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Ok, let's say it's above average. But it's not exceptional. It's not so above average than getting rejected is some unbelievable event.
A lot of above average people don't get what they want because there are a lot of above average people out there and there are a limited number of opportunities. I get that the American selling point is that if you work hard and outperform others, you will be granted opportunities. But that's a relative question, not an absolute. Harvard could fill their entire admissions class with kids who get 1550+ SAT scores. MIT probably can as well. At that score range, 1550-1600, differences are negligible and admissions turns on additional criteria.
That's why these stories are misleading, imo. Dude didn't rejected from JUCOs with those scores. He got rejected from programs with extremely high criteria to begin with. It's more emblematic of Americans not understanding just how competitive the landscape has become than a travesty of justice.
Maybe.
Dude wasn’t class president or on a sports team or kicking ass on the violin. For some reason they weigh that kind of stuff heavily.