{"id":44833,"date":"2025-04-27T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=44833"},"modified":"2025-04-27T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:45:43","slug":"genius-entrepreneur-rejected-by-15-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=44833","title":{"rendered":"Genius Entrepreneur rejected by 15 colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. One thing I like to see is a person come up with a great idea and get filthy rich from it. In this case, we have a teenager, who may not yet have learned how to drive, come up with an app that people really liked and happily paid for. However, it seems that the \u201cElite\u201d colleges and universities weren\u2019t impressed and rejected his applications.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/79\/cf\/97\/79cf97a8a1dda3462047cc50a33ffbe8.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The young man, (He\u2019s 18-19 now) came up with the aforementioned app and made a pile of money. When he was finishing high school, he applied to a number of allegedly top tier schools. They all rejected him. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/09\/us-news\/he-has-a-4-0-gpa-and-his-company-makes-30-mill-per-year-but-he-still-couldnt-get-into-college\/?lctg=6446a9fa04846a91a70dd701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Here are the details from the New York Post<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>An 18-year-old with a near-perfect GPA founded a business that made $30 million in its first year \u2014 but that isn\u2019t enough to woo college counselors these days. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>At least that\u2019s Zach Yadegari\u2019s experience as he was rejected by 15 out of the 18 schools he applied to, despite a 4.0 GPA and score of 34 on the ACT. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I wish I had grades like that when I was in school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The 18-year-old business founder <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zach_yadegari\/status\/1906859987105636667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared his string of college rejections<\/a> to X, where the post racked up more than 27 million views \u2014 with many shocked by elite higher ed\u2019s apparent allergy to the entrepreneurial spirit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I looked at his twitter post and it lists the schools that rejected him. He also posted his application letter. Now I didn\u2019t go to college so didn\u2019t go through the application process. Also, back in the dim dark days of quill pens and oil lamp light, (Ok, I\u2019m not that old, but I was pre-internet), the colleges and universities he applied to were a lot different. These days, if you\u2019re white, and this kid is, you are automatically down checked.<\/p>\n<p>The comments to his post weren\u2019t all that kind to him either. They were mostly insulting and not helpful or providing any constructive criticism. (Probably from graduates from the same schools who\u2019s degree has fast tracked them in the fast food and coffee career path)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<b>I didn\u2019t expect to be accepted to all of these colleges, however, I did expect to at least be accepted to a couple of the top schools I was applying to,\u201d Yadegari told The Post. \u201cI think that entrepreneurial accomplishments may not be fully appreciated.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>They are not only not appreciated, the communists running these political reeducation centers downright despise successful individuals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>The Rosslyn, New York, public schooler is already a self-made success before graduation. He learned to code at age 7, was giving lessons at age 10, and had an app in the App Store by age 12<\/b><strong><b>.<\/b><\/strong><b> <\/b><b>In his junior year, Yadegari founded Cal AI, an app that calculates how many calories are in a meal just by snapping a picture. It now makes tens of millions a year. Nonetheless, the teen applied early to the University of Pennsylvania, where he was rejected. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?resize=242%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>During the regular decision round, he was turned down by Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Washington University in St. Louis, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, USC, the University of Virginia, NYU, Vanderbilt, Brown, and Cornell. Ultimately, he was only accepted by Georgia Tech, the University of Miami, and the University of Texas. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>It looks like the entire Ivy League rejected Zach Yadegari. I can understand why he would want to apply to them. He also wouldn\u2019t need to worry about getting a loan and assuming the mountains of debt people going to these universities take on. I suspect that counted against him. That and he\u2019s obviously not a communist. I suspect he\u2019s also not anti-Israel or antisemitic either. (Although there is no mention one way or the other in the story, which is as it should be)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Yadegari believes admissions officers didn\u2019t appreciate his business ventures. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<b>I\u2019m convicted in my belief that the admissions offices are not adequately weighting building a company and opening up jobs compared to other extracurricular activities such as volunteer work,\u201d Yadegari told The Post. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I disagree. I have no doubt that they did appreciate your business venture. They just counted that against you. Honestly, none of these schools would have had your best interests at heart. The major problem for them is that you obviously think for yourself. That is the last thing these educational dumpster fires want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Perhaps Yadegari\u2019s willingness to admit that he once was opposed to going to college was a turnoff to admissions officers \u2014 but they should be glad to have won back one of the growing number of young people who are skeptical of the value of college. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Never underestimate the stupidity of elitists. Kids these days are figuring out that most colleges and universities are not going to help them get ahead. With the exception of a few disciplines, such as medical and science, the schools today are basically worthless and producing graduates with literally no marketable skills.<\/p>\n<p>Many of today\u2019s high school graduates are going to trade schools where they are actually paid and learn trades that, once they have all their certifications, can earn them 6 figures a year with no debt at all. Compare that with the Ivy League schools that send out graduates with a degree in expressive dance studies and so much debt that they might never be able to retire it.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/c4\/97\/dd\/c497ddece9b2a3c08031612607f027d7.jpg?resize=397%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"397\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>More than two thirds of Zoomers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/03\/gen-z-doesnt-need-college-to-nail-career-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe they don\u2019t need a degree<\/a> for success. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<b>There definitely is growing skepticism [about college],\u201d Yadegari said of his peers. \u201cI think [my results] could discourage people who are trying to follow a similar entrepreneurial path from applying to these schools.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is why we\u2019re seeing so many so called Liberal Arts colleges closing their doors. Applications have plummeted and they literally can\u2019t fill the dorms or classrooms. These same high school graduates are also seeing just what is going on with these schools, especially the explosion in antisemitism and want no part of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Colleges want to mold students into their own vision of a model citizen. Someone who arrives on campus already walking the walk \u2014 and raking in $30 million in their own right \u2014 is a threat to that model. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/26ab2e98580745272e9d121ce1f5d2fb.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/26ab2e98580745272e9d121ce1f5d2fb.jpg?resize=228%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Yadegari has said that he\u2019s probably going to go to one of the three schools that accepted him, but he might not finish. He wants to go to make contacts for the future. While I do think he should take classes, they should be in things that will actually help him in his career path and that he might find interesting. I don\u2019t think he actually needs a degree.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this was a blow to his ego, which, in the long run, will help build character. The NY Post story, along with his tweet on TwitterX is actually going to hurt the schools that rejected him. 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