[OutsiderFan]

I can understand having a "low" floor score for standardized tests, but setting a high bar for a test score, as a proxy for one's ability to handle college academics, is folly.  This is especially the case in one like Robertson's, where the student is an elite athlete playing three sports, all with their own time demands, making it impossible for him to study for tests like other kids who don't have similar other demands on their time.  Yet still, despite those demands, Robertson's taken the two AP classes and challenged himself as much as any high school athlete I've ever heard about, in the class room, in the athletic arena, and with a Stanford application.  Heck, that latest article says he's now going to be running track.

It sure would be insightful to know how much time Demetris Robertson has put into studying and athletic practice/competition versus other guys who were admitted for 2016.  My guess is he'd have already been admitted if he didn't challenge himself so much as an athlete.

If someone challenges himself athletically and intellectually as much as Robertson does, and shows as much determination as he does, he's going to succeed at whatever it is he pursues in life.  If Stanford can't see this, some deeper questions probably should be asked about who is Stanford material and who isn't.

[OutsiderFan]

I can understand having a "low" floor score for standardized tests, but setting a high bar for a test score, as a proxy for one's ability to handle college academics, is folly.  This is especially the case in one like Robertson's, where the student is an elite athlete playing three sports, all with their own time demands, making it impossible for him to study for tests like other kids who don't have similar other demands on their time.  Yet still, despite those demands, Robertson's taken the two AP classes and challenged himself as much as any high school athlete I've ever heard about, in the class room, in the athletic arena, and with a Stanford application.  Heck, that latest article says he's now going to be running track.

It sure would be insightful to know how much time Demetris Robertson has put into studying and athletic practice/competition versus other guys who were admitted for 2016.  My guess is he'd have already been admitted if he didn't challenge himself so much as an athlete.

If someone challenges himself athletically and intellectually as much as Robertson does, and shows as much determination as he does, he's going to succeed at whatever it is he pursues in life.  If Stanford can't see this, some deeper questions probably should be asked about who is Stanford material and who isn't.