A Teen Who Built an App Bringing in $30 Million in Annual Revenue Was Just Turned Down By 15 Top Colleges

Exclusive | Teen tech whizzkid’s company made $30m last year but he was still rejected by 15 colleges

A near perfect GPA and test scores — plus founding a business pulling in $30 million annually — isn’t enough to woo college counselors these days. At least that’s what 18-year-old Zach Yadegari found out when he got rejected by fifteen out of the eighteen schools he applied to, despite his 4.0 GPA and score of 34 on the ACT.

Zach Yadegari, a 18-year-old, shared on social network X that 15 U.S. universities rejected him, including Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. Despite outstanding academic history and successful entrepreneurship, he failed to be admitted. His publication exceeded 27 million views, received 3,000 comments and was marked with “like” more than 26,000 times. Titanic’s new 3D images reveal hidden damage for more than 100 yearsYadegari is co-founder of t…

A Teen Who Built an App Bringing in $30 Million in Annual Revenue Was Just Turned Down By 15 Top Colleges

Zach Yadegari had a 4.0 GPA and a near-perfect ACT score. He also built an app, Cal AI, that was downloaded more than five million times — but Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton rejected him.

Anti-Asian Discrimination in College Application Processes: RPJ’s Heidi Reavis Comments on Recent Lawsuits

Last week, Heidi Reavis was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times regarding a series of lawsuits filed by 18-year-old Stanley Zhong and his father, Nan Zhong, alleging anti-Asian discrimination by multiple universities during the 2023 undergraduate admissions process.  “Whiz kid” Stanley graduated from high school in 2023 in Palo Alto, California, with a 4.42 grade […]