What's going on in liberal (all!) of government funded Academia??!!-----Stanley Zhong had a 4.42 GPA, a 1590 SAT, and ranked in the top 1% of the USA Computing Olympiad (Platinum).

Still, 15 of 18 colleges rejected him - Alumni Free Speech Alliance@afsaalumni

He built a free e-signing platform, reached the semifinals of Google Code Jam, and placed 2nd in MIT’s Battlecode. 

Still, 15 of 18 colleges rejected him — including Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and even Cal Poly. 

• But numbers aside, what’s most striking is hearing from Stanley himself. 
• In the clip below, you’ll see a thoughtful, humble young man who even admits he didn’t expect to get into every top school — but still thought the state schools were within reach. 

He’s not alone. 

Stories like this are surfacing everywhere. 

Students are asking: 

• When did merit stop mattering? 
• It’s time we start rewarding it.