High school senior Yat-pang Au was surprised to have been denied admission to attend the University of California at Berkeley. He maintained a straight A average, and had SAT scores in the 98th percentile at 1,340. He ran a Junior Achievement company, won varsity letters in cross country and track, and was elected to the student council and school Supreme Court. He won seven scholarships, including prizes from the National Society of Professional Engineers, Bank of America Laboratory Science, and Santa Clara County Young Businessman of the Year club. His school's vice principal described him as "one of the finest students I've ever encountered, and a real gentleman too." While at first Yat-pang thought that he was denied admission because the University's standards were too high even for him, he later found that ten other students from his high school were accepted, students with lower test scores and grades, but who were not Asian.

[Ed.: While Asians are often discriminated against in the admissions process, universities often include their grades when boasting of "minority" achievement.]

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