The first complaint he filed with the Office of Civil Rights against Princeton was found to be without merit, but regulators reopened their probe after Li produced more documents. A spokesperson from the Education Department declined to comment on the case.
It is possible though that Li was rejected at Princeton simply because of very strong competition. Princeton, which has a student body that is 13 percent Asian American, accepts only 10 percent of its applicants. Last year, Princeton accepted only half of all applicants with maximum SAT scores.
“It’s difficult to admit classes from thousands of extraordinary applicants,” Cliatt says.
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