Judge Allows Anti-Asian Bias Lawsuit to Move Forward Against Top US Universities

A federal judge has allowed a civil rights lawsuit alleging anti-Asian bias in college admissions to move forward, granting part of a motion to dismiss against the University of Washington.

Nan Zhong and his son Stanley filed lawsuits against several elite institutions, including the University of California system, the University of Washington, the University of Michigan, and Cornell University. They claim these universities engaged in 'racially discriminatory admissions practices that disadvantage highly qualified Asian-American applicants.'

Stanley Zhong, now 21, made headlines after he was rejected by 16 colleges despite boasting an elite academic record. He scored a 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT (99th percentile), held a 4.42 weighted GPA, ranked in the top 9% of his graduating class, and had launched a free e-signing startup featured by Amazon Web Services.

Stanley was first scouted by Google at the age of 13 in coding competitions and later hired as a full-time software engineer in a position that typically requires a Ph.D. or equivalent practical experience.