Yours is the best reply. He is clearly a smart kid, but he had the one special advantage all the Ivy's seek - and getting accepted at all 8 is absolutely unheard of without it. It shows the bias and mindset of the schools. Regardless - Best of luck to him. God gives us all advantages at one time or another - we must make use of them.
The sad thing is that this not wholly, or not fairly, earned celebrity has exposed him to resentment and envy, including my own, to be honest. I hope it does not harm him or anger him.
Again, it’s not he who created this climate, but the universities. Still, wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was an idealistic student movement for race blind admissions, even by those who stand to benefit? No boxes checked, no essays on growing up in the ‘hood or Abuela the matriarch, names stripped off the applications....
Not going to happen, is it.