High school grad rejected by 16 colleges reveals how he got Google job

Stanley's story went viral after the standup student landed a dream job at Google despite being rejected by most colleges he applied to. So how did he get the job? He sat down with ABC7 News anchor Kristen Sze to explain. abc7ne.ws/3ZTzyM2
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  • @marcelmoulin3335
    @marcelmoulin33358 ай бұрын

    This exceedingly bright, articulate, humble, and charming young man impresses me. A retired teacher (35 years in education), I am shocked and bewildered that too many universities did not recognise that Stanley is a diamond among glass. I wish him well at Google!

  • @101bothunter

    @101bothunter

    8 ай бұрын

    he just so happened to be on the wrong side of AA, unfortunately

  • @meangreen6044

    @meangreen6044

    8 ай бұрын

    @@101bothunterthey can’t accept every student with a padded resume

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    It was obvious that he didn't need to go to university to learn coding. Might that have been a reason??? Why would he spend four years in college knowing what he knows. I will most certainly be happy with this year's college selection process when people like Stanley will no longer blame their rejection from top universities on Affirmative Action.

  • @junicornplays980

    @junicornplays980

    8 ай бұрын

    @@101bothunter He didn't get into the California schools either. California schools don't have AA.

  • @101bothunter

    @101bothunter

    8 ай бұрын

    @@junicornplays980 cool

  • @jasonfoxfire
    @jasonfoxfire8 ай бұрын

    Wow, what a mature young man. In a few years, he will be the hiring manager to interview his classmates who went to Stanford and Berkeley.

  • @imberrysandy
    @imberrysandy8 ай бұрын

    I can feel Stanley's passion for coding through this interview. Great stuff, and congrats Stanley!

  • @missdesireindependance5194
    @missdesireindependance51948 ай бұрын

    I feel Standley’s dad did a great job of teaching him the skills to be successful in tech. I glad he was able to get hired at google.

  • @cutiepets664

    @cutiepets664

    8 ай бұрын

    Mf taught himself

  • @gooderlinsen

    @gooderlinsen

    8 ай бұрын

    yeah yeah yeah. it's all dad. Like every kid who do drugs is because their dada teach them the skill to do drugs?

  • @ThatsOPV

    @ThatsOPV

    8 ай бұрын

    or be hoes, they momma taught them to be hoes 🤣🤣@@gooderlinsen

  • @fd2361
    @fd23618 ай бұрын

    I'm glad to see an Asian news anchor or journalist interviewing him (an Asian), so there could be less cringy cultural assumptions or misconceptions or biases brought in the conversation. The interview demonstrates how mature and intelligent he is. Hope the best for his future endeavors. I wish I could be as smart and accomplished as he is at that age.

  • @ricarellan
    @ricarellan8 ай бұрын

    I’m happy for him 🎉 screw those colleges, he’s winning 🥇

  • @lynnt8222
    @lynnt82228 ай бұрын

    This is every parents nightmare. Stanley GPA is above 4. He scored a high SAT but still get a rejected from UC school. As a parent I wonder how a group of administration select a new student coming to their school. I went through a roller coaster last year with my daughter. She currently studying at Harvard and major in Bio Med Engineering. Good luck in your future road ahead.

  • @danieltenorio3559

    @danieltenorio3559

    8 ай бұрын

    It’s bec of “diversity “ he should of changed his race and put trans lmao!

  • @meangreen6044

    @meangreen6044

    8 ай бұрын

    @@danieltenorio3559or it could be millions of other students just like him with padded resume and transcript. Like a robot just grades turned out like an assembly line

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@danieltenorio3559 Nope it's not. Not this time around. Can't blame Affirmative Action any longer.

  • @doglover7675

    @doglover7675

    8 ай бұрын

    sure@@Bklyn112

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@doglover7675 Sure is correct! You asked for it. You got it. Now go bark up another tree.

  • @robtangent4664
    @robtangent46648 ай бұрын

    4.42 GPA and 1590 SAT. I can accept that the top ranked computer science programs such as, MIT, Standford and U.C.Berkeley, the three co-number one ranked schools (by U.S.News) reject your application. But U.C.Davis and Cal Poly? They can't dream of having applicants of this qualification. Something is wrong!

  • @kimchi_taco

    @kimchi_taco

    8 ай бұрын

    Sneak AA??

  • @boomboom141

    @boomboom141

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@kimchi_taco it's over stop blaming black people.

  • @farzana6676

    @farzana6676

    3 ай бұрын

    @@boomboom141 It's definitely AA. Any Latino or Black with that GPA would walk into any college in America.

  • @KazuoChan
    @KazuoChan8 ай бұрын

    Congrats to Stanley! Happy for him, Hope he has a bright future ahead of him

  • @TwinkiesforDinner
    @TwinkiesforDinner8 ай бұрын

    Excellent interview! Stanley, congrats on your success!

  • @NativeAmericanSwag
    @NativeAmericanSwag8 ай бұрын

    Proud of him! Keep up the great work and keep pushing!

  • @nantinee9
    @nantinee98 ай бұрын

    Congratulations Stanley! You're a wonderful young man. =) Great questions from news anchor Kristen.

  • @wsurfer2147
    @wsurfer21478 ай бұрын

    If I were his father, I laughed all the way to the bank. At least $80K to $240K saved just from tuition alone.

  • @theodorehsu5023
    @theodorehsu50238 ай бұрын

    Those colleges might find out he was “the one they let get away” and now it’s “eat your hearts out” time.

  • @semigoth299
    @semigoth2998 ай бұрын

    Never give up or surrender.

  • @mzf11125
    @mzf111258 ай бұрын

    Thank you Stanley for sharing your journey, you have inspired us newbie programmers lol

  • @eloglowxx
    @eloglowxx8 ай бұрын

    I thought a professional dosent start and end with a “ uhm “

  • @sliturarse
    @sliturarse8 ай бұрын

    So HAPPY for Stanley, parents super proud. CHEERS! Stanley!

  • @rightangletriangle3188
    @rightangletriangle31888 ай бұрын

    I'm very happy for him. Sometimes life deals us with an unexpected path, and we'll find pleasant surprises. An unconventional path may not be a bad one.

  • @dinokeodara76

    @dinokeodara76

    8 ай бұрын

    That's not the point. The point was a level playing field. They deprived this kid of his chance to go to college and have that experience just because he's Asian and his only sin was that he was brilliant, worked hard and had good grades. Wrong is wrong.

  • @wayne8797
    @wayne87978 ай бұрын

    Even if his dad has a role in getting him the job, for someone without a degree, at best he would have only gotten the entry level. The fact it’s not just goes to show they really valued his abilities.

  • @junicornplays980

    @junicornplays980

    8 ай бұрын

    He has someone who knows the inner workings on how to get a job there and how to prepare, it's no surprise that he's not entry level.

  • @iseeflowers
    @iseeflowers8 ай бұрын

    He seems like a very a bright young man with a bright future and very passionate about what he likes. I think he will be entrepreneur in the future.

  • @donaldcoppersmith1018
    @donaldcoppersmith10188 ай бұрын

    I can't imagine these schools will ever be transparent in the admission process.

  • @jujugarcianyc
    @jujugarcianyc8 ай бұрын

    This reporter hosted an excellent interview!

  • @pg8010
    @pg80108 ай бұрын

    Most likely, lower schools like UC Davis and Cal Poly didn't think someone like Stanley would actually attend their school even if accepted so in order to protect their yield %, they rejected him..

  • @davidt02
    @davidt028 ай бұрын

    I feel bad for the younger generation these days. The SATs were watered down in the early 2000s and even banned from being considered in a lot of schools. Rampant grade inflation has made a 4.0 almost meaningless now. So the college entrance arms race turn to extracurriculars. Now every kid start clubs, volunteer all their time, and some even started viable companies. Now even some kid with a extensive history of volunteering plus knowing 2 musicals instruments and 4 languages is considered "boring" to admissions now. I can sense the frustration and anxiety coming from this generation.

  • @TPM188

    @TPM188

    8 ай бұрын

    Asian applications only.

  • @meangreen6044

    @meangreen6044

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TPM188maybe because they are studying the exam, padding their resume, and doing things only to get into college then become average in college because it was o but hey only did things to pad their application not to actually be great.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    what makes playing an instrument or knowing a language better than other extracurricular skills? These activities are very much based on culture. I an assure you as an educator that a standardized test is not indicative of success in your career choice. Frankly, many 1st generation Asian students don't understand the concept of networking. They will stay at their desk working hard while other students go to the right parties events to meet people who can get them internships. If they get an internship, again they don't socialize but they do work hard. The socialization and being liked by firm partners is what gets you hired or into a great school.

  • @georginatoland

    @georginatoland

    8 ай бұрын

    And for those kids already working through high school, there isn’t time for extracurricular activities. It was rough for me in the 80s; I don’t know how working class kids get into college at all these days.

  • @brc2567
    @brc25678 ай бұрын

    Stanley is my kid's age and I found him to be inspirational in this interview. Wow, what a young man and what a story. I really wish him the best. Stanley probably got rejected from some of these schools because the schools want to protect their admissions yield. Stanley is at pretty much the top of what a student can aim for - if he is getting rejected 16/18 with his stats and EC activities, then it'd be good for other aspiring students to know what to aim for.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    He was more than likely rejected because of his impressive resume. He didn't need college. What would be the point of him going to university if he already knew what he needed to know to get a coding job. It is disingenuous for Stanley to say that his father didn't have much to do with his being hired.

  • @edwardmitchell6581

    @edwardmitchell6581

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Bklyn112 Just being in the Bay Area makes a big difference. I had a friend who learned programming from DOS help files, but while he could make output that looked like a screen saver the kid of a programmer was compiling things into executables.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@edwardmitchell6581 Probably doing whatever it is that you said he was doing at 7!

  • @andrechen846

    @andrechen846

    10 күн бұрын

    @@Bklyn112 he had been reached out to by google recruiters when he was just 13 years old and you strongly believe it was his father that got him into google?

  • @GP-nr2fm
    @GP-nr2fm8 ай бұрын

    Stanley, thank you for telling your story on media. It’s the best decision. You brought the dark side of the college admissions to light. You were rejected because of your skin color.

  • @meangreen6044

    @meangreen6044

    8 ай бұрын

    Or because there were millions of other students with the same padded transcript and robot created profile

  • @baboon_baboon_baboon

    @baboon_baboon_baboon

    8 ай бұрын

    His dad helped him get the job so….

  • @alohalaniboido8083
    @alohalaniboido80838 ай бұрын

    He sounds very mature for his age. Of course, he is very intelligent!

  • @sheneedsme
    @sheneedsme8 ай бұрын

    Congratulations to this articulate and engaging young man and congratulations to Google for being smart enough to hire him even without a degree. His high academic credentials are top notch and it’s inexplicable that all those colleges rejected him. My daughter started at Google at age 23 but she also had 4 degrees by then.

  • @juliegardner6727

    @juliegardner6727

    8 ай бұрын

    Wow! Very impressive… congratulations to your daughter 🎊 ❤

  • @user-ke6bm2kc8g
    @user-ke6bm2kc8g8 ай бұрын

    Interviewer is a pro 💯 -"Your father has the same position at the same company. Is that a coincidence, Stanley?" - 🥴😬🤫

  • @kimchee94112
    @kimchee941128 ай бұрын

    GPA and college get you into a good job position. After a few years your college and GPA don't mean much, everyone know your worth. He is actually 4 or more years ahead of the those who went to college, can damn well afford a condo or house without heavy school loans by the time the others graduated. This kid is more than just book smart, he already started various ventures/businesses. I just don't understand how many college recruiters so utterly stupid and let this one go.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    How is the college recruiter stupid if they know that he already knows what their teaching?

  • @kimchee94112

    @kimchee94112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Bklyn112 I know recruiters couldn't tell the difference from a structural engineering major to a civil engineering major, some even worse. Could you? Or could be Jeremy Lin syndrome and later regret it.

  • @ThatsOPV

    @ThatsOPV

    8 ай бұрын

    recruiters usually dont know code.... they care about culture fit......

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ThatsOPV Nor do they need to know how to code. The point is they knew that he didn't need college. His father had been grooming him for this sort of move from a very young age. He used his connections working for Google. If Stanley had gone to college, he would not have gotten all of the publicity that he's now getting. It was probably never the plan anyway.

  • @kimchee94112

    @kimchee94112

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ThatsOPV And this is why universities are so woke and nasty. ie, Evergreen State College, Bret Weinstein.

  • @ThatsOPV
    @ThatsOPV8 ай бұрын

    I dont think his Dad being at google played a role, i think his dad being a software engineer is what matters the most here. he learned code early and he absorbed it perfectly. the earlier you learn the better! he will be a senior engineer before he is 24.

  • @andrewdunbar9771
    @andrewdunbar97718 ай бұрын

    "Look kid, I know you have a 4.2 GPA and scored a 1590 on the SAT, but your team was only second place at the MIT event"

  • @_momosumomo
    @_momosumomo8 ай бұрын

    You know the colleges may have done him a great favor and saved his family many hundreds of thousands of dollars. The college value proposition seems to get weaker every day.

  • @richardf6932
    @richardf69328 ай бұрын

    regardless if he got a job at Google or not, he has excellent speaking skills. If he had spent 4-5 years in college, not sure how much more the school can prepare him vs. 4-5 years at Google.... Excellent job Stanley....

  • @annabelleecho8056
    @annabelleecho80568 ай бұрын

    Stanley is probably smarter than many of the professors at these schools so why should resources be wasted? Years ago my cousin’s husband without a College degree taught computer programing at a community college. He took classes there at the same time to earn his degree and graduated the same day his son graduated high school.

  • @12GaugePadawan
    @12GaugePadawan8 ай бұрын

    What a supremely talented person. IMHO If he were in the “right” category, he wouldn’t have just gotten into any college. He would have been highly sought after.

  • @kiss748eeee
    @kiss748eeee8 ай бұрын

    I really want to know why/how they can reject his application?

  • @nathanhu3937
    @nathanhu39378 ай бұрын

    I will be really happy if my son get an offer from Google after graduating next year

  • @lucylock5892
    @lucylock58928 ай бұрын

    Stanley. I just want to say congratulations!!! Nowadays, it's not all about going to college after high school to get a high paying job. It's the experience and dedication that matters!!! You will get that and more with Google and attend their classes to learn what they have to offer. At a time where people in the tech world are getting laid off everywhere, you are getting hired. That's special and you have the talent that this company recognizes. Have fun but save your money for the future. Continue to learn and grow. Best of all, you are close to family and I know your family, especially your parents are very proud of you!!! Best of all, no college tuition, no student loans, so enjoy your new job!!! Would love to hear your story as you continue to work for Google!!! Congrats again🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Arcadewarriorrs780
    @Arcadewarriorrs7808 ай бұрын

    Go Stanley, way to bounce back show them what you got. 🎉🎉🎉

  • @hieucon
    @hieucon8 ай бұрын

    Its about time we have schools that teach highschool kids how certify for office jobs. Im used to pro college. But corruption like this just proves that ppl are right. College is not worth it anymore. Its very sad that kids dont have that many other choices.

  • @nobodynobody1235
    @nobodynobody12358 ай бұрын

    The colleges in the US that's still using the old methodology to admit great students into their school (like this fantastic boy Stanley), the so called professionals that's doing this approval that's not transparent at all, need to rethink if there are something needs to be changed fundamentally for the future generations. If nothing is being done, I feel like the US education system might be missing out super great individuals that will be successful if they are being accepted, but got rejected without any reason. The world in the future is changing, very tech and AI related, education system needs to be able to support this. Personally, I feel like the "AP" to get extra credit and using sports to assess students entry, are the most gray area and not well defined at all

  • @largeformat942
    @largeformat9428 ай бұрын

    He's obviously very intelligent, articulate, mature, etc. It appears to me he didn't get into those 16 top colleges is because he's another bright Asian student wanting to major in computer science. At least for the private universities he applied to if he said his mom had him when she was 16 and his dad was in prison and he is one of 12 siblings and african-american (along with his 4.4GPA and 1590/1600 SAT) he would have gotten into many more universities no question.

  • @BRBallin1
    @BRBallin18 ай бұрын

    He seems genuinely talented but something tells me that his dad working at Google played a factor in getting in at least by having insider knowledge and knowing what to do to improve your chances. I worked at Nvidia and several high schoolers got internships because their dads worked there

  • @Yhamla
    @Yhamla8 ай бұрын

    Same year my kid had little better stats and no ECs. He is also from a top public high school in California. He got admitted to multiple T20 colleges and finally accepted Stanford.

  • @babybliss834
    @babybliss8348 ай бұрын

    Since colleges grade on a curve, I think the colleges were afraid that he would raise the grading curve by too much. That's why he was rejected.

  • @bkcpisme
    @bkcpisme8 ай бұрын

    So what are we blaming now instead of affirmative action for this kid's failure to get in to schools?

  • @donnasalongo1184

    @donnasalongo1184

    8 ай бұрын

    Another Asian took his spot?

  • @jinmeow1685
    @jinmeow16858 ай бұрын

    A good interview. There is never a perfect way to set up a perfect college admission requirements, however, put effort to build a better and fair system should think big they is how do we want our country’s future to be, to educated best qualified quality leaders or not?

  • @ShesooBreezy
    @ShesooBreezy8 ай бұрын

    His parents did a GREAT job raising him. He’s confident and very mature for his age.

  • @baboon_baboon_baboon

    @baboon_baboon_baboon

    8 ай бұрын

    His dad did a great job helping him get the job. Rich parents have more resources so this is classic rich kid story.

  • @zhangzhehanfansite3028

    @zhangzhehanfansite3028

    2 ай бұрын

    @@baboon_baboon_baboonclassic rich kid got accepted to Ivy because their parents donate

  • @heathervong810
    @heathervong8108 ай бұрын

    Congratulations Stanley very happy for you and your family 😂😂😂

  • @dollysolis7089
    @dollysolis70898 ай бұрын

    Congratulations, Stanley! You deserve this opportunity with Google. You are right, going to university should not be a guessing game. Your hard work and qualifications should speak for themselves. I believe it’s time for Google to set up its own school/university!

  • @priscillan9009
    @priscillan90098 ай бұрын

    Congrat. Bill Gate never finished his undergraduate. There are many thing you can self taught or learn by experience. It’s regreshing to see a 19 years old can act mature in our society, which many are lacking.

  • @williamhardy9936
    @williamhardy99368 ай бұрын

    I think working at google is better than going to college anyway. Good on him. All the other intangibles of going to college can most likely be pursued elsewhere and more "authentically". The guy is quite fortunate to have family and natural talents/inclination to be able to skip college and go straight to google.

  • @rnhim2072

    @rnhim2072

    8 ай бұрын

    Not alot you can do these days fresh out of school with a bachelors degree anyway.

  • @tp8332
    @tp83328 ай бұрын

    This is happening to everyone in this state.

  • @barebranch
    @barebranch7 ай бұрын

    I appreciate that he's revealing a realistic side of high school students, highlighting their concerns about studying towards college admissions. It's not just about Hollywood teen drama.

  • @GemelleChannel
    @GemelleChannel8 ай бұрын

    So surprised in the video that a commentor said that he didn't get accepted into 16 colleges because "Book smarts ain't everything"? Isn't that the point of sending kids to college so they can be "book smart" when they graduate? I fear for the future of the world if our coders and engineers aren't "book smart" when designing multi-million dollar technology products.

  • @chengalvalavenkata2401

    @chengalvalavenkata2401

    8 ай бұрын

    Understand. Though people who're really passionate about coding can teach themselves; a lot of coding skills come by doing actual projects, not simply theoretical knowledge. Also, software companies have protocols to catch bugs (e.g., they often have extensive testing processes, they hire testers and design edge case tests, they do extensive user testing); so, software developers' mistakes usually end up not affecting the product.

  • @ecor150

    @ecor150

    8 ай бұрын

    What a dumb statement. Not every major/degee/certificate etc is about the conventional "hard, book smart subjects" like stem. Some are creative like art and some are mostly physical skill based like culinary or dancing. You bat eaters think everything in life should be about STEM these days.

  • @GemelleChannel

    @GemelleChannel

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ecor150 So artistic people aren't "book smart"? That's a dumb statement in itself. My kid is artistic and loves to draw, fantastic artist and enjoys reading and science. She plans on going into art design. It's so annoying that people think "book smart" is limited to only STEM.

  • @GemelleChannel

    @GemelleChannel

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ecor150 "Bat eaters" nice touch. Definitely defines your ignorance.

  • @ecor150

    @ecor150

    8 ай бұрын

    @GemelleChannel but yall bat eaters are screaming he should get in only based on scores and grades which are literally the two things society define as "book smart". What if this kid is boring as ƒṳ©Ḳ and didn't do any other $Ĥ!+ besides a phony company and made up tutor hours. There's more to grades and scores. Yall are dumb and ignorant as ƒṳ©Ḳ. Your people and culture looks down on anything not "book smart" or stem related. And ƒṳ©Ḳ yall bat eaters. You guys are anti Black and Brown and are the most racist people on the planet. There are so many comments on other videos of this story where yall are blaming Black and Brown folks on this. Aren't you guys suppose to be smart and already know that affirmative action is gone and the WHITE WOMEN benefit most from it, that most legacy are WHITE. But keep blaming Black and Brown folks on this. I guess yall will continue to eat bats and spread diseases also.

  • @user-hc1pt4rc8q
    @user-hc1pt4rc8q6 ай бұрын

    The school needs to be transparent who they selected and their stats and ECs.

  • @user-jc2we4sn1i
    @user-jc2we4sn1i6 ай бұрын

    I had rejections until Dr. Mitchell Swartz gave me a break to pursue a career at MIT of Cambridge, MA so for you at opposite end of North America end of North America is to stay on course given how your west coast region of North America has high tech industries of their own.

  • @wilsony39
    @wilsony398 ай бұрын

    Admission transparency is needed for all colleges. Racial discretionary is too obvious.

  • @user-tv2ei8gr1f
    @user-tv2ei8gr1f7 ай бұрын

    Congratulations

  • @cwcobo
    @cwcobo8 ай бұрын

    Get used to hearing "no" Stanley, it will happen throughout your life. Transparency in decision making is in many cases something decision makers do not want to share. So for example, should you, in the future, make decisions regarding hiring people for employment, you will likely not want to be totally transparent about why you choose not to hire some candidates. Doing so, in many cases, will absolutely open you up lawsuits being filed against you.

  • @dplj4428
    @dplj44288 ай бұрын

    Congratulations to being hired. Whether colleges or jobs, most people don’t expect specifics about why they were rejected, even if they ask. Also, with automated application parsing, some do not even get to consideration. Another Reasons that people were rejected in the past and nowadays: Prior to government quotas, there was the default quota.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    Welp, won't be able to blame quotas for rejection this year.

  • @pandacub6164
    @pandacub61648 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure it's because of his race, even though asians are considered minority, most of the the U.S population view them as middle class or higher. I'm sure if he was mexican or black with the same background and education he would definitely been accepted to most if not all of those colleges he applied for. College admissions are more based on race now education.

  • @savabagwidow9554

    @savabagwidow9554

    8 ай бұрын

    lOL literally all the other kids at his school probably had his stats and better.... he went to Palo Alto, one of the most competitive areas in the world. If it werent for raced based admissions (that help legacy WHITE people more), your schools would be filled with just filled with people by CA so lol good bye. nothing about him screams that he is more special than others.

  • @dr.migueltorrezedd8651

    @dr.migueltorrezedd8651

    8 ай бұрын

    There are a bunch of Asian kids with scores, like his and are doing the same thing as him. Race now you're funny. Have you even looked at statistics?

  • @pandacub6164

    @pandacub6164

    8 ай бұрын

    What statistics? You mean stereotyping, which is what you're doing.@@dr.migueltorrezedd8651

  • @Commnteri
    @Commnteri8 ай бұрын

    Go Stanley. I hope he attends a C level University and helps build their brand.

  • @rahulnath9655
    @rahulnath96558 ай бұрын

    At first I was like "this is so clickbait" but this kid actually got rejected from Cal Poly with a near perfect GPA and SAT?? wtf

  • @cxa011500
    @cxa0115008 ай бұрын

    The reality is that he didn't need college at all.

  • @wizardng
    @wizardng7 ай бұрын

    Being Asian is very competitive. My brother is very smart. He was compared and putted down by our own relatives. I gave up schooling when I was young. I know I can’t get into Harvard or MIT. I just rushed thru school and worked my way up from blue collar work and now I am a manager at xxxx.

  • @olivierporte
    @olivierporte8 ай бұрын

    A future Y Combinator founder if I ever saw one! Plus, his dad is also a Y Combinator alum. Stanley - doubt you will ever see this comment, but if you do and ever want to talk about Y Combinator, hit me up! I’m from YC S18

  • @lisalynch2349
    @lisalynch23498 ай бұрын

    Really.. An important fact his Dad works at Google!! Got it 🙄🤔

  • @barebranch
    @barebranch7 ай бұрын

    Given his social-minded nature, I hope he creates an app that encourages the government, colleges, and companies to enhance transparency in their enrolment and hiring practices.

  • @user-tv2ei8gr1f
    @user-tv2ei8gr1f7 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a inspiration made for the silver screen.

  • @austinhxiao
    @austinhxiao8 ай бұрын

    I am happy for him. Meanwhile, I hope ED can investigate into those unethical colleges that choose not to comply with the court order. We need qualified students in our colleges.

  • @Bklyn112

    @Bklyn112

    8 ай бұрын

    What are you talking about? Not every smart kid is guaranteed a seat at a top university. They can't blame affirmative action or quotas anymore. There is no transparency in life. There are 1000's of Stanley's on university campuses all over the country. Stanley's trump card was that his father worked for Google.

  • @rangledangle3371
    @rangledangle33718 ай бұрын

    Stanley your website has a memory leak with one of the components halfway down the page.

  • @geekworthy7938
    @geekworthy79388 ай бұрын

    Nice stunt Google!

  • @baboon_baboon_baboon

    @baboon_baboon_baboon

    8 ай бұрын

    Exactly. I’m sure the kids smart but his dad works at Google apparently

  • @CubosAssistant
    @CubosAssistant8 ай бұрын

    Does no one else find it suspicious that he got rejected from California state schools, or schools like UW or University of Wisconsin-Madison (which has 60% acceptance rate)? I can understand from schools like Stanford/MIT/Ivies but with his stats his rejections are beyond me.

  • @joelbrown2422

    @joelbrown2422

    8 ай бұрын

    He got into two schools though. Shouldn't education be independent of the institution?

  • @nguday2003
    @nguday20038 ай бұрын

    I wonder how many wealthy families purchased their way in through wealth affirmative action. Money can buy almost anything. Look at the stats for the school.

  • @TheXuer
    @TheXuer8 ай бұрын

    As a Chinese, I am happy that the Admission Officer in the 16 renowned universities didn’t get fooled by this kid and his father. I am a software engineering manager, I know the workload for a digital signature app. It is impossible for a kid to complete it in three years, no matter how smart he is. Also the more suspicious, there is no overlaps between the digital signature app and the life of a normal high school kid, it’s impossible for him to think of this idea to do his startup. As for the two coding competitions he won, both are online ones. When Google coding competition final requires showing up on the spot, there are a lot of people gave up at Semi. Stanley is just one of them. To me, his resume is just questionable. if I am the Admission office, I will pass his application, because he and his dad lack of integrity.

  • @xingzheli7431

    @xingzheli7431

    8 ай бұрын

    If he was helping his family with business documents, he might have thought about a digital signing software. I don't think we should be quick to believe he's faking it.

  • @TheXuer

    @TheXuer

    8 ай бұрын

    @@xingzheli7431 the startup is only questionable, nobody will have the proof. But you can’t deny that all his resume content coincided with his dad’s working content, including the two AWS competition. It is his responsibility to tell the Admission Officer how much he did, not listed all his family did. Also, most kids are strong in coding will perform well in math competition too, but Stanley score zero on Math competition. This is why his resume has too many questions and not persuasive to anybody know how things work. As for Google’s job, if you have a good referral, it is not that difficult. Also he is not working in a development team. It was confirmed that he works at the sales team on customer relationship management and he is the first and only software engineer in his team. Now you can understand his job is not that hard-core at all.

  • @njpme

    @njpme

    8 ай бұрын

    🤔

  • @junicornplays980

    @junicornplays980

    8 ай бұрын

    His dad also works at Google.

  • @deleteme924

    @deleteme924

    8 ай бұрын

    What is so special about a digital signature app that it takes three years? I wrote video games, an interpreter for a new language, soccer robot software, etc when I was in high school, with each project taking 1-3 months.

  • @questcore636
    @questcore6368 ай бұрын

    he said he was asian that plays video games, he's hired

  • @Cal-cf2vo
    @Cal-cf2vo8 ай бұрын

    Hope this becomes a trend. Have an Indian fried who is a successful software engineer and he told me that when he received his engineering degree in India, he only took engineering and math classes, no social justice, art, literature, or none engineering classes and graduated quickly.

  • @whita-db9zw

    @whita-db9zw

    8 ай бұрын

    That's how Indians run the bay area in tech and medicine. They go to school there where it's straight to the point, while US students here are doing 8 years of med school while the Indians are only doing 4. Two years of every Bachelor's degree is filled with non-sense that has nothing to with your major.

  • @savabagwidow9554

    @savabagwidow9554

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol what a way to be one dimensional......

  • @gc4161

    @gc4161

    8 ай бұрын

    @@savabagwidow9554exactly imagine an engineering without civics or ethics when creating things ….

  • @TheLazyVideo

    @TheLazyVideo

    8 ай бұрын

    @@savabagwidow9554it’s only one dimensional if you ignore the rest of a person’s life. He may also be an avid reader, taking care of a grandparent, babysitting for nephews or nieces, and being a large part of the social fabric that is typical and common in India and leads to a well-rounded person. By contrast, I’ve seen many “multi-dimensional” westerners who lack social skills, never socialize with anyone outside their own generation, never babysat, don’t know how to use a matchstick, can’t do laundry, can’t cook, nor care for elderly, spend large chunks of their day doom scrolling on social media, spiral into existential crisis every week, and need therapy.

  • @davidchen92127
    @davidchen921278 ай бұрын

    Agree on transparency. Take college courses toward a BS degree and beyond while working at Google and paid by Google.

  • @davidchen92127

    @davidchen92127

    7 ай бұрын

    Apply the same rejected schools again and see what happens. I am very sorry to see your rejections. But keep your faith. My two daughters went to Stanford and UCLA.

  • @ShawnP3109
    @ShawnP31098 ай бұрын

    He is extremely bright! However, I feel like we are missing something 🤔 hold on.....

  • @ShawnP3109

    @ShawnP3109

    8 ай бұрын

    So in the spring he was rejected by MIT, University of Michigan,Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, University of Illinois, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, Caltech, University of Wisconsin and University of Washington. Really😏. What did they see that caused them to say "no thank you" so consistently? We need an IN DEPTH investigation! I'm going to be following this one. 👀🧢

  • @TheXuer
    @TheXuer8 ай бұрын

    Another abnormal thing, the kids who are good at coding, are usually do pretty well in math competitions. But Stanley recorded zero on math competitions. The two coding competitions in his resume are both online match before finals. So it is questionable that whether he did the test by himself online too!

  • @youcanchangereality

    @youcanchangereality

    8 ай бұрын

    Asians need to be stopped from getting any smarter than they already are. One day they will turn against you and prove that eugenics theory is correct. They'll begin eradicating anyone who doesn't pass a threshold of intelligence from society.

  • @deerbeau

    @deerbeau

    8 ай бұрын

    It’s a myth that one needs to be good at math to be good at coding. It’s true if you focus on machine learning or deep learning field.

  • @TheXuer

    @TheXuer

    8 ай бұрын

    @@deerbeau well, if you are really computer Science degree,you won’t say these things. nowadays, the Admission Officer give a shit to the coding competition, because every kids won some coding competition. But AO will think highly of the winner of math competition, since it’s more rare. That’s why Stanley is not as excellent as he and his family think. University of California has a very fierce competition in getting in, especially computer science program he only applied for.

  • @deleteme924

    @deleteme924

    8 ай бұрын

    @@deerbeau You don't have to be amazing at math, but being bad at math is rare in my experience. It is slightly suspicious

  • @cutiepets664
    @cutiepets6648 ай бұрын

    I see why they rejected him. He already got his things together and colleges are for those who want to be successful..

  • @dr.migueltorrezedd8651
    @dr.migueltorrezedd86518 ай бұрын

    The comment section is toxic sadly with what a select few are saying about another group when it shouldn't be about that (bigots are everywhere sadly). People go to college for the job that he has, etc. Congrats to him.

  • @youcanchangereality

    @youcanchangereality

    8 ай бұрын

    Dude... Asians need to be stopped from getting any smarter than they already are. One day they will turn against you and prove that eugenics theory is correct. They'll begin eradicating anyone who doesn't pass a threshold of intelligence from society. They'll even turn against us the democrats.

  • @pimpballer3
    @pimpballer38 ай бұрын

    So his dad got him in lol

  • @2chuck
    @2chuck8 ай бұрын

    The U.S. should consider educating our best and brightest as a matter of National Security (as many of our Adversaries do) We can't afford to let Brilliant Minds go to waste. How many Ivy League Schools have unqualified students taking up space because Mommy and Daddy are Wealthy Donors to our Colleges and Universities? Google's gain is our loss. I hope he thrives there.

  • @JOHN_F_KENNEDY_DADDY
    @JOHN_F_KENNEDY_DADDY8 ай бұрын

    You have to be good looking to apply for a job because girls be judging

  • @gooderlinsen
    @gooderlinsen8 ай бұрын

    US college admission sucks. No wonder they need H1B to help their tech industry (and now high school student graduates haha..)

  • @russellcampbell3500
    @russellcampbell35008 ай бұрын

    This just proves people have way too much time on their hands. This happens every day but this guy gets news coverage. Must be a slow week

  • @KH-dg8or
    @KH-dg8or7 ай бұрын

    He got rejected because of his character I guess.

  • @georginatoland
    @georginatoland8 ай бұрын

    He may wish that he wasn’t hired by Google. Not a good place to work.

  • @user-ok6tf4tl5k
    @user-ok6tf4tl5k8 ай бұрын

    Why did Stanley even apply for the schools like UC Davis & Cal Ploy? They will reject him out of fear of being rejected by overqualified candidates like Stanley no matter what. 😂

  • @brotherbig4651

    @brotherbig4651

    8 ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @hrobbins
    @hrobbins8 ай бұрын

    congratulations!! Im happy for him. be sure to save a LOT of that hefty salary because Google just laid off a lot of people this year. Layoffs will happen again. Be prepared.

  • @justjessica85
    @justjessica858 ай бұрын

    Ah, so be a genius... That's all you have to do 😂. But seriously why would any school reject him?! UC Davis is not hard to get into. Makes no sense with his background

  • @boostedmaniac
    @boostedmaniac8 ай бұрын

    I’m wondering if the colleges rejected him due to “diversity.” Now it looks like the college’s loss that he got hired at Google. Great job Stanley. You’ll do very well in life. Don’t worry about college anymore. You save yourself a lot of money and headache!

  • @chenitabest4969

    @chenitabest4969

    7 ай бұрын

    How do you know he's a great hire. When the original interview took place, he had only been on the job two days.

  • @boostedmaniac

    @boostedmaniac

    7 ай бұрын

    @@chenitabest4969 google’s interview process is very rigorous. Many people with experience have a hard time passing. Google reviewed his code on GIT which I’m guessing impressed them in the first place.

  • @gooderlinsen
    @gooderlinsen8 ай бұрын

    This kid is overprivileged. That is why he learned so much. I'm sure all you can do what he can do if you were also "privileged". Wait, do you guys even learned algebra 2?

  • @xinfuxia3809
    @xinfuxia38098 ай бұрын

    There are examples of minority students getting accepted by all the Ivy League schools with full ride scholarships. He is in the wrong minority.

  • @chenitabest4969

    @chenitabest4969

    7 ай бұрын

    Anxiously not, being that there are twice as many students in these schools from his group than said minorities.

  • @Goodguy1ful
    @Goodguy1ful8 ай бұрын

    I' m really happy for him with his Job opportunity but not sure why his story has bene such a big story .. as plenty of with was has been reported bout him get rejected by the schools he was rejected by ... and tech companies are known to hire people right out of HS or without college degrees iid they indicate a cerianin level of coding proficiency.

  • @MehranGhamaty
    @MehranGhamaty8 ай бұрын

    I applied to Google in high school and got rejected. Taking community college courses in high school and had published chrome extensions and android apps. Seems pretty unfair if they hired this person just because he didn’t get in anywhere else.