Gosh that’s interesting.
A kid doing weird chemicals gets into UCB.
That’s a place with an 8% acceptance rate.
You need something like a 4.6 GPA, 8-11 AP courses, a heart rending essay about all the trials and tribulations you overcame as a poor black trans hermaphrodite, and three internet businesses you started as a pre-teen.
So how does the son of a fabulously wealthy owner of an internet rip-off scam like YouTube get into that place?
Easy. Be part of The Gang. Then you can be a moron and do life threatening opioids when you’re supposed to be doing your diffEq homework.
I was surprised when they said 30% of Harvard’s incoming class are legacies. I imagine similar numbers for Berkeley. If it weren’t for legacies the percentage of each class in major colleges that is white would be miniscule