are “too many” of “his kind” of people trying to get into these schools. Your admission into college is determined more by your membership in a racial group than your individual characteristics? Is this the kind of country we want to live in?

Wasn't it the Chinese parents that got rid of Affirmative Action? I feel like there's gonna be more anti Chinese policy soon.

I think we need to look at applications of white and Black students who get in for comparison, see what's "spicy" about them.

This reflects the state of the world. Your race, age, gender, sexuality will determine if you get the job/degree admission, not your talent or skillset.

How in the hell you still getting rejected and the affirmative action bill is gone?

“Do I want to hang with Stanley?… Probably not.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This may have been similar situation where an applicant for a job is more qualified than all other applicants, but displays an attitude that the interviewer does not like making them think the applicant will be difficult to work with, so they end up not getting hired.

Just for curiosity I kinda wish he applied to a lot more colleges to see who else would have accepted/rejected him. Tho kudos to him no way he doesn’t get even more successful.

College is overrated anyway most of the kids that graduated with zhong from high school won’t make an income as high as him

He would have gotten in at least some of those but I think Asians can also consider more colleges than the same ivy and uc schools. Lots of other lesser known names still have good networking and there are career orgs and other forms of networking.

At least now he won't accumulate astronomically high college debt.

There is not transparency in college admission is because they don't want to show that how they are biased based on race...

University Maryland College Park accepted him. UMD CS major has pretty high ranking. One of the best public colleges. .... Also, I agree the US is losing the tech war to China if such incidents happen more often in next 10 years because China can produce far more STEM graduates every year, but we just reject smart nerds.

My boy got into UW with a 3.1 lol

So unfair, I feel so bad for my two Asian sons when they get old enough to apply to college.

I don't even think this kid cares about this, he is already working at Google, why would he apply for a job there if he intended on focusing on school? Let's be real they teach the same stuff if you get an computer science degree at Harvard as at Prairie State Community College, he likely already knows all the the material they would teach him anyway and college would be a waste of his time. I feel like this is a kid who for the first time in his life things didn't work out the way they were supposed to for him and he can't take the "W" unless it's a gilded gold encrusted "W"

Our families sacrificed and drilled into us the importance of working hard and education. And that’s across lots of Asian families. So it’s horrible that colleges are saying that we can’t be admitted in because there are too many of us. They’re supposed to be on a meritocracy so shame on the colleges and the admission admins that keep on rejecting Asians that deserve to get in. Thank you fund bros for bringing this to light and talking about it

the sentiment of too many asians in Universities has been brewing for quite some time... they are only now doing something about it and it's extremely fucked up

2:49 should have tried Michigan State!

If he was a different race, he would have gotten into the Ivyies on a full scholarship...

basically to sums it up the asian young man is too overpowered at being a nerd that he got rejected from usa prestige universities 🤭😭😭

Kenny Xu should start a merit based college

I understand the chance he could get into MIT and CIT, but UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara? That deserves some explanations.

Yeah! Guy deserve all the success. 😇🍻

Admissions people thought "Damn, this guy is all ready to go pro why even take him. He'd throw everybody's GPA out of whack." Hard pass.

When my now wife and I were getting serious she joked around that we could get my mother to accept our relationship more (she is black and I am Chinese-American) if we pointed out that pur hypothetical kids would have an easier time getting into colleges.

-have an Afrikan or Afgahanistan name - do average on your SAT and school grades - be a female LGBQT activist / feminist you will get into Harvard and Yale

Every school he got rejected from was a school that tons of students ( and nerds ) with great graded apply to... students with stats as good as his . He also applied as a CS major which is one of the most popular majors . The UC's and CSU's ( San Luis Obispo ) have also been race blind sine the mid to late 90's

not just studying 200% harder...try looking into the systemic racism in the workplace.... this is just the tip of the iceberg.

school system is a joke right now, good on him to get hired by a top company instead of wasting money on tuition

Why??? I’d hire him if I was a boss!

Why are the hosts assuming that he is not a "cool" person because he did so well in school?

The system is broken. It has been broken for a long time.

Gate, Jobs, Zuckerberg....all college dropouts I believe.... depends on the person, but college ciuld be too structured or confined for a real creative entrepreneur type. Great for cranking out lawyers and MBA though.

My question is....if yt women and legacy students was one of the biggest reasons Asians were getting rejected from colleges, why did they blame black people? A lot of colleges have a high Asian student body whereas the black student body was less than half of the ASB? Why didn't they tackle the real issue? Asians were also getting into colleges through AA and now, it's ruined for everyone. Asians celebrated the dismissal of AA. Called it a victory.... and months later, it backfired. Y'all got played and wouldn't listen when other minorities were trying to warn you. Thanks for that.

hmm.

I don't think he was rejected because of his race in this case. Most schools that he applied to have a 5% acceptance rate especially for CS programs. The only one that was a bit sus to me was cal poly because that should of been a safety and I'm guessing the school rejected him to protect their yield. Regardless of which school he got accepted or rejected by we should celebrate him getting into Google as it shows us that we are still judged by our merit rather our race when it comes to getting high paying jobs.

Maybe it’s the yellow peril

Only in genZ do you get rejected by being too smart. You all f'd up the world in so many ways.

The kid should say he was queer or something like that. Then he can watch those uni fight over him 😅

"America is very anti nerd" Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeah lol that hit home for me

Some should start their own universities and colleges as I have said before. Jewish people have Yeshiva and other schools. African Americans have Howard and other historical colleges and universities too. The thing is that colleges and universities can't let EVERYONE in even if their resume/CV is perfect. People need to learn to apply to more than the Ivies regardless of how smart they think they are, which couldn't be too smart if that is all some people apply to. That is cocky as hell but not smart (some people lack common sense but that's another story, which is a part of intelligence). I prefer Howard Gardners approach concerning intelligence. Nonetheless, people need to apply to their tops picks, their middle picks and their lower picks even if he or she is a genius due to test scores, and their parents' opinion (yes, I used their a lot). Lower picks are probably schools the person applying and only a handful of other people know but provides a wonderful education and has the program and research he or she likes, etc. Some Indian, Chinese and Korean people are all about the name when it should be about the education and what he or she wants to do with their life (keyword: some). Universities are becoming an LV bag for some people, which doesn't prove that you're rich or smart nor does it mean a person's life will be easier, but some research says one could make more money but even that varies by major and who the person knows and so on. I have noticed that the Japanese people whom I know are not all about the name, which is interesting when comparing some different eastern groups and some southern groups (Japanese people are doing exceptionally well as a people and country, which is why they barely come to the U.S. anymore). It's funny because some of the Japanese snack stores are run, by Chinese and Korean people. Most people want to go to Japan not the other way around. The research on this is intriguing too. The thing is that people who were blaming it on Affirmative Action have no more excuses. They said they were tired of hearing African Americans and Hispanics complain and now it's the pot calling the kettle black (I knew this narrative was coming, and I knew getting rid of AA would change nothing since it was European Americans who started this agenda, and he wasn't interested in helping Asians, especially when they were his second choice after the legal battle failed using white students). Never be a person's second choice in legal battles or within relationships. Some individuals are naive or lack a basic understanding of history in the U.S. concerning divide and conquer. People have nothing left to blame not getting accepted on but racism and other factors well welcome to African American and Hispanic people's world. I believe some colleges and universities are tired of seeing the same background CV when there are hundreds of other Asian kids who have the same resume since China, Korean and India all have a strong math and science curriculum within the country for people who can go to a good school in those countries because poverty is a big thing in those places too. Do people really believe schools with low acceptance rates of 4 percent or less are going to let everyone in with exceptional scores? Life is disappointing and doesn't always work like that (none of us are always going to get what we want even with wealth). This kid got a job at Google and if he plays his cards right, he will be wealthier than he might already be concerning the app he has and so on. The purpose of going to school is basically to gain money, power and contributing to society as a whole (not all in that order). The hilarious thing is that some people like to say "oh hard work and blah, blah and blah, but the world is not that simple" He might just be a weird outlier for whatever reason. In addition, some of these people are entitled brats. Furthermore, various people come here because they couldn't cut it within the educational system back home according to some of my friends who are from overseas. If something doesn't work out create your own (maybe someone needs to create historical Asian Universities as another option unless the person just want to go because it is a European American created school that is old for the U.S. but not in regard to the world when it comes to education). Jewish people created a banking system for them when banks would not loan them money, etc. It doesn't make it better because a European person runs it (there are only so many ways to teach math, science and so on). There is always next year if he doesn't like where he was accepted to, or he could take a gap year, like some people do from his generation (some of these young people need to learn to be humble or get humbled as they say). The University of Texas and University of Maryland are not bad schools and since we have not seen his total package it is hard to say what he should have gotten into at all (it's not like he got in nowhere, which happens to some people for whatever reasons). This kid will be fine in life (some people are too entitled). Also, all of those admission officers at the colleges are not liberal even at Columbia University here in NYC (some have a lot of micro-aggression issues too). They don't tell us why we were not hired when we apply for a job and don't get it so why should they with colleges and universities? They're not trying to have legal issues. His future is at stake if he gets into no schools, which is not the case. The guy that suggested Oxford had a good idea there. The person that said a lot of African American and Latino people have Affirmative Action should be changed to had (he might have been living under a rock or doesn't live in the U.S). The law has been changed (keyword: had). They should have thought about putting legacy admission in that package when they rallied against AA (deal or no go for either). The problem here is not about being cool because there are a lot of white nerds at CU and other Ivies, etc. Different people might have varying opinions on what's cool or not. Also, there was talk about African Americans and sports that make up 70 to 75 percent but let's talk about how own the teams, which are the people making millions and billions without getting the brain damage due to being hit all the time (the slave vs. the master per se). I rather own a team than play on it (I would avoid getting a lifetime of injuries, and the possibility of never playing again due to an injury). Link to the young man: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpZnirdhu7-wp2Q.html

Why limit to US universities? There are other top universities in Asia.

How could that be. Good luck at Google.

What OG asian parents don’t understand is nowadays education is so overrated…instead of $500K for private schools to private colleges just put that money in a trust fund for the kid or use that as seed money for their own business ideas etc.

Affirmative action for you

Asian guy is born to be rejected. Let's move on.

America continues to disappoint.

I don’t thing It’s just about being Asian, they want diversity is skills and interest. But if it really is because of the race why would anyone want to go to a racist institution.

DIVERSITY is all these top colleges' primary admission criteria. The easiest way to have a diverse student population is race based! It may appear that Asian students are being treated with biased admission factor. It's basic economics of supplies and demands! Asians by nature are simply more conservatives, and believe that higher education would ensure future prosperity. There are simply too many supplies of top Asian students, hence, too many demands for top college admission. I am a Taiwanese with degrees from top colleges and working as a CPA. However, based on my own professional experiences, having a degree from a top college is a gimmick! There are more real important life factors in order to have a reasonable career! You do not need a degree from a top college to have a decent career. Find something practical to do in life. Many top college students with unpractical degrees are really wasting society's resources.

HE WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. PERIOD!

I saw one of his interviews with one of the national media outlets and I wasn't impressed with him. The only thing impressive was that he was rejected by so many schools. He's a one trick pony. Look - He clearly is a coding genius with a combination of nature and nurture. When I was talking about this story with my teenagers, I talked about not just doing something, but being something. His start-up is impressive. He said he co-founded a student group to offer coding workshops to under-privileged communities, but he also went on to say he doesn't do much with it anymore because of time. That tells me he did it for the college application. As you mentioned, Google doesn't need him to be well-rounded. They just need him to be great at his job, which he will be great and do just fine in life. The NBA analogy doesn't make sense because it's like saying Google has too many computer science geniuses who are Asian. He wasn't competing for a spot in the Social Science, Arts, etc. departments. He was competing with other computer science applicants. I'm not sold on the anti-Asian "nerd" arguement. There was likely something there or not there that so many schools rejected him. He may not have grown up with struggles, but there is still a way to answer questions and write essays to tell a story of who we are and not just what we do. I understand and agree with the desire for transparency. There clearly are tons of people in top-tier schools who grow up without struggles. The U. of Wisconsin rejection is interesting. They have ~49% acceptance rate with >60% white and ~7% Asian. But he did get into U. of Maryland, which has about a 44% acceptance rate and ~17% Asian. And BTW - I'm a middle-aged Chinese American who grew up in the 80s and benefited from being Asian American. I was not and am still not an Asian "nerd". I do work with alot of Asian "nerds". So no, do not change your Chinese names. Think about who we are as individuals and who we are as part of a community.

Most likely a genius kid whose future is set regardless of the school he attends vs a kid from the inner city or middle class with skills who would could benefit from the elite university experience.. I can understand that because the lvl of school education matters.. It’s the difference between learning kung fu from Jet Li and learning from his student..It’s not quite the same..😂

I'm sure there's plenty Schools back in Asia... He should go there...

Dude you guys kept clowning CalPoly which is the highest rated calstate. I know people who got into more UC schools and rejected by Cal Poly SLO, don’t be snobs.

Feel sad for my kids. It’s not their fault that their parents didn’t have drug addiction, didn’t divorce, worked hard to earn good income. Yet they got punished in college applications for being born in such a family.

There are Historically Black Colleges (HBC), so how about (HAC). You can bet companies would fight for their graduates. Still funny as heck to be rejected by MIT for being too nerdy.

Wow high score let reject him because other school will accept him. Why not do interview before reject him😅

I think it boils down to socioeconomic class. The kid already seems to come from a high socioeconomic background. He already seems prepared to succeed when most people don’t have that luxury. Who is not to say a High achieving Asian that comes from a low socioeconomic background got selected over him.

Shoulda filled in another race. Welcome to liberal racism

His name is the only reason he got rejected.

Everyone should apply as an African, because the first human was African.

Unfortunately, he did not have black or brown skin. But good for him for getting hired at Google. He can always get a degree later and Google will pay for all of it.

End affirmative action and DEI

Let's not feel too sorry for this kid. He's going to be multi-millionaire before he reaches 30. His life moving forward will be great, even without a degree from one of the "top" universities.

He got rejected cuz of his last name