# Star student rejected by 16 colleges, hired by Google, gets legal win in racial discrimination suit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/star-student-rejected-by-16-colleges-hired-by-google-gets-legal-win-in-racial-discrimination-suit/
- Published: 2026-08-29T16:00:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-29T16:18:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/star-student-rejected-16-colleges-hired-google-gets-legal-win-racial-discrimination-suit
- Topics: Asia, World

## Key points

- Part of an anti-Asian admissions discrimination case may proceed.
- The ruling allows evidence-gathering, not a finding of liability.
- University cites competitiveness and preference for Washington residents.

## Summary

A federal judge has allowed part of a lawsuit alleging anti-Asian discrimination in university admissions to proceed against the University of Washington. The case, brought by Palo Alto father Nan Zhong and his son Stanley, concerns whether highly qualified Asian-American applicants were unfairly disadvantaged; the ruling permits the parties to seek evidence through the discovery process, but does not determine that discrimination occurred.

Stanley Zhong, now 21, was rejected by 16 of 18 universities despite a 1590 SAT score, a 4.42 weighted GPA and a technology start-up, before being hired by Google as a software engineer. Judge James L. Robart dismissed some claims and plaintiffs but allowed Stanley’s Title VI claim to continue; the university said admissions to its Allen School are highly competitive and that it prioritises Washington residents, meaning most out-of-state applicants are not admitted.

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