ApplyingToCollege-1541871329-9vw5qw.json

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  "sid": "9vw5qw",
  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/",
  "title:": "I got roasted in my stanford interview yesterday.",
  "text": "TL;DR at bottom. \n\n\n[UPDATE](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/a46gxi/that_stanford_interview/?st=JPESTVPD&sh=96d699ce) \n\nYesterday, I had my stanford interview. \n\nI arrived ahead of time and was just taking notes in my notebook, seems a small detail but it\u2019ll be used later on. \n\nWhen he came, I shook hands and he insisted we sat outside. It was freezing cold, but I obliged nonetheless. He asked quite naturally to just introduce myself and I did... but he just interrupted me and went \u201csorry, I didn\u2019t catch you. I just saw a beautiful girl. Could you repeat?\u201d. I kinda got an odd feeling from the off with this. \n\nHe asked me about what I do in IB, and I did so and explained my extended essay to him. He then proceeded to critically question it with various complex issues with the experiment I did for it (it was in physics, and he has a PhD in electrical engineering). He asked for the equation I derived, and obviously I can\u2019t remember so I told him it was a long formula but I can\u2019t quite remember. He responded by essentially telling me my experiment is quite simplistic, and it can\u2019t be that long and complex. Then flexed his thesis that derived an 11th order formula. \nFor reference, my extended essay was predicted an A. \n\nHe asked about my econ coursework for the IB as well, and we had a short debate about monetary policy of the Fed. However, when explaining my opinions to him using simple economic concepts, he simply told me I don\u2019t make sense. \n\nThis was about 10mins in. \n\nHe then proceeded to tell me \u201cyou spend your whole life studying. You won\u2019t succeed at Stanford, you will struggle massively.\u201d\n\nHe hadn\u2019t asked once about what I do outside of school or ANYTHING. Nor had he seen my resume or common app beforehand. Zilch. I am convinced in hindsight he made such a comment simply because I was so into our academic discussions as an Asian. I\u2019m convinced it was racial stereotyping. \n\nI refuted that claim, naturally. \nI explained all the things I do and he decimated each and every one. \n\nI run a funny podcast with friends for enjoyment. He ripped into it as \u201cit does not have a purpose\u201d despite me explaining we do it for the enjoyment and entertainment of content creation. \n\nI explained the two international honours I\u2019ve received. One of them was a 3rd place. He asked me why I didn\u2019t win, and when I gave my answer, he asked what the first place team\u2019s project was. He told me \u201cthat\u2019s actually innovative, all you\u2019ve done is manipulate a few numbers. \u201c. \nI explained my next one, and he said \u201cI\u2019m not interested in things you\u2019ve done for competitions\u201d.  \n\nHe asked me why stanford. I give a whole host of reasons ranging from the culture and how I clicked with students when I visited, all the way to specific societies and research groups that sound interesting to me. He told me \u201cthat\u2019s not quite good enough. You can find that entrepreneurial culture in any university.\u201d  He asked where I\u2019m applying other than Stanford, then told me \u201cyou don\u2019t make sense. these universities don\u2019t have any entrepreneurial culture at all\u201d. \n\nThe colleges I named? Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, USC, NYU (am applying to more but didn\u2019t want to rattle off a list of 10). He also insulted USC and NYU saying they\u2019re simply \u201cparty schools with average academics\u201d. \n\nThen he asked me what my \u201cthing\u201d is. I asked him to clarify what he meant, and he said \u201ceveryone has something they\u2019re amazing or world class at such as sport, drama or music. What about you?\u201d  \n\nNow I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m not an Olympic athlete, a talented actor or a world class musician. I can\u2019t help that. I do what I do and have excelled at what I enjoy- and I enjoy a few areas. He called me \u201cuninteresting\u201d and told me \u201cyou will blend in with the 50,000 applicants, you\u2019re not differentiated. \u201c\n\nHe asked me about what I want to do when I\u2019m older. I told him I want to start a company.  He responded \u201cthere\u2019s no evidence you can do this. You have no evidence. You\u2019re 17,18, why haven\u2019t you built a successful company already?\u201d \n\nI have family responsibilities and don\u2019t even know which area I love most to start a company in. What does he expect from me?\nHe then told me \u201creal passion and evidence\u201d is like this example of a girl who did debating since she was 9. \n\nHe then asked about what drives me. I open up about what drives me... and he completely shut me down and told me it\u2019s \u201cnot really a motivation\u201d.\n\nHe questioned me on if I drink alcohol. Obviously I say no even though I do.... then he criticises me and says it\u2019s \u201cridiculous that You follow your parents wishes even when they\u2019re  not around\u201d. Eventually I break my guard and say I have the odd beer with friends. \n\nThen, he wrapped up the interview by telling me \u201cI know what I\u2019m saying is probably making your mind race at 100mph behind that superficial smile of yours but you have to drop that. \u201c in a serious tone. \nHe told me I \u201cdon\u2019t have a story, narrative or drive in life\u201d and to go and \u201cfind them and email it\u201d to him. \n\nHe said he would email me what he\u2019s going to report to stanford and \u201cnot to be disheartened by it\u201d. \n\nThen, as he\u2019s leaving he tells me \u201ctake your little notebook, reflect and sit there and take some notes on what I\u2019ve said. \u201c\n\nAs I said, in hindsight his comment about me spending my life studying was imo racially driven. In hindsight, I should\u2019ve respectfully terminated the interview there and then. \nHe had no right to make such a comment. \n\nI should\u2019ve been self aware of the situation, instead I was taken aback by his comment and too involved.\n\nAdvice: if an interview is going badly, be self aware. Don\u2019t take shit, even if you think your future is in their hands - because it really isn\u2019t. \n\nHonestly I\u2019d rather have taken the L there and then from Stanford (most likely happening anyway) than sit through and defend myself against a constant unfair, unwarranted bombardment of criticism. The tone he took with me was condescending at best. I was nothing but polite and sincere. Luckily, I\u2019m not too upset by this. Just pissed off. If it were someone sensitive, with the way he spoke, they could well have been in tears. \n\nTL;DR: Interviewer was a huge asshole and constantly criticised me. I believe he stereotyped the fact I\u2019m Asian  when he told me I \u201cspend my life studying\u201d and thus will \u201cstruggle at Stanford\u201d without knowing anything about me. Advice: don\u2019t take shit from interviewers. I should\u2019ve walked out there and then. \n\nEDIT: This lasted 2 hours. \n\nEDIT: Thank you to everyone. I appreciate the support and amazing advice - even those that have been downvoted.\n\nEDIT: I am Male. \n\nEDIT: There will be an update post after decisions are released by December 15. \n\n[UPDATE](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/a46gxi/that_stanford_interview/?st=JPESTVPD&sh=96d699ce) ",
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    "e9g645m": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g645m/",
      "text": "I just sent you a PM but wanted to pop in here to make sure you see it. I am a volunteer leader with the Stanford Alumni interview program and what you experienced is absolutely horrifying to me. It is entirely inappropriate and the antithesis of what we want our interview program to be. Check your inbox and if you're comfortable sharing, I will make sure this matters gets addressed appropriately and immediately.\n\nAgain, I am so sorry. This is not what Stanford or the Stanford community stand for in any way, shape, or form. If you're willing, I am willing to do everything in my limited power to help make this right.\n",
      "author": "VideSupra",
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        "e9gddrx": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gddrx/",
          "text": "Booyah!",
          "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
          "created": 1541897436,
          "upvotes": 740,
          "replies": {
            "e9h1bze": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1bze/",
              "text": "\"but you won't get in because your writing is terrible and you're annoying.\"",
              "author": null,
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              "upvotes": 217,
              "replies": {
                "e9iisnz": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iisnz/",
                  "text": "Boo-nah?",
                  "author": "MyNameIsZaxer2",
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                  "upvotes": 36,
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                }
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            },
            "e9gz7mz": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gz7mz/",
              "text": "Peggy Hill!",
              "author": "maybedelaney",
              "created": 1541923429,
              "upvotes": 41,
              "replies": {
                "e9hcshh": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcshh/",
                  "text": "Whoooo ya",
                  "author": "boopsnooter",
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                  "upvotes": 8,
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                }
              }
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        "e9ghtck": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ghtck/",
          "text": "How does the interview program usually handle complaints like this? And how frequent are they?",
          "author": "LeftSafety",
          "created": 1541901900,
          "upvotes": 188,
          "replies": {
            "e9gjeir": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjeir/",
              "text": "All alumni interviewers sign an agreement and go through training in order to participate in the program. Inappropriate behavior in breach of that agreement would get you flagged as ineligible for interviews in the system (every interviewer has info/notes on their account for folks like me who match and manage interviewees/ers) and may result in removal from the program.\n\nIn terms of frequency, I've been with the program since it started a little under 10 years ago and I've never seen anything like this. We've received feedback here and there about alumni not asking good questions or long awkward pauses (which is just a matter of training/re-training) but most of the stuff I've seen or heard in my experience is fairly rare and benign. All alumni who participate in the program self-select, volunteer their time for free, and go through training to be in the program so the population is generally one that really wants to be part of the program and contribute in a positive way.",
              "author": "VideSupra",
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              "upvotes": 299,
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                "e9h0epo": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0epo/",
                  "text": "> All alumni who participate in the program self-select, volunteer their time for free, and go through training\n\nNot to be a bit cynical, but this sounds precisely like it would enormously favor people who want to act like the person who interviewed OP does.",
                  "author": "losian",
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                  "upvotes": 139,
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                    "e9h36b5": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h36b5/",
                      "text": "Your post is uninteresting and not creative you won't fit in this Stanford thread.",
                      "author": null,
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                      "upvotes": 119,
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                "e9hm9po": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hm9po/",
                  "text": "i hate to jump on the bandwagon but i had a super nice interviewer for my early school and I was still nervous afterword. Clap \u2018em.",
                  "author": "DHPNC",
                  "created": 1541954245,
                  "upvotes": 2,
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                },
                "e9i4c96": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i4c96/",
                  "text": "Have there been any internal Stanford studies evaluating the fairness, equality and effectiveness of the application program? An idea springs to mind about seeding the program with 'test candidates' who are selected and trained to look for positive and negative cues.\n\nIs there an easy, encouraged way for applicants to give feedback on the interview process and their interviewers other than complaints? This can give more wide-ranging and valuable information than complaints alone.\n\nDefinitely bring this to the notice of other alumni leaders in the program -- imagine denying the next einstein! \n\nI highly suggest looking at the applicants that were handled by this guy, at the very least, those handled for this application term. This sounds like repeat behavior and other highly motivated, educated candidates with otherwise good chances to succeed might have been denied unfairly.\n\nStatistics on applications:\n\nThere were 44k applications to Stanford in the 2017-2018 admissions cycle[1]. Conducted in 53 locations in the US and its territories, and 58 countries across the world[2]. Interviewers typically conduct 4-6 interviews per admissions cycle, though some alumni enjoy the program so much, they offer to do 10 or more[3].\n\nThat's an estimated 6300 alumni participating yearly. In such a large organization, understanding details at the lowest level through oversight, transparency and methods of communication are vital to improving the effectiveness of programs.\n\nHopefully some of this helps spur further discussions at Stanford and engages other readers. \n\nCitations:\n\n[1] https://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/\n\n[2] https://admission.stanford.edu/alumni/oval/interviews.html \n\n[3] https://admission.stanford.edu/alumni/oval/faqs.html#interviews (Answer number 18.)\n",
                  "author": "AndersYR",
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                "e9hbsrh": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbsrh/",
                  "text": "i\u2019m in college but can you get me into stanford lol ",
                  "author": "1972fordpinto",
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                "e9gyok7": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyok7/",
                  "text": "As opposed to?",
                  "author": "as-opposed-to",
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        "e9glhwy": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glhwy/",
          "text": "This is why I love Reddit",
          "author": "Captainlnsayno",
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            "e9hn7qk": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hn7qk/",
              "text": "Your post is uninteresting and not creative you won't fit in this Stanford thread.",
              "author": "NewUser6613",
              "created": 1541954845,
              "upvotes": 36,
              "replies": {}
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            "e9hbqpa": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbqpa/",
              "text": "You like reading prepared PR disaster pieces?",
              "author": "psi-",
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              "upvotes": 2,
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        "e9glwld": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glwld/",
          "text": "Give him another interview, except this time with a decent human being. In my opinion though, he should take his money elsewhere. It's not like Stanford is the only good school in this country. Stanford be damned, we don't need to patronize fuck heads like this. ",
          "author": null,
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            "e9helfk": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9helfk/",
              "text": "\"Beautiful girl\"",
              "author": "PanickedPoodle",
              "created": 1541948421,
              "upvotes": 20,
              "replies": {
                "e9j5qwa": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j5qwa/",
                  "text": "\"EDIT: I am Male.\"",
                  "author": null,
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                  "upvotes": 10,
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                    "e9k0mt3": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9k0mt3/",
                      "text": "Oh wow, he was talking about some *random* beautiful girl walking by? Just bonding over some creepy mysogeny?\n\nThat guy shouldn't be doing Stanford interviews. That's insane. ",
                      "author": "PanickedPoodle",
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                        "eb6m61z": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eb6m61z/",
                          "text": "I know the dude\u2019s an asshole, but that\u2019s not misogyny.",
                          "author": "countryside_epiphany",
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                          "upvotes": 9,
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                        "e9klw5h": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9klw5h/",
                          "text": "It's not like we can do anything about it. The guy is likely tenured and untouchable. ",
                          "author": null,
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                          "upvotes": 0,
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                            "e9krbdg": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9krbdg/",
                              "text": "I thought alumnus conducted initial screenings at most schools?",
                              "author": "PanickedPoodle",
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        "e9gsz1t": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gsz1t/",
          "text": "plot twist, videsupra is the interviewer",
          "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
          "created": 1541913689,
          "upvotes": 72,
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        },
        "e9h0bud": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0bud/",
          "text": "That is both the kind of response gotham wants and also the kind it needs.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541925618,
          "upvotes": 10,
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        },
        "e9h8rr1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h8rr1/",
          "text": "Sadly, this is probably very common. All bodies state, \"this type of behavior is against the core values of x\". Yet, it happens so frequently and nonchalant that it sure doesn't seem like unusual behavior. ",
          "author": "swr3212",
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          "upvotes": 28,
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        },
        "e9gj7gj": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gj7gj/",
          "text": "Oh this is gonna be a good thread!",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541903293,
          "upvotes": 15,
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            "e9gpbed": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpbed/",
              "text": "imma get the popcorn",
              "author": "UpbeatWord",
              "created": 1541909418,
              "upvotes": 9,
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            }
          }
        },
        "e9gml3p": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gml3p/",
          "text": "OP, Look here!!! ",
          "author": "MorningkillsDawn",
          "created": 1541906681,
          "upvotes": 9,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gqxzk": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqxzk/",
          "text": "this guy! I like him. ",
          "author": "ThanksToDenial",
          "created": 1541911172,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hd08i": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hd08i/",
          "text": " justice boner achieved",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541946815,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hdn4v": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hdn4v/",
          "text": "Hope the OP takes you up on this.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541947458,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hhj8l": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhj8l/",
          "text": "Sounds like he had his mind made up before he started talking to the poor kid.",
          "author": "IamOzimandias",
          "created": 1541950823,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hvum8": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hvum8/",
          "text": "We did it reddit!",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541960516,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "ebc46lw": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebc46lw/",
          "text": "If the description of the interview is accurate - Looks like Stanford let a psychopath with misogynistic racist tendencies graduate. #metoo\n\nHe must have been a legacy ROFL ...",
          "author": "vhooloo",
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          "upvotes": 1,
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        },
        "ebfc8m8": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebfc8m8/",
          "text": "WIN ",
          "author": "tacmouse",
          "created": 1544362236,
          "upvotes": 1,
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        },
        "e9gpnaj": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpnaj/",
          "text": "Who is the individual. This is disgusting and needs to be outed.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541909755,
          "upvotes": -4,
          "replies": {
            "e9gr1qz": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gr1qz/",
              "text": "No witch hunting. While I'm sure /u/breadwinner235 is being honest, but none of us have investigated the claims, so none of us know enough information to publicly disgrace that person.",
              "author": "spammishking",
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        "e9hc88e": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hc88e/",
          "text": "Troll",
          "author": "rskogg",
          "created": 1541945993,
          "upvotes": -2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fxxhl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fxxhl/",
      "text": "I am a high-end college adviser in Los Angeles. What you experienced is absolutely inappropriate and I would recommend writing a lengthy letter to Stanford admissions describing your experience. They will definitely want to know that one of their interviewers is acting this way. Be sure to mention the \"beautiful girl\" line, specifically. That is wildly unprofessional.\n\nIf you want to take a strong, principled stand, state firmly in your letter that you are rescinding your application from Stanford and would appreciate a refund of the application fee due to this experience. \n\nIf you do not decide to rescind your application, writing this letter well is likely to increase your admission chances, honestly. I'm sorry to hear that you had such a horrible experience :(.\n\nedit: read some replies. I agree that the guy is just an asshole and probably not a racist. He's clearly the type that enjoys acting smarter than everyone in the room. For future interviews, though, do make sure that you can explain your research in great detail without notes. That is pretty important, for what it's worth. And although I personally disagree with the tactic, it's entirely possible that other interviews at your chosen schools will *feel* hostile and challenging. Part of what this is intended to tease out is the both the strength and grace of your intellectual spine. That said, this guy is about five steps beyond anything resembling a line.",
      "author": "deportedtwo",
      "created": 1541884032,
      "upvotes": 3675,
      "replies": {
        "e9fyh89": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fyh89/",
          "text": "Thank you for your advice. Appreciated.  Would you say that it is worth mentioning that I felt as if I was being stereotyped, even if it was not his intention?",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541884502,
          "upvotes": 815,
          "replies": {
            "e9fypsj": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fypsj/",
              "text": "I would not talk about your feelings (beyond that you found his conduct inappropriate) so much as the specific things he said. I'd be more than happy to review a draft for you via PM if you'd like. Fire away at your leisure :).",
              "author": "deportedtwo",
              "created": 1541884709,
              "upvotes": 909,
              "replies": {
                "e9gt4or": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt4or/",
                  "text": "To maybe explain why deportedtwo is advising this (and I agree with him) - let them draw the (not unreasonable) conclusion he was stereotyping. If you confine yourself to the facts you look objective and rational. If you start to speculate his motivations, and if they don't agree with you, at that point in your narrative, they will start to think you're biased. \n\nFrom just the facts in your story it's easy to assert everything you believe about his mindset, and they will. You just don't have to put yourself out there with (very reasonable) speculation about what was going on in his mind in order to have the desired impact.",
                  "author": "WastingTimeIGuess",
                  "created": 1541913897,
                  "upvotes": 209,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9h46gg": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h46gg/",
                      "text": "A lot of people are stating his behavior wasn't racially driven, however a lot of these high profile institutions are discriminatory against Asian students in admissions specifically. Harvard just recently got in trouble for it.\n\nSpecifically comments about his studying habits could be taken that way. It's not a direct indicator, but worth bringing up. Especially with their weird expectations of Asian students at well known \"brand name\" colleges.",
                      "author": "Rangerstation01",
                      "created": 1541933724,
                      "upvotes": 18,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                },
                "e9gjj5o": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjj5o/",
                  "text": "/u/breadwinner235 please work with this kind person to make sure your delivery is appropriate. As said a thousand times, you need to report him",
                  "author": "YoitsTmac",
                  "created": 1541903621,
                  "upvotes": 272,
                  "replies": {}
                },
                "e9hc2ju": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hc2ju/",
                  "text": "That's such a generous offer. Wow, people are really coming together in this thread. So heart warming.",
                  "author": "ruttut",
                  "created": 1541945796,
                  "upvotes": 7,
                  "replies": {}
                },
                "e9hhcan": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhcan/",
                  "text": "You\u2019re a good person ",
                  "author": "RyanIMG",
                  "created": 1541950680,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gak90": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gak90/",
              "text": "It's hard to say, because he was just an asshole all around.\n\nI have dealt with plenty of people that sound like this clown.\n\nThey just think they are better than everyone else.\n\nMentioning feeling stereotyped when it may be difficult to prove might only complicate reporting him and allow him some sort of wiggle room to make it seem like you are perceiving things incorrectly.\n\nYou report him for being an asshole and he'll have more difficulty proving you wrong.\n\nBecause he was definitely an asshole.\n\nBut only *possibly* racist.\n\nSee what I'm saying?",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541894667,
              "upvotes": 91,
              "replies": {
                "e9h0ax9": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0ax9/",
                  "text": "Agreed.\nNot to sound like an asshole but don't pull the race card purely on speculation. That'll just make you look dramatic and accusatory. Nobody wants to touch that.",
                  "author": "Fickle_Freckle",
                  "created": 1541925565,
                  "upvotes": 21,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gc93m": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc93m/",
              "text": "His actions were inexcusable, but you'll meet people like this in life, especially people with the intellectual tact to back it up. Learn to defend yourself and your position without sounding \"defensive.\" Concisely state your refutations and proof to validate it, this will demand respect from others.\n\nI certainly disagree with his tactics, but I've been picked apart dozens of times in professional settings for high paying jobs. Remain calm and collected and you'll learn the skills to hold your own in these situations.\n\nI personally didn't go to Stanford, but my father earned a PhD in Physiology from there and has shared stories of similar types of personalities.\n\nGood luck!",
              "author": "TheHerpSalad",
              "created": 1541896305,
              "upvotes": 80,
              "replies": {
                "e9gd4n2": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gd4n2/",
                  "text": "I most certainly did my best to respectfully and assertively tell him why I disagreed and believed he was wrong at each turn. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541897190,
                  "upvotes": 76,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gqsib": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqsib/",
                      "text": "You did the best you could in that situation. Some people are full of themselves. Please report him in as much detail as you can remember.\n\nHis entire performance strikes me as odd. It seemed that he was not only actively trying to dissuade you from applying, but wanted you to storm out of the interview. ",
                      "author": "reddog323",
                      "created": 1541911001,
                      "upvotes": 22,
                      "replies": {}
                    },
                    "e9geui5": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9geui5/",
                      "text": "Then you did all you could and prepare for more people like that in life.\n\nI'd follow the advice of the top comments and report him in a detailed letter. I agree that by addressing concerning behavior to admissions will increase your chances of being accepted.",
                      "author": "TheHerpSalad",
                      "created": 1541898920,
                      "upvotes": 42,
                      "replies": {}
                    },
                    "e9gyo71": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyo71/",
                      "text": "Good for you. There is content and delivery, it sounds like they failed in their delivery, massively. If at some point in an interview someone decides they are not going to recommend you for an admission or a job, it is great and ideal that they essentially tell you the reasons why they think you are not qualified. This is good. It gives you a chance to respond to the reasons they have decided against you - because maybe they still might change their mind if you had some great counter-points they were not considering. This person failed in the delivery of those points because they were demeaning and dismissive. I just wanted to say that it is good to hear constructive feedback, but not if it is delivered in a negative manner.   ",
                      "author": "lurker_cx",
                      "created": 1541922392,
                      "upvotes": 6,
                      "replies": {}
                    },
                    "e9gl6l3": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl6l3/",
                      "text": "Honestly, interviews are both ways.  There are a lot of autistic assholes at/from Stanford.",
                      "author": "upboat_allgoals",
                      "created": 1541905300,
                      "upvotes": 9,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gh7t9": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gh7t9/",
              "text": "I would agree with some of the others that speculating on the cause of his behavior will weaken your case. His behavior was unacceptable regardless of the reasons.",
              "author": "FiveEightFiveBC",
              "created": 1541901299,
              "upvotes": 10,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gfzzt": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfzzt/",
              "text": "Not the original commenter but I think you should mention it. The last thing Stanford probably wants right now is being exposed for discriminating against Asian students (especially since your story is much more blatant/concrete racism than plain old affirmative action).",
              "author": "cmuquestion123",
              "created": 1541900089,
              "upvotes": 15,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gqh6p": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqh6p/",
              "text": "Yes. The Title IX ~~Inquisitors~~ Investigators on campus would love to hear about this. They alone would get you a redo on your interview.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541910642,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9hjfza": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hjfza/",
                  "text": "Yesss. Send the inquisition. You never know if they\u2019re just going to cleanse the planet. ",
                  "author": "someoneelseatx",
                  "created": 1541952203,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9h34kk": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h34kk/",
              "text": "TBH you're stereotyping yourself in that respect.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541931514,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9hd2qu": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hd2qu/",
              "text": "Don\u2019t worry about yourself. Pay attention to the interviewer\u2019s problems. The problem here isn\u2019t you or Asian stereotypes or grades. It\u2019s that you got an asshole interviewer. As someone who does this myself I\u2019m horrified for you. What you need is a redo with a normal person. That\u2019s the goal so that\u2019s what your letter should aim at. \n\n(And if you want an interesting alternative, apply to a Dutch liberal arts school. Non local tuition is $15k per year and there are a lot of good teachers and a great community. We get many IBs..:.)",
              "author": "davidzet",
              "created": 1541946883,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9hhv7k": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhv7k/",
              "text": "Please contact Students for Fair Admissions, they would love to help.",
              "author": "branpurn",
              "created": 1541951071,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9hklcr": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hklcr/",
                  "text": "Thank you for the suggestion. I know they do good work!",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541953021,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gqjnp": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqjnp/",
              "text": "He might be pressuring you to see how you handle criticism, to see if you crack under pressure.   I wouldn\u2019t bring up being thank you think you were stereotyped. I\u2019ve dealt with that all my life and it has made be a better person. \n\nJust bc he was harsh on you doesn\u2019t mean he is stereotyping you. Remember Stanford been dealing with this recently, it was in the news this year/last year.  \n\nPick your battles, what proof do you have that he was an asshole. it\u2019s your work against his. (Now is he has been reported multiple times the you have a case, if you\u2019re the first person get ready for battle). Besides, do you want to spend you time on this while you\u2019re still waiting for other schools. ",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541910720,
              "upvotes": 6,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9go1m1": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9go1m1/",
              "text": "The issue I see is his behavior can easily be construed as sexual harassment.\n\n He was hostile, sure, which looks terrible for the university, but was he also hitting on you? Having a 30- something year old male hitting on a 17-year old AND insulting them is a very bad look for the  university. \n\nUtterly unacceptable.",
              "author": "frequentScarcity",
              "created": 1541908102,
              "upvotes": 4,
              "replies": {
                "e9gpf0w": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpf0w/",
                  "text": "I am Male. He was commenting on a random woman nearby when he made the comment. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541909518,
                  "upvotes": 5,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9heqh9": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9heqh9/",
                      "text": "Ok, still not acceptable behavior for a college interview. ",
                      "author": "frequentScarcity",
                      "created": 1541948543,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9herhz": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9herhz/",
                          "text": "Fully agree. ",
                          "author": "breadwinner235",
                          "created": 1541948567,
                          "upvotes": 2,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gpw3d": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpw3d/",
              "text": "Someone correct me, but isn't there a stereotype in college admissions about Asian applicants and Asian American applicants?  Something about trying to keep racial diversity in the school to a certain position. \n\nI dunno, i thought I read or heard something about this type of thing happening in top schools.  ",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541910011,
              "upvotes": 4,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9h2jn2": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2jn2/",
              "text": "That\u2019s insane man you seem real smart just shows how tough it is wow",
              "author": "vivic34",
              "created": 1541930245,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g1a0i": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1a0i/",
              "text": "You need to tell them exactly what you felt. It isn't up to you to determine his intention. Whether or not he was intentionally making you feel stereotyped and uncomfortable doesn't matter. The fact that he did make you feel that way does. Ultimately there is a possibility they may take his side, but you need to tell them your point of view without taking his into consideration. They'll do that for you. ",
              "author": "potatoshopCS5",
              "created": 1541886923,
              "upvotes": -6,
              "replies": {
                "e9g4xk9": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4xk9/",
                  "text": "I don't mean to be disrespectful but this is not good advice. Do not talk about how it made you feel. I know that is ultimately what matters, but it's important to negotiate this situation as a professional adult would. That means not getting into feelings and speaking in as neutral terms as possible.\n\nnote: This advice is strictly for Stanford. If we were talking about a LAC, a discussion of feelings would be more prudent but I'd still advise against it.",
                  "author": "deportedtwo",
                  "created": 1541889838,
                  "upvotes": 25,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gakdz": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gakdz/",
                      "text": "I'm not sure if there can be a discussion on being feeling stereotyped without discussing how it made OP feel. Otherwise it'll be \"the interviewer focused on discussing academics more so than other qualities I have that makes me a competitive candidate.\" Which does not imply that the interviewer was doing anything out of scope and I don't think OP's problem can exist in a vacuum where the current political climate (Harvard Admissions/stereotyping of Asians) is not taken into consideration. I think it is absolutely professional to discuss how it made OP feel.  ",
                      "author": "potatoshopCS5",
                      "created": 1541894670,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9gb6ec": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb6ec/",
                          "text": "Direct quotations will easily suffice. \"I was disappointed to discover that my interviewer forgot my name because he 'only saw a beautiful girl' and thought it necessary to bring his unprofessional language and behavior to your attention.\" Something like that.\n\nTo speak bluntly, any Asian applicant who so much as mentions anything even tangentially related to the AA issue is doing themselves a great disservice. Like, great. There are ways of doing so in a way that *could* positively affect your chances, but doing so is way, way too risky. Just don't.\n\nI don't mean to imply that should be the case, but it definitely is. Keep the discussions of things like that on Reddit and in courtrooms or you're going to make things harder on yourself. ",
                          "author": "deportedtwo",
                          "created": 1541895253,
                          "upvotes": 4,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "e9g7mbi": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7mbi/",
                      "text": "[deleted]",
                      "author": null,
                      "created": 1541891949,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9g9jzm": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9jzm/",
                          "text": "First, don't worry too much about interviews for LACs (or any school, really) going like this. Stories like these are extremely rare, if extant nonetheless. \n\nTo address your question directly: LACs are just more holistic in their approach to applications in general and significantly more receptive to emotional content thereby. I didn't mean too much (and certainly nothing specific) by that comment. Sorry for the confusion!",
                          "author": "deportedtwo",
                          "created": 1541893706,
                          "upvotes": 5,
                          "replies": {}
                        },
                        "e9g8qzx": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8qzx/",
                          "text": "What OP went through is incredibly rare. Most college interviewers are incredibly kind and tend to be quite relatable as they are friendly younger. Just use the interview to be yourself and put your best foot forward.\n\nBy the end of the interview, the interviewer should have a good feel for who you are as a person",
                          "author": "sspianist6",
                          "created": 1541892954,
                          "upvotes": 1,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "e9galyq": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9galyq/",
                  "text": "\"Whether or not he was intentionally making you feel stereotyped and uncomfortable doesn't matter.\"\n\nUh, are you kidding me? Of course that matters.\n\nThe studen't feelings are not the interviewers responsibility. The interview's intentions and behaviors are the interviewer's responsibility. The letter should focus on the interviewer's intentions and behaviors.",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541894713,
                  "upvotes": 5,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gb8dy": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb8dy/",
                      "text": "So in this case, OP feels like the interviewer intentionally stereotyped him and asked inappropriate questions. You're right, OPs feelings are not the interviewer's responsibility just as it is not OP's responsibility to determine the interviewer's intentions because there is no way for OP to know for sure. Hence that is why I suggested that OP give his side of the story without trying to guess the interviewer's intentions outside of how the interview made him feel. Stanford can then take both sides of the story and come to a conclusion as neither OP or we are getting both sides of the story. ",
                      "author": "potatoshopCS5",
                      "created": 1541895306,
                      "upvotes": 1,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9go9wx": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9go9wx/",
              "text": "No, it would.make you sound like a whiny fool.",
              "author": "hanoian",
              "created": 1541908347,
              "upvotes": -1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9h5foa": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5foa/",
              "text": "Everything he did was motivated by the fact that he is a Jew and you are not a Jew. There is no excuse for your ignorance of this societal dynamic. It\u2019s 2018 and you have internet access.\n\nWhat\u2019s funny is that out of morbid curiosity you will certainly research him online now and discover that he is in fact a Jew, but you still won\u2019t believe it has any significance.",
              "author": "ChrisChambers84",
              "created": 1541936168,
              "upvotes": -2,
              "replies": {
                "e9ubvrc": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ubvrc/",
                  "text": "Ahhh and you\u2019re antisemitic. Classic internet troll. You really hit all the marks.",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1542404745,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "e9graq5": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9graq5/",
          "text": "Stanford faculty here.  I concur with writing a letter to the relevant admissions office.  I certainly don't speak for the university or my specific school, but I can't imagine our med school tolerating this level of unprofessional conduct from an interviewer.",
          "author": "StrongMedicine",
          "created": 1541911586,
          "upvotes": 109,
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            "e9h87m8": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h87m8/",
              "text": "Reasonably certain you're the wonderful brains (?Dr Eric) behind the YouTube channel. As an aside, thank you-- Your content helped me through some dark and long stretches. I would listen to your videos on my commutes and I was comforted by your gentle and enthusiastic approach to teaching. PGY1 NSGY resident, and doubtful I'd have made it without you. Thank you, with all my heart.",
              "author": "coconutsushi",
              "created": 1541940755,
              "upvotes": 12,
              "replies": {
                "e9hmyxh": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hmyxh/",
                  "text": "Yep, that's me!  Thanks so much for the message, and glad that my videos were helpful!   I hope intern year isn't beating you up too much.",
                  "author": "StrongMedicine",
                  "created": 1541954699,
                  "upvotes": 8,
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              }
            },
            "e9gxp8u": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxp8u/",
              "text": "Stanford med? Represent ",
              "author": "Adubyale",
              "created": 1541920548,
              "upvotes": 24,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
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          "text": "As a faculty member at Stanford, I second this with all my heart. We work so hard to make the students feel welcome, but that work can always be endangered by any bad seed.\n\nPlease write a factual letter to admissions. They take these matters very seriously and will come back to you.",
          "author": "gardas603",
          "created": 1541912570,
          "upvotes": 78,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gdxjp": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdxjp/",
          "text": "Yeah, I'd be demanding a refund. No way I'm paying to get insulted... I don't have that kind of money.",
          "author": "Ballsdeepinreality",
          "created": 1541897987,
          "upvotes": 37,
          "replies": {}
        },
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          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggh99/",
          "text": ">For future interviews, though, do make sure that you can explain your research in great detail without notes. That is pretty important, for what it's worth.\n\nNot just \"pretty important\", but absolutely paramount. \n\nu/breadwinner235 not being able to describe your research properly is an awful, awful, *awful* mistake. When I interview people who claim some kind of knowledge or experience in research, I question them at length on it precisely because a fair number of students will skate by on others' work and overstate their contribution. Questioning is how I figure out if the student has actually put the effort in or if they're pretending. When you can't coherently describe your work, you're put in the \"pretender\" camp and it weighs very heavily on you, effectively removing your experience from the list of things that you have achieved. \n\nI've also been in interviews where the interviewers' primary jobs were to be aggressive and to make me doubt myself, even going so far as to pretend to be offended at things I'd said. It's not easy, but they are situations you have to learn to manage tactfully. It's a legitimate interview style. Probably not for HS kids though, so you can't excuse him for that. ",
          "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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            "e9gua8e": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gua8e/",
              "text": "Well, that can be a little unfair. Sometimes student researchers are just given a laundry list of things to do, a little background, and some suggested literature to read to get them going. Even as a master's student I can't explain the intricacies or every single goal of what I'm doing right now. Some things take a lot of experience and education to really articulate in a great manner. ",
              "author": "ChadMcRad",
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                "e9guu3o": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9guu3o/",
                  "text": "But the important point here is that I only question people on the work they claimed to do. If they claim they did the majority of the research, and are placed as the first author, then they need to be able to communicate their work. Too many students get onto publications because their parents are researchers, and I have to distinguish them from the students who actually know their shit. \n\nIf you're going to put bold claims about what your contribution was to the scientific work, then you should expect to be tested on it. ",
                  "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxjk1/",
                      "text": "Oh, definitely for authorship ",
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              "text": "Hi, thanks for your reply. I did describe it all in detail just couldn\u2019t remember some long ass formula... I will remember it for the future though. \nEssentially though the extended essay research project was entirely independent so there wasn\u2019t much possibility of me skating by and having doubts over contribution tbf. ",
              "author": "breadwinner235",
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                "e9h7jbo": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h7jbo/",
                  "text": "When you can't remember the quantitative answer, give a qualitative one. \nEg, if you can't rememver f=m*v, say the faster you travel and the heavier you are, the more momentum you gain. It makes you look like you popularize science, good for others not having your background ;-)",
                  "author": "StevenK71",
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                },
                "e9guw0g": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9guw0g/",
                  "text": "I've had students submit \"entirely independent\" research to competitions before, only for it to become exceedingly obvious that it was the *teacher's* work, or completed under the teacher's very heavy guidance. Just because it's supposed to be your work doesn't mean it always is. ",
                  "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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              "text": "It\u2019s a shitty interview style. It\u2019s completely unnecessary.",
              "author": "smartenmartian",
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              "upvotes": 14,
              "replies": {
                "e9gywir": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gywir/",
                  "text": "I never said otherwise. Just because it's shit doesn't mean that it suddenly pops out of existence. It is a legitimate interview style that is employed sometimes, definitely to a lesser degree but certainly employed, and is even more common in more high-stakes interviews. \n\nIf you have ambitions that would lead you to those interviews, then you need to be prepared for the interviewers to behave in a somewhat antagonistic fashion, calling into doubt your achievements, and generally trying to get you to back yourself into a corner so that you then have to take back things you've said, or push you until you admit you don't know something. \n\nYou have to accept that it's something that exists at those higher levels if you want to prepare yourself for it. It's totally unjustified at this level, but it *is* an interview style in parts. I can tell you that because I just sat in one a few weeks ago, and I'll sit in another in a few more weeks. ",
                  "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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                    "e9gzjqg": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzjqg/",
                      "text": "I earned a PhD in (at the time) the number one program in the nation (possibly world). I have worked in Centers of Excellence and at NIH. I have been addressed disrespectfully by academics only twice\u2014both by Ivy Leaguers who dismissed me at the time because I look younger than my age 40 at the time). The only people I\u2019ve ever heard speak in such a narcissistic manner were all Ivy Leaguers. \n\nThis type of behavior is absolutely NOT tolerated anywhere I\u2019ve been in academia. In fact, this kind of behavior would have resulted in a formal complaint and possibly in firing. It demonstrates extremely poor judgment and abuse of power. \n\nHostile intimidation of interviewees is completely unnecessary and unprofessional. Grill them hard on their research as much as you want, but ask them questions that allow them to put their best selves forward. These are supposed to be people who have huge potential, but they are still becoming, not completely finished. There are more effective techniques than puerile power moves and wildly inappropriate comments in an entrance interview.",
                      "author": "smartenmartian",
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                        "e9gzp8i": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzp8i/",
                          "text": "Again, I *never* said I experienced it in academia. Most of the aggressive interviews I've had have been given by panels of experts in politics and international relations-type areas. They absolutely can be brutal. \n\n**And**, that style is never the totality of the interview. Interviewers use it in small pieces throughout 1-2 hours of questioning, and they'll only push it for a few minutes of that time *at most*. That's why I'm saying it's not okay for the interviewer to have acted that way to OP, and why it's 100% inappropriate in any sense for a HS student who absolutely cannot be expected to be well-trained in interviews like that. They may have never had any interview in their entire life. Their interviews should be casual discussions that are mutually beneficial, and where the interviewee has the opportunity to demonstrate character and passion that they couldn't convey on paper. \n\nYou need to seriously stop putting words in my mouth, and stop arguing against a position *I never took*. ",
                          "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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                            "e9gztsd": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gztsd/",
                              "text": "Context is everything. The topic is an ENTRANCE interview, and that interview style is completely inappropriate for an entrance interview. Get over yourself. ",
                              "author": "smartenmartian",
                              "created": 1541924626,
                              "upvotes": -2,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9h09o7": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h09o7/",
                                  "text": "And at every stage, I have said that it is inappropriate for this level.\n\n>you can't excuse him for that\n\n>It's totally unjustified at this level\n\n>it's not okay for the interviewer to have acted that way to OP\n\nPlease actually read what I said in totality before you jump down my throat because of an opinion you're assuming I have. \n\nSometimes interviewers will push interviewees on certain subjects or will push them on answers they've given. For any student who is quite nervous or shy, it's important they know that so they can be mentally prepared for it. They definitely won't be grilled to the extent that OP was, but if they make a statement then they should expect to have to back it up. It's generally not a great idea to use words like \"always\" or \"never\" because you can be trapped if you have, in fact, *not* \"always\" or \"never\" believed in something. If they claim to have a certain character trait, it's reasonable to be pressed to give an example of where you displayed that trait. Or if you say one thing and later contradict yourself.\n\nAgain, it will not be rude and racist, but it can push you into uncomfortable territory if you're asked for a second example, or questioned on your specific role in research, especially if you're not prepared for that. \n\nThe best advice is to think seriously about what they want to do in life, why they want to go to that university, what's special about that university, and their overarching \"story\" in general. You can twist that to answer any question and to shift gears on the spot far better than if you memorise your response to 100 stock-standard questions. Learn the big, common ones, but be prepared to be thrown off track at times. \n\nMy only position on this is:\n\n1. OP's interviewer is a dick and needs to be reported\n\n2. Some interviews can be uncomfortable and the interviewers can grill you on things sometimes\n\n3. It's important to really know the basic stuff you know you want to talk about so that you *can* answer the tough questions tactfully, and possibly dig yourself out of a hole in a respectable way\n\nThat's it. That's my position. If you're going to be really rude to someone and start flashing around your qualifications from the \"number one program in the world\", at least pick someone who actually disagrees with you. We both agree that this interview style is totally inappropriate for a HS student. I'm sure there are plenty of people on this thread who think otherwise, so go argue with them. You can't change my mind if we already agree. ",
                                  "author": "NoxiousQuadrumvirate",
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                    "e9gzlxi": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzlxi/",
                      "text": "Oh, and my specialty in research? Interviewing.",
                      "author": "smartenmartian",
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                },
                "e9gyrsp": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyrsp/",
                  "text": "> it\u2019s a crapty interview style. it\u2019s completely unnecessary.\n\n\nFTFY",
                  "author": "CMBDeletebot",
                  "created": 1541922578,
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        "e9hncdc": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hncdc/",
          "text": "Your post is uninteresting and not creative you won't fit in this Stanford thread.",
          "author": "NewUser6613",
          "created": 1541954924,
          "upvotes": 1,
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        },
        "e9gsr8p": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gsr8p/",
          "text": ">  I agree that the guy is just an asshole and probably not a racist. \n\ndoubt it",
          "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
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    "e9fif15": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fif15/",
      "text": "ok what the actual fuck. please report him. ",
      "author": "rileyohannan",
      "created": 1541872152,
      "upvotes": 2799,
      "replies": {
        "e9gew7q": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gew7q/",
          "text": "I\u2019d love to see that academic work a real job - go become a surgeon and have actual responsibilities other than just bringing in grant money (more of my fing taxes).  ",
          "author": null,
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            "e9gqdzf": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqdzf/",
              "text": "If you don\u2019t think academic work is real work, then I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to like the university environment.\n\nIt is one thing to conclude this individual is a jerk.  When you dismiss his profession as being something less than \u201creal\u201d work, you insult all academics.\n\nAmazed that dozens of people on a board dedicated to *getting into college* upvoted the sentiment.  ",
              "author": "FeatofClay",
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                "e9gsw70": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gsw70/",
                  "text": "I think that most people on this subreddit want to get into college not because the love learning or academics, but to place them into a better (socially accepted and higher paying) career. Therefore, they look down on academics who were not able to find a \"real\" job, which they consider the purpose of attending a university, especially an elite one.",
                  "author": "a2cisuseful",
                  "created": 1541913586,
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                    "e9hd1r9": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hd1r9/",
                      "text": "Well, that may be the case. If so, one of my greatest hopes is that along the way, they will also discover a passion for learning and a sense of shared purpose with some of their professors.  I don\u2019t mean indoctrinating them into the cult of \u201cdo-nothing\u201d academe (although that will happen to some of them!  We will suck some of the brightest into the PhD career track!) but the discovery that some area of study is just so  truly fascinating that it will be a thing they stay curious about their whole lives.  I used to help administer a big survey of undergrads, and when we asked them about their most meaningful experiences on campus, the answers make it clear that this does happen for some students.  \n\nOn the bright side:  since I\u2019ve outed myself as a person without the chops to have a real job, this may cut down on applicant requests to read their essays.  Maybe I should change my flair?",
                      "author": "FeatofClay",
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                    "em03qay": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/em03qay/",
                      "text": "Most academics are overqualified for any \u201creal\u201d job. It\u2019s ridiculous to suggest that academia isn\u2019t a real job.",
                      "author": null,
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                    "e9h6ymg": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h6ymg/",
                      "text": "[deleted]",
                      "author": null,
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                        "e9hc9od": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hc9od/",
                          "text": "I didn't say I agreed, I just voiced my opinion as to why people may be acting in the way that /u/FeatofClay described.",
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                "e9hkezd": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hkezd/",
                  "text": "Aren\u2019t they just being sarcastic? Mimicking the interviewer\u2019s tone. ",
                  "author": "nightienight",
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                  "text": "Yah well try going to college three times in a row and then let me know how you feel.  During this time, maintain a near 4.0 gpa for the first 8 years so that you can do what you want for the rest of your life.\n\nAfter a while the smoke and mirrors break down and you start to catch on that 90% of academic study is complete crap.  They are not better than you, they just have chosen to be weirdos and study one small aspect of one small field because it is ultimately easier than navigating the real world.\nIt becomes clear to you that they have created an environment where they cannot be truly held accountable.  As long as they are productive for a while early in their career, and then write a book here or there that no one will read they are good enough for that institution.  \n\nSome how our society is quick to blame cops for doing a job that has real repercussions to the decisions that are made, but we also make statements like HOW DARE you blame someone in HIGHER EDUCATION!  \n\nTheir time will come, though.  Some sort of revolution with young people will happen and the system will be overhauled.  ",
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                    "e9hcero": {
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                      "text": "Well isn\u2019t that what you\u2019re talking about? Someone who is a PhD probably did go two or three times.  Depending on whether they got their masters or not between BA and PhD.  \n\nAs for the rest of it, I think you\u2019ve clearly made up your mind about what academics do. My post was not meant to be a pearl-clutching \u201chow dare you;\u201d if I were going to go down that road I probably talk about world-changing work being carried out by academics.  But I pushed back because I think it\u2019s flawed and relies on generalizations that (in my view) don\u2019t hold up.  And I remain surprised that this view is embraced by so many people who are working so hard to insert themselves into that world\u2014and in many cases pay to do it.   Perhaps a substantial number of applicants here think that all professors are worthless, and they are therefore dreading the fact that they have to sit at their feet for four years to get the piece of paper that they believe they must have to succeed in life.  Setting aside other arguments about why that attitude might be a little narrow, maybe they should consider revisiting it because it sounds like a really *miserable* way to spend eight semesters.  Rather than HOW DARE YOU, I am saying, applicants, think about this some more, given what you\u2019re signing up for.  Consider believing that along the way, you might meet some amazing academics who are good at what they do, whose work matters, and who might change your life.  Next time you are in an interview or on a college tour, consider asking your informant to tell you about a professor they especially admired.\n\n\n\n",
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                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j5gc6/",
                              "text": "[removed]",
                              "author": null,
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            },
            "e9h1b2d": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1b2d/",
              "text": "The institutions that you are applying to are comprised largely of academics and rely on them to exist at all. At the very least you should respect academics because they are necessary for college to exist.",
              "author": "PinheadXXXXXX",
              "created": 1541927630,
              "upvotes": 22,
              "replies": {
                "e9igr1f": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9igr1f/",
                  "text": "Stanford relies on its endowment, brand name, and prestige that allows its alumni to make lots of money and donate them.",
                  "author": "zxnmcmnzcxb",
                  "created": 1541973454,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9igy9k": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9igy9k/",
                      "text": "But how did Stanford get that prestige in the first place? Academics are the beating heart of any university; without them, every school, including Stanford, would be nothing.",
                      "author": "PinheadXXXXXX",
                      "created": 1541973589,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {}
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                }
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            "e9hlq6q": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hlq6q/",
              "text": "You clearly have no idea what academia is or it works. Just because you don\u2019t know anything about something doesn\u2019t mean you can assume there\u2019s nothing to know.\n\nAlso: those grants create cutting edge scientific and medical discoveries and research, dumbass.",
              "author": "Lily_May",
              "created": 1541953858,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
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          }
        },
        "e9fioux": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fioux/",
          "text": "I disagree. He should have mentioned it right away.  \n\nThis interviewer was obviously seeking for candor in him - the truth at the deepest level of who he is as a person, which is why he stripped him of all the superficial and ungrounded beliefs (or attempted to).",
          "author": "AluminiumFork",
          "created": 1541872357,
          "upvotes": -492,
          "replies": {
            "e9fjtsx": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fjtsx/",
              "text": "Or he was just an asshole. Stop giving op horrible advice. At this point all op can do is report this interviewer and hope for the best ",
              "author": "anomatopia",
              "created": 1541873205,
              "upvotes": 281,
              "replies": {
                "e9fjyqq": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fjyqq/",
                  "text": "Terrible advice of: \"try to get something useful out of a shitty situation\"...  \n\nI mean, I don't like what that guy did, either, obviously.",
                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                  "created": 1541873313,
                  "upvotes": -172,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9fwivt": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fwivt/",
                      "text": "Then stop defending him?\n\nYou can't say on one hand \"the interviewer is trying to get you to tell the truth, so you can't report him\" and then say \"I don't agree with what he did\". \n\nDo you agree with what he did, or not? Because you can't have it both ways. ",
                      "author": null,
                      "created": 1541882876,
                      "upvotes": 68,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9fwvsu": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fwvsu/",
                          "text": "I never said **anything** about reporting. That's the issue.   \n  \n\nAll I spoke about is what the interviewer might have tried to do and, more importantly, what OP can do so as to benefit from this situation or avoid similar ones.  \n  ",
                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                          "created": 1541883161,
                          "upvotes": -82,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9fyqdt": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fyqdt/",
                              "text": "So you are fine with an interviewer using a condescending tone and not attempting to create dialogue? Because reading your other comments, that's what you think he was trying to do. \n\nHere's a hint: Cutting off someone to tell them they're wrong about what they think is stupid and doesn't exactly engender discourse. On top of that, it's a 17 year old who's being insulted about their life, after and during possibly the most stressful time in their life. *On top of that*, this guy is obviously insecure or has a bone to pick with other schools since he's insulting them too. What about any of that suggests he's trying to get OP to think about their life?\n\nMost people who apply to Stanford and get in are pretty damn intelligent. I'm nowhere near that level, and even I've thought about what drives me and such. Shutting me down by saying my reasons are stupid (most of OP's reasons aren't even stupid at all; also, how does me not drinking illegally seem like a bad idea) is a really shitty way of explaining it. \n\nThis guy is a moron, whoever he is. Let's look at precisely what he says, in order:\n\n* Ignored a student he was supposed to be interviewing because he was checking out a hot girl\n* \"What you did is simple. Here's what I did my PhD on...\"\n* \"You don't make sense\"\n* \"Stop studying so hard. You won't succeed at Stanford\"\n   * I don't think this is racial, I think he just meant that he thought you weren't having enough fun and were focusing too much on schoolwork u/breadwinner\n* \"These specific things about Stanford are generic\"\n* \"These other schools like USC and NYU are shitty and generic\"\n* \"What honors have you won? Oh those? You didn't really do anything there, you just manipulated some numbers. This team did much better.\"\n\nHow exactly is that supposed to reveal anything about a student? Sounds like abuse to me. ",
                              "author": null,
                              "created": 1541884724,
                              "upvotes": 47,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9fz7r0": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fz7r0/",
                                  "text": "I'm not saying anything about the morality of it.  \nI'm not saying whether it's right or wrong...  \n(I've read through all that I wrote a multitude of times)  \n  \nI never said your argument was stupid, nor imply that. Why put words into my mouth?  \n  \nHe's series of questions seems to me as a forceful way of shuttering a value system by systematic undermining and undervaluing.  \nAgain, I'm not saying that's acceptable, but to me it's not SHEER MADNESS, but a WICKED (if you want my moral judgement so much) attempt of reveling the students deepest levels of personality.",
                                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                  "created": 1541885158,
                                  "upvotes": -12,
                                  "replies": {
                                    "e9fzqzb": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fzqzb/",
                                      "text": ">I never said your argument was stupid, nor imply that. Why put words into my mouth?\n\nI didn't say you said it. I was referring to the interviewer. Sorry for that. \n\nWhat's the difference between sheer madness and wickedness in this case? You're standing on the bow of the Titanic hearing people scream that it's sinking and smirking to yourself \"It's not sinking; it's listing. There's a difference.\"\n\nHow does the difference matter?\n\n​",
                                      "author": null,
                                      "created": 1541885629,
                                      "upvotes": 15,
                                      "replies": {
                                        "e9g0lyh": {
                                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g0lyh/",
                                          "text": "Saying it's sheer madness is vilifying this person to such an extreme that you get blinded to any potential truths his actions might point you to.  \n  \n\nIf you think he's wicked, then you might believe he's found something in you that's not as strong as it could be and wants to use that against you. Then you can go in and fix that thing.",
                                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                          "created": 1541886364,
                                          "upvotes": -7,
                                          "replies": {
                                            "e9gj41y": {
                                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gj41y/",
                                              "text": "I, too, check out hot college women and become distracted by them in order to help teenagers reach potential truths.",
                                              "author": null,
                                              "created": 1541903197,
                                              "upvotes": 3,
                                              "replies": {}
                                            }
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    },
                                    "e9g8mqp": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8mqp/",
                                      "text": "a wickedly stupid attempt to 'break down' a person, right?\n\nbecause insulting their character and the fact they don't drink and other dumb petty menial shit sounds ridiculous",
                                      "author": null,
                                      "created": 1541892844,
                                      "upvotes": 7,
                                      "replies": {}
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            },
                            "e9fyji6": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fyji6/",
                              "text": "You literally commented, \"I disagree\" after someone said to report the interviewer.  How is this not saying anything? ",
                              "author": "TheRealLarrold",
                              "created": 1541884555,
                              "upvotes": 14,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9fzwla": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fzwla/",
                                  "text": "I disagree with the part saying that drinking should not have been mentioned.  \nIt's possible that the post I commented on made 2 statements and I unintentionally only replied to one I disagreed with... (sloppy of me)",
                                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                  "created": 1541885765,
                                  "upvotes": -1,
                                  "replies": {
                                    "e9g5nr8": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5nr8/",
                                      "text": "Nope. It\u2019s two sentences. \u201cok what the actual fuck. please report him.\u201d \n\nThat\u2019s what you commented \u201cI disagree\u201d to.",
                                      "author": null,
                                      "created": 1541890424,
                                      "upvotes": 12,
                                      "replies": {
                                        "e9g6qbt": {
                                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6qbt/",
                                          "text": "It didn't say that when I commented.  \nI didn't just comment \"I disagree\", but followed with \"he should have said that right away\", which wouldn't make sense if the comment was like that...  \nIs that so hard to understand??? \n  \nIf you're gonna be so unreasonable, just don't even bother.",
                                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                          "created": 1541891257,
                                          "upvotes": 0,
                                          "replies": {
                                            "e9hbifh": {
                                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbifh/",
                                              "text": "Fair dos. You\u2019d do a lot better editing your original comment rather than get upset about people who read it how it is now and think you\u2019re launching a defense of the arsehole interviewer.",
                                              "author": null,
                                              "created": 1541945133,
                                              "upvotes": 2,
                                              "replies": {
                                                "e9hso01": {
                                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hso01/",
                                                  "text": "Well, tried to keep to my principles... \nIf that guy can change his comment in such a manner, then I cannot support changing comments (unless it's a grammar mistake or an addition).  \nI did pay the price xd",
                                                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                                  "created": 1541958246,
                                                  "upvotes": 1,
                                                  "replies": {}
                                                }
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                                            }
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    },
                                    "e9g957d": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g957d/",
                                      "text": "[removed]",
                                      "author": null,
                                      "created": 1541893321,
                                      "upvotes": -11,
                                      "replies": {
                                        "e9gapkb": {
                                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gapkb/",
                                          "text": "even if youre pissed lets not stoop so low lol",
                                          "author": "aclipsify",
                                          "created": 1541894812,
                                          "upvotes": 3,
                                          "replies": {}
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                }
              }
            },
            "e9fq618": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fq618/",
              "text": "While that's what he _might_ have attempted (I think he's just an asshole), it was unprofessional and completely unacceptable. Don't justify that interviewer.",
              "author": "mmgtks",
              "created": 1541877797,
              "upvotes": 28,
              "replies": {
                "e9fs9mb": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fs9mb/",
                  "text": "I'm not justifying him nor even focusing on him. I'm trying to provide a way to look at the situation which would benefit OP, instead of offering him emotional support that this community thinks he's in need of (not that he doesn't deserve it).  \nI honestly am surprised that my comments were understood in such a manner. Although it might be my mistake.",
                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                  "created": 1541879427,
                  "upvotes": -9,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9fzqnl": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fzqnl/",
                      "text": "In the comment of yours that I was responding to, you said that you disagree that OP should report the interviewer... you're justifying the interview by saying he was just testing OP's character and that it's _OP's fault_ that the interview went so terribly. \n\nAdvising OP to report this guy would be beneficial...",
                      "author": "mmgtks",
                      "created": 1541885621,
                      "upvotes": 14,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9g4vpi": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4vpi/",
                          "text": "The comment was edited... It didn't say what is says now, but was against him admitting he drinks once in a while...",
                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                          "created": 1541889799,
                          "upvotes": 0,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9g59cj": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g59cj/",
                              "text": "> I disagree. He should have mentioned it right away.\n> This interviewer was obviously seeking for candor in him - the truth at the deepest level of who he is as a person, which is why he stripped him of all the superficial and ungrounded beliefs (or attempted to).\n\nYou didn't edit anything. \n\n",
                              "author": "mmgtks",
                              "created": 1541890102,
                              "upvotes": 7,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9g5mw6": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5mw6/",
                                  "text": "Not me, the commend I commented on was edited, for Lord's sake...",
                                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                                  "created": 1541890404,
                                  "upvotes": 2,
                                  "replies": {
                                    "e9g5sys": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5sys/",
                                      "text": "... I was talking about _your_ comment. Why the fuck would you then go and talk about a different comment and then blame me for a misunderstanding on your part? \n\nGod damn just stop while you still can. ",
                                      "author": "mmgtks",
                                      "created": 1541890550,
                                      "upvotes": 7,
                                      "replies": {}
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9g30b8": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g30b8/",
              "text": "Bro fuck off, truth at the deepest level my ass. OP gave some solid responses to those questions, that interviewer clearly had a tree up his ass ",
              "author": "mohan2607",
              "created": 1541888279,
              "upvotes": 27,
              "replies": {
                "e9g3d9j": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3d9j/",
                  "text": "Tf is wrong with you?  \nI'm not saying anything that's approving of the interviewer's actions.  \nI'm just providing an interpretation of his motivation.",
                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                  "created": 1541888563,
                  "upvotes": -7,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9g3ftv": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3ftv/",
                      "text": "You literally just attempted to justify that interviewer\u2019s actions? Wdym you didn\u2019t say anything that\u2019s approving of the interviewer\u2019s actions? Tf",
                      "author": "mohan2607",
                      "created": 1541888621,
                      "upvotes": 14,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9g43m6": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g43m6/",
                          "text": "Omg...  \nI never said how the motivation justifies the means!!!  \n  \nI'm objectively (or at least not on a moral basis) interpreting the situation and not saying how what that guy did is either wrong or right.  \n\nYou people are toxicly polarizing and won't think at all before judging...  ",
                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                          "created": 1541889161,
                          "upvotes": -2,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9flinh": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9flinh/",
              "text": "Stop pulling crap out of your ass.   College interviews are not the goddamn Kobayashi-Maru test from Star Trek",
              "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
              "created": 1541874461,
              "upvotes": 67,
              "replies": {
                "e9fxnfd": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fxnfd/",
                  "text": "Yeah, just avoid confronting hard situations in a manner that will make you avoid them in the future or grow in a different way and see where that takes you.\n\nHe can turn this into a fucking  Kobayashi-Maru test or he can take absolutely nothing from it.\n\nI'm not talking about what a college interview \\*\\*is\\*\\* , but about what OP can \\*\\*make out of it\\*\\* .\n\nMy statements are morally neutral, stop injecting them with yours.",
                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                  "created": 1541883792,
                  "upvotes": -9,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gpk2t": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpk2t/",
                      "text": "You\u2019re obviously in the wrong, and it\u2019s pretty appalling that you don\u2019t realize this. ",
                      "author": null,
                      "created": 1541909664,
                      "upvotes": 4,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9h1lgd": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1lgd/",
                          "text": "Well, I wouldn't say it's so obvious.  \nI agree with all the people commenting on my comments, but the fact is that what they're saying isn't contrary to what I said, nor is it actually a response to my arguments, but is simply their moral judgement of the situation.  \nAnd, I haven't said, at any point, that I agree with what was being done.",
                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
                          "created": 1541928229,
                          "upvotes": 1,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9g1v8s": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1v8s/",
              "text": "You don't NEG people in a professional interview.  ",
              "author": "CheckeredZeebrah",
              "created": 1541887379,
              "upvotes": 18,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g72ki": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g72ki/",
              "text": "Mate ivy levels dont do this for interviews, they just make sure you are of good character. This is a really shitty IVY interviewer, most will talk to you for 1-2hrs on varying topics and dont normally go that personal\n\nBesides as long as you meet the requirments for IVY schools its a fucking lottery if you get in, except for being a legacy black/white person or an award winning individual \n\n",
              "author": "Weabootrash0505",
              "created": 1541891503,
              "upvotes": 12,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gec88": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gec88/",
              "text": "\n>This interviewer was obviously seeking for candor in him - the truth at the deepest level of who he is as a person, which is why he stripped him of all the superficial and ungrounded beliefs (or attempted to).\n\nThat isn\u2019t the job of an alumni interviewer for undergraduate admissions.  That person is supposed to get to know you well enough to see if you are a good fit for the school, not tear you down like that.\n\nIt\u2019s maybe the job of a therapist, or drill sergeant. But those people are responsible for putting you back together as part of the process, not leave you metaphorically bleeding.",
              "author": "jkh107",
              "created": 1541898400,
              "upvotes": 10,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gcjnd": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcjnd/",
              "text": "Bro just stop talking.. you\u2019re getting downvoted to shit Jesus",
              "author": "zaecien",
              "created": 1541896602,
              "upvotes": 7,
              "replies": {
                "e9h1ago": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1ago/",
                  "text": "Well, if I didn't want to say what I wanted to say, I wouldn't have said it in the first place.  \nAnd if my wish to say something was negated by downvotes, then it's quite a shallow attempt.  \nKant's moral imperative and stuff...  \n  \nBut, yeah, it's been fun seeing people do that, despite the fact I haven't said anything in favor of the interviewer.\n",
                  "author": "AluminiumFork",
                  "created": 1541927594,
                  "upvotes": 0,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9i0ukp": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i0ukp/",
                      "text": "Bro what people aren\u2019t negating your wish to say say something they\u2019re downvoting you because you\u2019re being a dickhead. If your version of fun is getting shit on then go ahead and keep up with what you\u2019re doing.",
                      "author": "zaecien",
                      "created": 1541963702,
                      "upvotes": 1,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9i1sxo": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i1sxo/",
                          "text": "I don't think I'm being a dickhead.  \nI'm as respecting as I can be expected to be, even when people like you throw insults without any argumentation I could use to justify it.  \n  \nI'm not insulting people, I'm not saying I support the inerviewer, I'm just providing my view of the situation (which I think can be useful to OP) and defending it against shallow emotional accusations (that imply I made a moral judgment, despite that not being the case).",
                          "author": "AluminiumFork",
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                          "upvotes": 1,
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                      }
                    }
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                }
              }
            },
            "e9gb1dn": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb1dn/",
              "text": "Being a dick puts people on the defensive and makes them less-likely to be honest with you.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541895124,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9guu2s": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9guu2s/",
              "text": "A wise person does that with love. A mean person does it like this dude.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541916132,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fkkub": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fkkub/",
      "text": "[deleted]",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541873769,
      "upvotes": 1841,
      "replies": {
        "e9g97ou": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g97ou/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541893385,
          "upvotes": 258,
          "replies": {
            "e9gaj0s": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gaj0s/",
              "text": "Thank you for sharing this, I'll remember this when I'm in residency",
              "author": "Jevenator",
              "created": 1541894633,
              "upvotes": 41,
              "replies": {
                "e9gcxwg": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcxwg/",
                  "text": "No problem. Check out r/medicalschool if you every have any questions or just want to lurk. I remember learning a lot from that sub back when I was in college. ",
                  "author": "BinaryPeach",
                  "created": 1541897003,
                  "upvotes": 16,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gcydy": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcydy/",
                      "text": "Here's a sneak peek of /r/medicalschool using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year!\n\n\\#1: [Just a reminder to make sure you keep your relationship with your patients professional](https://np.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/7sazak/just_a_reminder_to_make_sure_you_keep_your/)  \n\\#2: [\\[Shitpost\\] \u201cIs There a Doctor on the Plane?\u201d The First of OP\u2019s Many Future Heroic Episodes](https://np.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/9p3boy/shitpost_is_there_a_doctor_on_the_plane_the_first/)  \n\\#3: [See it everyday I come into work, teasing me](https://i.imgur.com/G98u1Aw.jpg) | [36 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/7szqsf/see_it_everyday_i_come_into_work_teasing_me/)\n\n----\n^^I'm ^^a ^^bot, ^^beep ^^boop ^^| ^^Downvote ^^to ^^remove ^^| [^^Contact ^^me](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=sneakpeekbot) ^^| [^^Info](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/) ^^| [^^Opt-out](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/comments/8wfgsm/blacklist/)",
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                      "upvotes": 2,
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            },
            "e9gc6mp": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc6mp/",
              "text": "Undergrad admissions should be different though...multiple reviewers were honest and said in their experience, the interview had little to no impact on my admission. Maybe they could've been wrong, but based on the unstructured format of the questions, answers, and what they submit to the schools, I have a hard time believing that's weighted much at all. \n\nI guess a super bad review might be more impactful, but if the same guy gives everyone bad reviews, I'd assume they take that partially into account. Or maybe I'm too generous with my assumptions..",
              "author": "nah_you_good",
              "created": 1541896236,
              "upvotes": 28,
              "replies": {
                "e9gcekj": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcekj/",
                  "text": "It is very unlikely the same guy gives everyone bad reviews. More often than not a crass interviewer of this type would target minorities or female students and selectively give them bad reviews.",
                  "author": "DrZeroH",
                  "created": 1541896459,
                  "upvotes": 22,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gzuxz": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzuxz/",
                      "text": "Since the interviewer made it pretty clear that he didn't even listen to the OP because a \"beautiful girl\" was walking by.\n\nI would venture to guess that he gives good interviews to the attractive girls and bad interviews to the unattractive ones. ",
                      "author": "DeclutteringNewbie",
                      "created": 1541924685,
                      "upvotes": 3,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gl97y": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl97y/",
              "text": "wow i found you on another subreddit",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541905379,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {
                "e9glre0": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glre0/",
                  "text": "Hello friendo! Long time no see. ",
                  "author": "BinaryPeach",
                  "created": 1541905873,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9ge6x4": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ge6x4/",
              "text": "Report him.  This is a weak and neurotic reason to not do so.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541898249,
              "upvotes": 4,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gkt1d": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkt1d/",
              "text": "Not always works. Had the same issue with a professor after he ripped into me for delivering a poor mid-semester project presentation. I was dumbfounded - wasn't your job to educate and to help me improve? If I am doing everything perfectly already, then why am I here? Didn't work out so well for me. He didn't \"bond\" with me and I did my best to finish the course without any feedback from him.\n\nThe other thing is job interviews. Some interviewers have their minds made up in the first few minutes whether they want you to fail or not. Usually, I try not to burn bridges and finish the interview but it sucks because you know whatever happens after that just don't matter - you are not getting the job. One day I really just want to walk out if I get a shitty interviewer.\n\nOP, when one day you have made it and you are successful, remember to not turn into an asshole and abuse your success.",
              "author": "tryingnottofailcat",
              "created": 1541904913,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gsw93": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gsw93/",
              "text": "people who interview people for schools are not top of any totem pole. This guy is a bottom feeding piece of shit nobody, which is why he is getting off torturing a high school student.  \n\nWhat does it tell you that he has time to do this for 2 hours? he is not some scientist or amazing intellect. he is a nobody abusing power like a lame high school teacher who goes home and jerks off all day, or crappy cop that gets off on abusing black people.\n\nReport this asshole.",
              "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
              "created": 1541913588,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gvrl6": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvrl6/",
              "text": "HR also may have very, very little over tenured and highly-respected individuals. It will have to be waved away. All staff bend over backward for faculty, in my personal professional experience working in academia.",
              "author": "Truth_",
              "created": 1541917448,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fl5t7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fl5t7/",
      "text": "You should report him.  This is not normal.  Stanford will be embarrassed to know they sent this guy out there.  It won\u2019t hurt your app chances.\n\nI know someone who had a similar situation a couple of years ago.  The school was mortified and gave her a second interview\n\nPS. don\u2019t assume he was being racist, he\u2019s probably just a raging narcissistic asshole",
      "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
      "created": 1541874199,
      "upvotes": 2637,
      "replies": {
        "e9fnje8": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fnje8/",
          "text": "Thanks for your advice. That\u2019s interesting to hear about her situation. \n\nAlso I fully agree with what you said, I\u2019m not assuming he was being racist at all- I\u2019m very much against assumptions.\n\nTo be clear,  it\u2019s just what I feel it could be in hindsight. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541875925,
          "upvotes": 607,
          "replies": {
            "e9fvvz7": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fvvz7/",
              "text": "report that motherfucker",
              "author": "quipui",
              "created": 1541882354,
              "upvotes": 241,
              "replies": {
                "e9g6wjs": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6wjs/",
                  "text": "Yes, officer, this interviewer right here",
                  "author": "nietczhse",
                  "created": 1541891378,
                  "upvotes": 47,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9g7j4k": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7j4k/",
              "text": "Please, please report this jerk.  I would be incredibly embarrassed to know this guy is tarnishing the reputation of my institution with his nonsense.  ",
              "author": "pypelayah",
              "created": 1541891875,
              "upvotes": 43,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g82id": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g82id/",
              "text": "Report him please",
              "author": "Nhlnucks",
              "created": 1541892333,
              "upvotes": 12,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gcs52": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcs52/",
              "text": "You specifically stated multiple times that you feel he was stereotyping you based on race. Whether or not you use the word \"racist,\" you are accusing him of being racist.",
              "author": "Lets_Do_This_",
              "created": 1541896844,
              "upvotes": 7,
              "replies": {
                "e9gg6ki": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gg6ki/",
                  "text": "Just to be absolutely specific on this- I am fully against victimisation. I\u2019m not saying he is racist, but simply in hindsight it feels as if this comment could well have been.",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541900267,
                  "upvotes": 13,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9ghogn": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ghogn/",
                      "text": "... Claiming someone made a racist comment is necessarily accusing that person of being racist. Either own the accusation or drop it, you're not doing yourself any favors trying to play it both ways.",
                      "author": "Lets_Do_This_",
                      "created": 1541901761,
                      "upvotes": -20,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9givwq": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9givwq/",
                          "text": "Sorry, I phrased it incorrectly. What I mean is I\u2019m not saying definitively that the comment was racist, but that I felt it was. As in, I\u2019m open to the consideration that my gut feeling was wrong on this one. ",
                          "author": "breadwinner235",
                          "created": 1541902972,
                          "upvotes": 11,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9gla58": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gla58/",
                              "text": "\"I'm not assuming he was being racist at all\" \n\nBut your gut feeling is that he was being racist? \n\nWhatever, you do you.",
                              "author": "Lets_Do_This_",
                              "created": 1541905405,
                              "upvotes": -19,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9gxa48": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxa48/",
                                  "text": "Wow do you not know the difference between blaming someone for being racist and feeling like someone is? Just because you feel something doesn't mean you jump to that conclusion",
                                  "author": null,
                                  "created": 1541919797,
                                  "upvotes": 3,
                                  "replies": {}
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "e9hau15": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hau15/",
                          "text": "You sound like the interviewer",
                          "author": "nodtomod",
                          "created": 1541944309,
                          "upvotes": 2,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "e9gksz7": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gksz7/",
                  "text": "Well there's no indication that OP follows their parents orders even when they aren't around, seems a fairly negative stereotypical assumption made on behalf of the interviewer and definitely one that is showing a thought process of Asian parents = controlling, Asian kids = no fun, study only. ",
                  "author": "JudgeSterling",
                  "created": 1541904911,
                  "upvotes": 5,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gl5w3": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl5w3/",
              "text": "Yo he was being racist as fuck lol, but some of what he said as generic vagueries are actually partial truths when it comes to asians not getting places. Look up the bamboo ceiling, and then promptly proceed to smash the fuck out of it.\n\nAnd Ivy leagues are statistically likely to disfavor asian applicants in the first place so this shit doesn't shock me. If there were more asians involved in the admissions process I'm sure this would change, as it seems jewish applicants got a nice boost after Ivy league admissions got stacked so maybe the same would happen for asians.",
              "author": "charitybut",
              "created": 1541905279,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gt1uz": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt1uz/",
              "text": "he was being racist playing on stereotypes about asians 100%. don't back down. if you were black it's as if he had asked you if you liked rap music and fried chicken. It's 100% racist bullshit he put you through, and don't pretend otherwise.",
              "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
              "created": 1541913790,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9hdvxp": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hdvxp/",
              "text": "And please for the love of god update when this chode gets his comeuppance!",
              "author": "sonicssweakboner",
              "created": 1541947722,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9gl6kh": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl6kh/",
              "text": "I went to an elite college and became involved (keeping vague because minor details can trace to me).\n\nThey would absolutely be mortified to hear this. I promise you.",
              "author": "MrWinks",
              "created": 1541905299,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g7mfm": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7mfm/",
              "text": "[deleted]",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541891952,
              "upvotes": -5,
              "replies": {
                "e9g8jel": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8jel/",
                  "text": "As much as I\u2019d love for his name to be in public so he can be exposed, I won\u2019t be doing that. I\u2019ll follow proper protocol to report him. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541892760,
                  "upvotes": 36,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9ga4c6": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ga4c6/",
                      "text": "To anyone reading this:\n\nDoxxing this guy is functionally the worst possible thing to do here. It won't help anyone and will likely ruin the chances of both OP and anyone who preemptively asks to switch their interviewer based on the name. Just report the guy respectfully and stoically. ",
                      "author": "deportedtwo",
                      "created": 1541894245,
                      "upvotes": 19,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9gb5ma": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb5ma/",
                          "text": "Fully agree. ",
                          "author": "breadwinner235",
                          "created": 1541895233,
                          "upvotes": 9,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9ggwte": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggwte/",
                              "text": "I deleted my comment but be aware that the school may very well do nothing.  I know a few people who have had rapes swept under the rug for the sake of the schools reputation. I wouldn't suggest keeping records / notes for now. I would consider it my duty to make sure this doesn't happen to other people. (I'm not saying you should consider it that, just that I would.)\n\nSorry this happened to you and I hope it gets resolved.",
                              "author": "therealfatmike",
                              "created": 1541900987,
                              "upvotes": 1,
                              "replies": {}
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "e9gcjwg": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcjwg/",
                      "text": "Do Not\n\nDO NOT. Doxx this individual. You will remove all credibility in your report and your credibility as a student to the school. \n\nShow the school the professionalism this interviewer has failed to show you.",
                      "author": "DrZeroH",
                      "created": 1541896609,
                      "upvotes": 4,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                },
                "e9g8wmx": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8wmx/",
                  "text": "I don't think OP wants to in fear of their own identity being exposed on reddit. ",
                  "author": "labormarket",
                  "created": 1541893098,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "e9fn5oe": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fn5oe/",
          "text": "she get into that school after the second interview?",
          "author": "JesusRocksSocks",
          "created": 1541875662,
          "upvotes": 36,
          "replies": {
            "e9gd4ya": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gd4ya/",
              "text": "I honestly can't remember.  She didn't go there, but I don't know if it was because she didn't get in or because she decided she didn't want to go there.  ",
              "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
              "created": 1541897198,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
        "e9g9b86": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9b86/",
          "text": "Interviewer was definitely being racist. First clue was the \u201cyou spent your life studying,\u201d but what cemented his racism for me was when he said \u201cyou follow your parents wishes even when they\u2019re not here\u201d part. Asians already get so much shit, that this man had the audacity to assume OP\u2019s behavior based on his race makes my skin crawl. I\u2019m embarrassed at Stanford letting this man represent them. ",
          "author": "Comrade_Loveboy",
          "created": 1541893479,
          "upvotes": 82,
          "replies": {
            "e9i2fp6": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i2fp6/",
              "text": "To be fair, a huge number of overachieving students who end up at places like Stanford have similar family dynamics regardless of their race/ethnicity.  And I am not saying that interviewer\u2019s behavior was anything but execrable, but it\u2019s not really a huge leap to assume that a serious candidate for admission to Stanford spent their life studying.  (It\u2019s kind of expected).  There are enough big-ass red flags flapping wildly based on the actual behavior of the interviewer to make a strong argument for action being taken without cheapening that argument by speculating unduly on racist motivations using fairly scant evidence.  ",
              "author": "genitalssquared",
              "created": 1541964721,
              "upvotes": -1,
              "replies": {
                "e9i3a67": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i3a67/",
                  "text": "Point taken. I don\u2019t hear any other students from different races getting shit for being too obedient though. And I don\u2019t think I\u2019m cheapening the argument lol, this microaggresion is glaringly obvious when you\u2019ve been on the receiving end of it your whole life ",
                  "author": "Comrade_Loveboy",
                  "created": 1541965296,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9i9jfk": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i9jfk/",
                      "text": "Yeah, being subjected to stereotyping is never not annoying.  Not defending practice, nor denying it happened, just saying that in this case it seems hard to prove and it would not be my go to line of attack if I were OP.  (The facts of this dude\u2019s behavior are damning enough on their own.) The admissions committee is most likely as aware of cheap stereotypes as the rest of us and might actually  be woke/sharp enough to look sideways at the behavior and form their own conclusions, which is ultimately going to be more powerful than OP crying racism up front (simply because the OPTICS are bad\u2014sour grapes abound in the world of college admissions, and admissions folks have heard it all before).  OP deserves interview with someone without such an obvious chip on his shoulder, regardless of what put it there.",
                      "author": "genitalssquared",
                      "created": 1541968979,
                      "upvotes": 3,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9ibb75": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ibb75/",
                          "text": "Agreed. Good to find common ground, thanks for ur input. ",
                          "author": "Comrade_Loveboy",
                          "created": 1541970010,
                          "upvotes": 2,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9iilrb": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iilrb/",
                              "text": "Likewise.",
                              "author": "genitalssquared",
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                              "upvotes": 1,
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                          }
                        }
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        },
        "e9gdsx9": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdsx9/",
          "text": "I agree.  If I had been in this interview, I would have seriously considered dropping the Stanford application, if this is the kind of graduate they choose to represent them to potential students.\n\nComplaining to Stanford is a better idea. The mentioning ogling a girl at the beginning is very inappropriate as well.",
          "author": "jkh107",
          "created": 1541897857,
          "upvotes": 12,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9ge9dl": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ge9dl/",
          "text": "I second this. Also, for him to be racist he would have to assume that his race (whatever it is) is superior to yours. Sounds like he is definitely a stereotyping asshat though. ",
          "author": "RSZephoria",
          "created": 1541898317,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gol5p": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gol5p/",
          "text": "What's the difference between a racist and a raging narcissistic asshole? ",
          "author": "meggiepoo7",
          "created": 1541908651,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gwwlu": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwwlu/",
              "text": "one is an asshole to people because of their race\n\nthe other is an asshole to everyone that he can feel superior to, regardless of race",
              "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
              "created": 1541919173,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
        "e9guwcb": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9guwcb/",
          "text": "I was at Stanford and nothing like this happened ! ",
          "author": "FrenchDonkey",
          "created": 1541916221,
          "upvotes": 0,
          "replies": {}
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      }
    },
    "e9fsuk1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fsuk1/",
      "text": "That idiotic interviewer is definitely giving Stanford a bad name... I'm sure they would be shocked, horrified, and embarrassed to know he is out there representing Stanford so poorly. Please report him. That's not normal. Also, it seems very odd to me that he would ask you about drinking. ",
      "author": "periwinklebear",
      "created": 1541879866,
      "upvotes": 795,
      "replies": {
        "e9gelmx": {
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          "text": "No kidding. It was clear he was going to follow every comment with how that was wrong. The alcohol one really proves that. Criticized for not drinking? What if there's a history of alcoholism or a medical reason? Just absurdly hostile.",
          "author": "UniquelyIndistinct",
          "created": 1541898668,
          "upvotes": 167,
          "replies": {
            "e9gultx": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gultx/",
              "text": "It's amazing how much pressure there is to drink. Personally I limit myself to one delicious beer a month and anybody who takes exception is clearly an escaped baboon. ",
              "author": "superdoobop",
              "created": 1541915826,
              "upvotes": 28,
              "replies": {
                "e9gvm5d": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvm5d/",
                  "text": "Most people aren\u2019t going to make fun of you because you don\u2019t drink. And if someone does tell them to fuck off. Life isn\u2019t ruled by peer pressure like some teenage drama on Netflix. People really don\u2019t care that much",
                  "author": "CKgodlike",
                  "created": 1541917250,
                  "upvotes": 21,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9kr8p5": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9kr8p5/",
                      "text": "Especially not if you\u2019re their ride home\u2014 people who don\u2019t drink are great designated drivers. ",
                      "author": "KyrinLee",
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    "e9fl3di": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fl3di/",
      "text": "Your interviewer absolutely lacks basic politeness. Please report him for your own good and the good of every kid he will potentially interview in the future.",
      "author": "RhythmAndPoetry_",
      "created": 1541874150,
      "upvotes": 614,
      "replies": {
        "e9ghrn0": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ghrn0/",
          "text": ">Your interviewer absolutely lacks basic politeness.\n\nunderstatement of the century",
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          "upvotes": 80,
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          "text": "Disagree? ",
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                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h3b49/",
                  "text": "[You have passed the test](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b405f504-c0b3-48cd-9f17-134033b89b28)",
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    "e9fl6zd": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fl6zd/",
      "text": "u/admissionsmom\n\n​",
      "author": "RhythmAndPoetry_",
      "created": 1541874222,
      "upvotes": 271,
      "replies": {
        "e9gl6hs": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl6hs/",
          "text": "Responded to op. Thanks.  ",
          "author": "admissionsmom",
          "created": 1541905296,
          "upvotes": 105,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9fwyeh": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fwyeh/",
          "text": "Lmao, when in doubt, go ask admissions mom",
          "author": "121910",
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          "upvotes": 132,
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      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fm9xw/",
      "text": "I'd report him tbh. Even if this is some test ur bla bla bla stuff, he had gone too far ",
      "author": "nashameaw123",
      "created": 1541875030,
      "upvotes": 203,
      "replies": {}
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    "e9g2ki2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g2ki2/",
      "text": ">When he came, I shook hands and he insisted we sat outside. It was freezing cold, but I obliged nonetheless. He asked quite naturally to just introduce myself and I did... but he just interrupted me and went \u201csorry, I didn\u2019t catch you. I just saw a beautiful girl. Could you repeat?\u201d. I kinda got an odd feeling from the off with this. \n\nThis Literally reminds me of the episode of The Office when Steve Carrels interviews Darrell and reads off a wiki how to interview, and the first was to change the interview location... This is kinda pathetic LoL",
      "author": "KING_JELLYB3AN",
      "created": 1541887929,
      "upvotes": 106,
      "replies": {
        "e9genp3": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9genp3/",
          "text": "*5 minutes of silence follow*",
          "author": "Sack_of_Fuzzy_Dice",
          "created": 1541898728,
          "upvotes": 20,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hdsix": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hdsix/",
          "text": "This whole thing reminds me of the episode where Andy interviews Dwight when he is applying to Cornell. ",
          "author": "lexi0917",
          "created": 1541947614,
          "upvotes": 9,
          "replies": {
            "e9hdvhb": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hdvhb/",
              "text": "If the kid started to take notes, and said ok what's your next question, *guy asks*, hehe kid responds \"what a terrible question\"*writes in notebook*",
              "author": "KING_JELLYB3AN",
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            "e9hhg2c": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhg2c/",
              "text": "Yea I got this vibe too. OP should have pulled a Dwight. ",
              "author": null,
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    "e9g61ks": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g61ks/",
      "text": ">He asked me what my \"thing\" is ... \"everyone has something they're amazing or world class at\" ...\n\nIt is absolutely baffling to me that he would even suggest this. What a narrow viewpoint on the world. You do not need to be amazing or world class at something to be a great/interesting person. ",
      "author": "eittie",
      "created": 1541890738,
      "upvotes": 92,
      "replies": {
        "e9gt6ju": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt6ju/",
          "text": "To say that to a HS student is absolutely ridiculous, I laughed at that part. This guy is amazing at being an asshole during interviews I guess.",
          "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
          "created": 1541913963,
          "upvotes": 28,
          "replies": {
            "e9gwm35": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwm35/",
              "text": "Amazing at the very least. Possibly even world class..",
              "author": "Zer0D0wn83",
              "created": 1541918713,
              "upvotes": 8,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "emo2y8e": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/emo2y8e/",
              "text": "Yeah because all standford students are world class at something. This interviewer was a clown.",
              "author": "potatorockstar",
              "created": 1557168802,
              "upvotes": 1,
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        "e9gflvg": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gflvg/",
          "text": "Sounds like a leading question so he could follow up by saying OP is actually awful at what he believes he excels at.",
          "author": "topdangle",
          "created": 1541899691,
          "upvotes": 37,
          "replies": {
            "e9gl8c2": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl8c2/",
              "text": "I\u2019m assuming that when he says \u201ceveryone\u201d he\u2019s referring to other prospective students he has interviewed.  He said it in a dick way, but it is true that good grades and extracurricular aren\u2019t enough for many schools anymore.  They needs that extra thing that sets them apart.  But - he\u2019s a dick.",
              "author": "ELI5psych",
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                "e9h2xxn": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2xxn/",
                  "text": "Not true. If you are applying to Stanford and getting an interview, what sets you apart is being smart, hard-working, etc... Why would you be expected to be able to sing or be good at sports? What sets some people apart can be their ability to write and market themselves \n\nI never tried any Ivy, but was admitted to UCLA (i know, different % of rejection) and now know people who are considering Stanford for post grad. It basically all comes down to grades and subject-related experience (which in HS it is what it is, in the case of OP)",
                  "author": "BABOU_theOCelott",
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                    "e9h3epo": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h3epo/",
                      "text": "You'd be surprised. When I graduated and started in IT, the ability to sing to a high standard was a requirement at many financial institutions and tech companies.\n\nMy friend narrowly missed out on a job at google because he lost at the last stage which consisted of a head to head with another candidate at [keepie uppies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhteAi5AWo)",
                      "author": null,
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                        "e9i6hnv": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i6hnv/",
                          "text": "In all seriousness, I knew someone in admissions.  She talked about some of the insanity of the industry - getting thousand of applications, for example, of male varsity tennis players with 4.0+ GPAs who were president of the student council and had near-perfect SAT scores.  I mean, thousands of applications from essentially the same person, over and over and over.\n\nSome institutions would take piles of applicants like this, throw them in the air, and accept the first application that hit the floor.  No joke.  \n\nSo yeah, to them, everyone they see has high grades/SAT scores, whatever.  When there was actually someone interesting (by comparison) - someone who has worked at a premier research institution and published in a prominent journal, gotten a patent on some medical advancement, published to a respected literary journal, started a successful business, mobilized a humanitarian or political movement, - those are the people the big leagues want.  Grades, GPAs, extracurriculars are the prerequisite; they want the person who has already shown that they have done something even adults would struggle to do.\n\nThere really are some truly amazing high school students out there who have achieved things you wouldn\u2019t believe.",
                          "author": "ELI5psych",
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                },
                "e9hh9bg": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hh9bg/",
                  "text": "Well, if they want something extra they should rename themselves circus stanford, not university. ",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541950620,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9i6quw": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i6quw/",
                      "text": "They\u2019re not looking for circus acts, just people with a track record of initiative and achievement.  That is rarely something musical, usually something generally in the academic realm, just beyond the confines of their high school.",
                      "author": "ELI5psych",
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        },
        "e9h0bju": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0bju/",
          "text": "This is a real stereotype at Stanford. It's not true, but being surrounded by a bunch of really accomplished people can make it feel that way. ",
          "author": "betak_",
          "created": 1541925601,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9h3l12": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h3l12/",
          "text": "Especially out of high school. And to excel at something you need to put a lot of work in but then he got upset when OP said they weren\u2019t \u201cdrinking\u201d and following their parents path too much and being too academic. It\u2019s all pretty contradictory. There was no winning with this guy.\n",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541932483,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9ha62s": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ha62s/",
          "text": "This was the first thing my interviewer brought up, and I was asked the same question. Thankfully, I had a good response for it, but I agree that it\u2019s a ridiculous question. My interviewer also wasn\u2019t condescending (a bit arrogant maybe). Also, he showed me that he was reading from Stanford\u2018s list of suggested questions... ",
          "author": "MeiaBay",
          "created": 1541943471,
          "upvotes": 1,
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      }
    },
    "e9fk6va": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fk6va/",
      "text": "I don\u2019t agree with what people here are saying\u2014what he did was unacceptable and you should report him. ",
      "author": "Rugvart",
      "created": 1541873481,
      "upvotes": 214,
      "replies": {
        "e9gt2tj": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt2tj/",
          "text": "Isn't that what everyone is saying?",
          "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
          "created": 1541913828,
          "upvotes": 25,
          "replies": {
            "e9gu1ze": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gu1ze/",
              "text": "Not 11 hours ago",
              "author": "Cynwit_2",
              "created": 1541915078,
              "upvotes": 38,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9haxww": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9haxww/",
              "text": "At first everyone was roasting him and telling him to man up because the interviewer was just trying to test him. ",
              "author": "Rugvart",
              "created": 1541944443,
              "upvotes": 9,
              "replies": {
                "e9hze8d": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hze8d/",
                  "text": "f those people then",
                  "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
                  "created": 1541962817,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fmohn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fmohn/",
      "text": "wtf? Please for the love of god report this man.",
      "author": "WishingForDeathh",
      "created": 1541875323,
      "upvotes": 140,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fp2z1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fp2z1/",
      "text": "Report. Report. Report. \n\nThis manner of interview is unacceptable--tearing you down is not part of the process.\n\nIf you feel that any of this was racially motivated, report it. Colleges are known for discriminating against Asian applicants and do so openly. Fight back against it. Any form of racism and prejudice towards anyone, be they Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic and so on, should not be tolerated. To do that is to propagate it.",
      "author": "InksPenandPaper",
      "created": 1541876997,
      "upvotes": 165,
      "replies": {
        "e9h2vq1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2vq1/",
          "text": "But but but removing the bias against Asian students in academia could *indirectly help white people..*\n\n*shudders*\n",
          "author": "QuantumPhoss",
          "created": 1541930962,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gll90": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gll90/",
      "text": "I feel you.\n\nIt's been years, but my Harvard interview still stands out for me. Interviewer told me I shouldn't be interested in science because \"science is hard\", \"science is especially hard if you didn't go to private school\", and then asked me why a \"girl like you\" participated in sports.\n\nSo I went to MIT instead, majored in * gasp * something akin to neuroscience, and now I am an ICU doc.\n\nOh, and A BIG part of why I didn't return to Boston to do my ICU fellowship at Boston Children's (the Harvard children's hospital) was my memory of my interview for undergrad.\n\nMy advice: There are bad eggs associated with every otherwise reputable school. If it helps you, use the experience as fuel to show those types up. Use it as an example of what never to become regardless of how successful you are (or think you are). I doubt Stanford actually wants to associate with this guy, so I'd recommend reporting his behavior (especially the opening remarks) so they can rectify their ties with him.",
      "author": "jingloriousbastard",
      "created": 1541905707,
      "upvotes": 40,
      "replies": {
        "e9gm237": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gm237/",
          "text": "Wow, that must feel good proving that guy wrong. Well done. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541906170,
          "upvotes": 12,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fmzk1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fmzk1/",
      "text": "Holy shit that\u2019s fucked. Report him no interviewer should be that big of an asshole. ",
      "author": "Lezgetit123",
      "created": 1541875540,
      "upvotes": 106,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g3b6x": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3b6x/",
      "text": "I'm a Stanford grad. I apologize for this guy's behavior. \n\nPlease, please report this guy. He represents a small % of insecure assholes among the alumni population. Feel free to message me on how to go about reporting him without hurting your chances of admission. ",
      "author": "questimate",
      "created": 1541888518,
      "upvotes": 129,
      "replies": {
        "e9g93rq": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g93rq/",
          "text": "to be fair, stanford does have a preponderance of this type - peter thiel, liz holmes, evan speigel, etc. ",
          "author": "labormarket",
          "created": 1541893283,
          "upvotes": 37,
          "replies": {
            "e9gqwts": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqwts/",
              "text": "Comparing Peter Thiel with this guy is an insult to Thiel. I'm not sure why you think the comparison is apt.",
              "author": "Sicilian_Drag0n",
              "created": 1541911134,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {
                "e9oqac2": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9oqac2/",
                  "text": "Thiel is absolutely a massive asshole with thin ethics (not because of his political affiliation, but because of his history of actually being an asshole). Just because someone is successful in business, doesn't mean that they are a decent human being. ",
                  "author": "ShanghaiBebop",
                  "created": 1542211420,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9ow0ew": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ow0ew/",
                      "text": "Can you cite an example of Thiel being an asshole?",
                      "author": "Sicilian_Drag0n",
                      "created": 1542215834,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9poozp": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9poozp/",
                          "text": "Sure.\n\nHe had sex with his Thiel fellows. The selection board had to remove him from the selection process.\n\nHe (although he supposedly regrets it now) has published writings openly questioning the legitimacy of rape, the ability of women to vote, and supported Apartheid.\n\n​",
                          "author": "ShanghaiBebop",
                          "created": 1542238518,
                          "upvotes": 4,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "e9gpu9g": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpu9g/",
              "text": "... that's still less than 1% buddy",
              "author": "sanjiv2001",
              "created": 1541909958,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9frpyv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9frpyv/",
      "text": "The best interviewers will make you feel comfortable, yet will also challenge you. He's only done one of these things, and he did it very poorly. Report him, but don't send him rude emails or anything that could reflect badly on you. ",
      "author": "whitelife123",
      "created": 1541879013,
      "upvotes": 63,
      "replies": {
        "e9gezu0": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gezu0/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541899069,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9jfoc9": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9jfoc9/",
              "text": "She is a guy!",
              "author": "UnluckyBrilliant-_-",
              "created": 1542003728,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fsowq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fsowq/",
      "text": "Very unprofessional of him.  Who the fuck asks if you drink alcohol?  You need to report him to Stanford.  If they\u2019re sending imbeciles like him, they really need to fix their shit.  I understand your responses though.  It\u2019s not like you have any power in the situation, but the dude spoke in a condescending attitude the whole time, and that\u2019s not cool no matter how smart or qualified he is.  Btw, I\u2019m wearing a Stanford hoodie rn lmao.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541879745,
      "upvotes": 104,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ftmwc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ftmwc/",
      "text": "This man seems too high on narcissism, maybe because he thinks he is the only one who has a Phd in electrical engineering. He\u2019s not. Stanford claims to be diverse when it comes to culture, race, and colour but this guy is obviously not following Stanford\u2019s code of conduct. \n\nWhen i read the title of this post, i expected that this guy would apologise for the \u201croast\u201d at the end of your interview and encourage you to maintain this discipline you have in your life, but oh goodness was i wrong. \n\nWhat he said is totally unacceptable and no one has a right to bash someone\u2019s effort and lifelong determination to follow their dreams, all in 10 minutes. \nKindly ignore all he said, it doesn\u2019t, at all, define you and never will. See it as a reflection of his massive insecurities and nothing else. \n\n\nPlease report him; not only because he\u2019s so full of himself, but because he has no right to say all this to a young applicant like you. Do this for all the people facing racing discrimination. \n\n",
      "author": "MiserableSlip",
      "created": 1541880500,
      "upvotes": 49,
      "replies": {
        "e9gqkc7": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqkc7/",
          "text": "We are a very diverse community. But ya know, that also means we get people from the far end of the asshole scale too :/",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541910742,
          "upvotes": 7,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hbqg1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbqg1/",
          "text": "The part where OP needs to 'reflect on what big-shot has to say' and write it down to better his life indicates to me he's a fucking narc who has no business speaking to any decent human being.\n\nI'm so annoyed with things like this happening -- I find it completely unacceptable to speak to others in this condescending, know-it-all manner. That attitude stinks and needs to be called out everywhere it's seen.\n\nIt really makes my blood boil.",
          "author": "Runecreed",
          "created": 1541945404,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9frcuk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9frcuk/",
      "text": "What the actual fuck. Cancel that bitch.",
      "author": "cmuquestion123",
      "created": 1541878736,
      "upvotes": 66,
      "replies": {
        "e9hcdkc": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcdkc/",
          "text": "As opposed to?",
          "author": "as-opposed-to",
          "created": 1541946172,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fvi6e": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fvi6e/",
      "text": "This guy represents everything that's wrong with the college application process. ",
      "author": "Whimsicott31",
      "created": 1541882030,
      "upvotes": 67,
      "replies": {
        "e9hbfo8": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbfo8/",
          "text": "Harvard recently got sued for discrimination. Being biased and stereotyping Asians for being \u2018boring\u2019 for their high marks. I\u2019m surprised this isn\u2019t more talked about.\n",
          "author": "dealwithitxo",
          "created": 1541945039,
          "upvotes": 5,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9foy9c": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9foy9c/",
      "text": "Honestly I think you can spin this experience to be positive. I can tell you\u2019re a great writer, just email your representative for Stanford and be honest. Include how you reacted in a responsible and in-control way. The \u201cbeautiful girl\u201d incident and racist comments will raise red flags - they will sympathize with you.  You will stand out in your application because of it ",
      "author": "Uesugi_Kenchu",
      "created": 1541876903,
      "upvotes": 139,
      "replies": {
        "e9fpgxb": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fpgxb/",
          "text": "Thank you for your advice. Really appreciate it. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541877272,
          "upvotes": 58,
          "replies": {
            "e9fsbxc": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fsbxc/",
              "text": "Also good luck! ",
              "author": "Uesugi_Kenchu",
              "created": 1541879477,
              "upvotes": 20,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
        "e9h8uf4": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h8uf4/",
          "text": ">Honestly I think you can spin this experience to be positive.\n\n\ud83e\udd14",
          "author": "Moweezy",
          "created": 1541941703,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g3p5p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3p5p/",
      "text": "The \u201cbeautiful girl\u201d comment and talking about alcohol is seriously unprofessional. \nSounds like stuff I\u2019d expect having banter with peers, not in an interview. Wtf?",
      "author": "ephryene",
      "created": 1541888840,
      "upvotes": 59,
      "replies": {
        "emo37gk": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/emo37gk/",
          "text": "its almost unbelievable that someone would say that.",
          "author": "potatorockstar",
          "created": 1557168941,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9g5uhb": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5uhb/",
          "text": "Theres no professionalism in higher learning. Colleges are basically daycares for adults.",
          "author": "bloodedge_the_minion",
          "created": 1541890585,
          "upvotes": -28,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gpmcd": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpmcd/",
      "text": "When r/chanceme becomes a person ",
      "author": "CollegeSoul",
      "created": 1541909728,
      "upvotes": 19,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fpfvw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fpfvw/",
      "text": "you should report this. this is beyond the pale and stanford would absolutely want to know that this happened and that this interviewer is out there representing their school. give as much detail as you did in your post, there is no way they would let this go on. they should give you another interview. ",
      "author": "chipsahoy88",
      "created": 1541877252,
      "upvotes": 47,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gxnvm": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxnvm/",
      "text": "Well congrats on the conditional acceptance. \u201cDelete the post and you\u2019re in\u201d",
      "author": "YourAvgSheep",
      "created": 1541920470,
      "upvotes": 16,
      "replies": {
        "e9ian38": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ian38/",
          "text": "Hahahahha I wish. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541969620,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9h3ub1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h3ub1/",
      "text": "Hi. I don't know if this will be seen, but I actually work in the admissions office as an associate. Please call us and let us know that this happened. We would be happy to look into it.\n\nWe apologize for your awful experience. Our office actually doesn't really handle the interview process, but we can help pipeline the process regardless. And just know, you didn't take an L at Stanford because of this. The interview is an extremely minor aspect of the application. I want to let you know that you have no reason to be concerned about your application just because of the interview. Again, I'm really sorry you had such a traumatizing experience.\n\nIf you have any questions feel free to PM me.",
      "author": "pkgosu",
      "created": 1541933023,
      "upvotes": 16,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gjlqd": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjlqd/",
      "text": "Hey there!\n\nSorry you had a bad experience in this, like others have said you should definitely submit a report (but remain professional/respectful in it).\n\nSOMETHING TO MENTION IN YOUR REPORT. In the fall 2017, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) new policy made it unethical to ask prospective students their schools or university preferences. The fact that your interviewer did this is incredibly unethical and shows that they have not done their due diligence in preparing for the role. This is something you should absolutely mention in your report, and feel free to PM me if you want any help in doing so. ",
      "author": "Awandyn",
      "created": 1541903694,
      "upvotes": 17,
      "replies": {
        "e9gkaql": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkaql/",
          "text": "Thanks!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541904389,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gcnhv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcnhv/",
      "text": "Hi! I conduct interviews for Harvard and have had to deal with reports of similar interviewer behavior. Please don't ignore the advice on this thread to report the interviewer if you're comfortable doing so; you could harm a lot of students in future generations. Admissions boards take this kind of thing extremely seriously.\n\nThe sad truth is that interviewer training for many colleges is very poor, and certainly behind the times. In most locales, interviewers are largely not a very diverse group of people, and their views of what a good candidate is are based on what they experienced in college.\n\nIf you don't feel comfortable reporting the interviewer to the admissions committee, you could also reach out to any alum you know or have met.",
      "author": "violintendencies",
      "created": 1541896712,
      "upvotes": 13,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g23iu": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g23iu/",
      "text": "Do you really want to attend a university that hires people like you met.  The prestige is sometimes not worth it.",
      "author": "jst1view",
      "created": 1541887558,
      "upvotes": 34,
      "replies": {
        "e9gr3ed": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gr3ed/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541911343,
          "upvotes": 22,
          "replies": {
            "e9i8s7n": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i8s7n/",
              "text": "You reminded me of a phrase \"Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.\"\n\nI wonder if the same trusted admissions rep was the one that thought\u00a0Brock Turner was the ideal graduate for Stanford.   \n\nThis is not anything against Stanford  University, but an employee that has no tact or lacks the emotional professional experience.    The world is full of people that should not be in public positions because they do not have the emotional intelligence regardless  of them being subject matter experts.  This has nothing to do with competition, but in a way it is a pompous misuse of power.  It is unfortunate it happens, but it does.\n\nThere are many successful and brilliant professionals that will talk about their  humbling beginnings  in an admissions office, of their choice,  and how it was a blow to their ego.  But in introspection they are glad it happened because it led them to other better opportunities to sucess.    If I were OP I would not waste my time on this matter, but focus on targeting other universities and continue to grow.   In time their maturity will mentor other on how not to behave.\n",
              "author": "jst1view",
              "created": 1541968567,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fprhr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fprhr/",
      "text": "I really hope you report this guy because you deserve a second chance at presenting yourself in the best light possible. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541877488,
      "upvotes": 23,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g4pe2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4pe2/",
      "text": "LMFAO \u201csorry, I didn\u2019t catch you. I just saw a beautiful girl. Could you repeat?\u201d\n\nreport him please please please ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541889655,
      "upvotes": 26,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fqi7g": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fqi7g/",
      "text": "This is literally my worst fear for my interview",
      "author": "Amoxi",
      "created": 1541878060,
      "upvotes": 34,
      "replies": {
        "e9g7uvm": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7uvm/",
          "text": "Use your phone to secretly record your interview. If it goes like this, get the fucker fired.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541892148,
          "upvotes": 30,
          "replies": {
            "e9g91v1": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g91v1/",
              "text": "yeah i'm surprised your generation isn't recording interviews. That's a given. ",
              "author": "labormarket",
              "created": 1541893234,
              "upvotes": 19,
              "replies": {
                "e9gfmjq": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfmjq/",
                  "text": "In some states it's illegal. My class recorded our useless teacher and we got in trouble. They couldn't use the evidence against her even though she straightup called a kid retarded",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541899710,
                  "upvotes": 15,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gqgmi": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqgmi/",
                      "text": "The vast majority of states are one-party consent, so OP could conceivably record such an interview and use it as evidence in filing a complaint.",
                      "author": null,
                      "created": 1541910626,
                      "upvotes": 4,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9ldjij": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ldjij/",
                          "text": "And an organization can definitely use an illegal recording against a volunteer to dismiss them... it's not a court of law.",
                          "author": "RedsAnatomy",
                          "created": 1542075096,
                          "upvotes": 1,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "e9h5hdn": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5hdn/",
                  "text": "Really? Could you elaborate?",
                  "author": "toadnigiri",
                  "created": 1541936254,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "e9ghqwt": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ghqwt/",
          "text": "Most interviews don't go like that at all and they aren't going to be a big determining factor as to whether you're admitted into a school or not. If you know how to talk about yourself and your interests, you will be fine. \n\nThey'll take some notes, but they're not going to be there writing down stuff like: \"Took too long to answer question y\" or \"This guy stutters a lot\". They're usually normal people, except in OP's case where they had a guy projecting his own insecurities onto them.\n\nGood luck.",
          "author": "Amsement",
          "created": 1541901829,
          "upvotes": 8,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9ft0lp": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ft0lp/",
      "text": "That interviewer is so damn toxic holy. Please tell Stanford about this guy. You did not deserve this torture.",
      "author": "yourkimchiboy",
      "created": 1541879998,
      "upvotes": 36,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g1ky0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1ky0/",
      "text": "Report this guy please.\n\nThis made me absolutely furious while reading the post. I've had situations as a black male where people put down my achievements and what I do simply due to my race. They say things such as \"Why do you want to do biochemistry? You won't succeed in college. You should be playing basketball or go to community college.\" \n\nNobody should ever need to go through open discrimination, no matter their race, and especially NOT IN A COLLEGE INTERVIEW. I really hope what this man said to you won't have any lasting feelings of doubt on your mind about what you have done in life and what you want to accomplish. Don't let the various smucks in life determine whether what you have done in life is \"good enough\" by some biased and arbitrary scale they have in their mind. \n\nI honestly wish you the best and hopefully Stanford gives you a 2nd interview and take that toxic guy off their list of interviewers.",
      "author": "vinroy7",
      "created": 1541887158,
      "upvotes": 44,
      "replies": {
        "e9g6dj4": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6dj4/",
          "text": "[removed]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541890998,
          "upvotes": -13,
          "replies": {
            "e9g88ft": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g88ft/",
              "text": "What\u2019s the relation to his response?",
              "author": "JaneDoeSleepsHere",
              "created": 1541892488,
              "upvotes": 6,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gbc84": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbc84/",
      "text": "I know someone at Stanford admissions. I\u2019ll see what I can do. This guy ain\u2019t shit. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541895405,
      "upvotes": 21,
      "replies": {
        "e9gcnxq": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcnxq/",
          "text": "Let me know if this is possible. Don\u2019t feel an obligation to do so though. Thanks!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541896724,
          "upvotes": 4,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gbcck": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbcck/",
          "text": "> i know someone at stanford admissions. i\u2019ll see what i can do. this guy ain\u2019t crap. \n\n\nFTFY",
          "author": "CMBDeletebot",
          "created": 1541895408,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gcpha": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcpha/",
              "text": "No, the guy definitely ain\u2019t shit",
              "author": "hawkgrl",
              "created": 1541896770,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gl5ak": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl5ak/",
      "text": "Wow. That sounds like a really unpleasant experience. Actually, it sounds like it sucked. I feel like you handled it the best way you could considering the circumstances.  Good on you. I\u2019m sure you recognize that this one person isn\u2019t representative of a whole university. There are assholes at every school. \n\nYou might want to consider requesting another interview, and then after the application season is over send a letter to Stanford admissions detailing your experience.  \n\nI\u2019m sure you have some happier experiences heading your way on your admissions journey, and for now, just try to focus on how well you handled it and all the support you\u2019ve gotten. ",
      "author": "admissionsmom",
      "created": 1541905260,
      "upvotes": 19,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gauip": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gauip/",
      "text": "I had a very similar kind of interview 20 years ago before going to college, with another pretigious college that was not Stanford. Almost all of the comments your interviewer gave you, mine gave me, and we share a similar academic background. I'm not Asian exactly (middle eastern background, which doesn't count as Asian in the USA).\n\nThe difference between what you described and my interview was all about tone. I thought my interviewer was trying to get me to look deeper, and he wanted to approve me, but he really wanted to know why I was exceptional. He didn't badger me or belittle me or harass me. When I gave an example of my work that wasn't good enough, he just asked for another example that had more of whatever he was looking for. He definitely had concerns and definitely wasn't sure if I was good enough, even with my extensive academic background. But he was honest and polite the entire time.\n\nSo for all the people who are saying the interviewer was trying to achieve something with the way he talked to you, I can say from personal experience that I've been in THAT interview, and it doesn't sound anything like what you went through.\n\nI'm sorry you went through this.",
      "author": "ex-inteller",
      "created": 1541894947,
      "upvotes": 9,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gc6z3": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc6z3/",
      "text": "I used to serve as a West coast interviewer for Harvard. And before people jump on me for being racist against Asians I am an Asian American myself and I pride myself for having provided a fair and even assessment on every student that has interviewed with me Asian or not.\n\nWhat you just experienced was exceedingly unprofessional and exceptionally uncharacteristic of the interview process for any university that provides interviews.\n\nPlease report this immediately.  If there are enough reports that go through showing that this person is exceptionally unqualified to be interviewing students it is very possible the school will ignore a number of the interviews the interviewer has performed (if not all) and offer another interview with a college admissions officer or another interviewer (depending on when this person's behavior has been recognized and whether or not there are interviewers available in your local area that are not booked).\n\nUnfortunately I can't really help you directly because I do not carry connections to Stanford's admissions office but again I must emphasize. Report this individual immediately. The closer to the date of this interview the better.  Make sure the report is as clear as possible.  Try to quote the individual verbatim as much as possible. Try not to infuse your own emotions into the report it will only compromise the seriousness of the message.",
      "author": "DrZeroH",
      "created": 1541896246,
      "upvotes": 10,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g3wcc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3wcc/",
      "text": "I'm so sorry this happened to you, OP. I'm a volunteer prospective student interviewer with my alma mater (a top US university, but not Stanford, so I can't speak to their policies), and we aren't to criticize the applicants. Our job is to make them feel comfortable, explain what to expect, ask questions about their life, passions, dreams, etc. And then I write a report with my observations, generally about how driven they are, whether they're a good cultural fit for the university, if they maintained eye contact, etc. What this guy put you through is totally inappropriate. If he's behaving that way towards applicants, I'm guessing he's awful to work with in any capacity, so the university should know about it.",
      "author": "woodsywasabi",
      "created": 1541889002,
      "upvotes": 8,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9goudy": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9goudy/",
      "text": "I'm an interviewer for Stanford, as well. This was absolutely inappropriate, and I suggest you report him to admissions@stanford.edu. \n\nOne thing I will say, though, is that we are told to not research you beforehand. We aren't even allowed to look at a resume that you hand us.",
      "author": "PNWSwag",
      "created": 1541908921,
      "upvotes": 7,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g5kup": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5kup/",
      "text": "OP needs to report this ass whole in the wall.  Years ago, I had a strange interview with an Ivy League school where the direction just went off on a tangent contingent on the personal beliefs of the lead interviewer.  Basically, he decided I wasn't 'nasty or selfish enough to succeed'.  I remember being like WTF?  I should have reported this to someone.  ",
      "author": "StatOne",
      "created": 1541890357,
      "upvotes": 7,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gu3xt": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gu3xt/",
      "text": "I've seen guys like him.  They are older and smarter than a bunch of 18 yr Olds and because they have a PhD they love to make freshmen heads roll.  It's very easy for them to come in and mentally dominate some kid straight out of high school, but they get some kick out of it because they feel like they are out smarting the future most educated people in america.  What they don't get or ignore is that ur 18!  Ur not supposed to be able to hold ur ground against a guy with a PhD on his terms, and it would incredible if u can even keep up.  Guys like him are either very bitter or very insecure and need to put smart people down to make themselves feel validated in their own intelligence, and college freshmen are ripe targets for this because they often have high intelligence but little secondary education and experience.  He was having an off day and thought he would crush someone to make himself feel better.  I dunno about the Asian thing, I think ur reading too much into it.  The working hard comment can apply to damn near any student applying to an ivy league school, unless ur parents are rich, then u just buy ur way in",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541915152,
      "upvotes": 7,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g3jvu": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g3jvu/",
      "text": "First, I am so sorry this happened to you. The amount of time and effort to apply to Stanford, and to be put down by some nobody is just awful. You will met narcissistic and nasty  people in your life, however, this jerk will be sending his \"observations\" to Stanford.  In some circumstances you would let this go, but not this one.  Summarize your experience, your observations, and your disappointment of lack of professionalism from the interviewer.  Ask for a second interview so you can have an opportunity to show who you are, what you stand for, and why you are a fit for Stanford. Do not be afraid to say you felt discriminated, belittled, and cut off.  Please keep us updated. I think any AO will appreciate the fact that you stood up for yourself.  Also, do not apologize in the letter for asking for a second interview.  Stick to the facts. Advise why these unfairly paint you in a bad light and left you feeling ",
      "author": "crazytrain52",
      "created": 1541888713,
      "upvotes": 6,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gaio0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gaio0/",
      "text": "If you report him, don't make the racism claim. It'll make you seem like you're grasping. There's more than enough here to damn him already and the evidence for racism in your exchange seems pretty thin.",
      "author": "YummyTummyBum",
      "created": 1541894624,
      "upvotes": 6,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gru92": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gru92/",
      "text": "Wow so this is the academics equivalent of the \"tuff love coach\" in sports? granted my education was miles from the quality you'd get at a place like Stanford but this goes beyond preparing someone from real life I mean if even that.\n\nIt's a given that there are assholes everywhere and everyone has to develop some tough skin, just I never bought the whole thing that a ton of negativity and abuse produce positive results.",
      "author": "Harding_Grim",
      "created": 1541912235,
      "upvotes": 6,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g8nmd": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8nmd/",
      "text": "Hey,\n\nFor full disclosure, I am an alumni interviewer of one of the other schools you're applying to and made this throwaway to respond.\n\nTypically, I would side with the interviewer in these cases, but when I was in your shoes many years ago, I felt like I faced a similar situation with an interviewer at a college I ended up not going to. I would say that if the interview went as you described, it is very abnormal and not representative at all of what Stanford has to offer. Now that I'm on the other side, I can recommend you some steps. Here's what I would do if I were you:\n\nStanford most likely uses their alumni network to do applicant interviews and there's a chair for the region where you interviewed. I would recommend you find someone who is a Stanford alum in your area, explain your situation and try to get the email address of the Alumni Interview Chair of your region. You should email the Chair, explain your situation as politely as possible, and ask if it's possible to arrange another interview with another alumni. \n\nUnfortunately, I think your chances of getting into Stanford will most likely be significantly diminished by this (if the interviewer gives you a low mark and you don't get another interview, your odds of getting in will drop dramatically), but it's certainly worth a shot and you may hit it off with another interviewer if given a chance. \n\nCheers, and best of luck.\n\nPS if you have any questions, you can pm me.",
      "author": "CollegeAdmissions1",
      "created": 1541892866,
      "upvotes": 21,
      "replies": {
        "e9kj38p": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9kj38p/",
          "text": "Why the hell would this lower his chances of getting in? The guy couldn't have done anything in his power to change what the interviewer said and Stanford shouldn't punish/lower his chances of admission if they fucked up.",
          "author": "Crazyninjagod",
          "created": 1542049868,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g0kob": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g0kob/",
      "text": "what a dick head. insecure little prick who needs to pick on highschoolers to make himself feel better. don't worry about it dude.",
      "author": "CarelessKumquat",
      "created": 1541886332,
      "upvotes": 13,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g547m": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g547m/",
      "text": "Honestly, he sounds like he has a personality disorder. He's that strange. Definitely report this. I doubt you'd be the only student to do so. ",
      "author": "petit_cochon",
      "created": 1541889985,
      "upvotes": 15,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g6nre": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6nre/",
      "text": "Everybody has a boss. I would take this to the Dean of Admissions and report him. Behavior like this should not be tolerated.",
      "author": "jimmycoed",
      "created": 1541891209,
      "upvotes": 10,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h1t6p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1t6p/",
      "text": "I blew my Rice interview many years ago because the interviewer and myself had a huge personality conflict. To this day I regret not writing a formal  complaint to the university to warn them people like this are out there. \n\nShort version: I did a senior design project that involved research and development of a product in the biomedical field. She laughed at me and wondered what a 17 year old kid would know about any of that and thought I was just inflating my application. She recommended I go volenteer at a hospital as a candy striper. At first I thought she was just trying to provoke a response from me so I was polite but as she got more belittling I sort of lost my cool. Needless to say I didn't get in to Rice. ",
      "author": "KnocDown",
      "created": 1541928692,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g15cw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g15cw/",
      "text": "oh god I have my Stanford interview next Friday now I'm terrified",
      "author": "cynoshot",
      "created": 1541886814,
      "upvotes": 13,
      "replies": {
        "e9g1j2e": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1j2e/",
          "text": "Don\u2019t worry. This is an exception- all of my friends who\u2019ve had interviews w/ Stanford or other T10s have had fun, informal and informational chats. \n\nIf it does happen, just remember to keep some perspective and keep reflecting on the situation. If they happen to cross a line, don\u2019t stand for it. \n\nGood luck!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541887118,
          "upvotes": 17,
          "replies": {
            "e9g36xu": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g36xu/",
              "text": "[deleted]",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541888424,
              "upvotes": 4,
              "replies": {
                "e9g431i": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g431i/",
                  "text": "I wanted to keep my dignity and pride. I also needed him to write a good summary for me, so I thought even if he isn\u2019t impressed by what I say, if I\u2019m articulate and polite he will have at least a positive generic summary to submit (which won\u2019t hurt me in applications). \n\nAs I said, in hindsight I should\u2019ve respectfully terminated the interview early. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541889148,
                  "upvotes": 17,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            },
            "e9hfwwm": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hfwwm/",
              "text": "Hey, just another alumni interviewer for a different university chiming in. We're supposed to make the student comfortable and have a fun chat about their interests. Definitely report him. I can't imagine saying a fraction of what he said.\n\nOn the other hand, I don't think he necessarily represents Stanford. In my school at least, there is no selection to be an interviewer, only a brief training, and you interview whoever is geographically located close to you. The admissions committee never interviewed me or anything, but I can't imagine they would keep him on if he got reported as being racist and dismissive. We do get evaluated for our interview reports, so Stanford should care about how he treated you.\n\nGood luck with the rest of your applications!",
              "author": "ellex1",
              "created": 1541949541,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g4m5v": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4m5v/",
      "text": "Absolutely report to the admission office; they will want to know. I'm assuming this was an alumni interview, so it wouldn't hurt to report to their alumni/development/advancement office as well. ",
      "author": "builtonruins",
      "created": 1541889585,
      "upvotes": 12,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g6jcl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6jcl/",
      "text": "I'm heartbroken for you. You should never have been treated that way. Please report this person to Stanford. There are so many inappropriate things that happened in your interview, but I think letting them know that it started out this way says it all:\n\n>  \u201csorry, I didn\u2019t catch you. I just saw a beautiful girl. Could you repeat?\u201d.\n\nRespectfully ask for a second interview.",
      "author": "ultimomono",
      "created": 1541891123,
      "upvotes": 8,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g6opf": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6opf/",
      "text": "Hey man- I went to Stanford and I can tell you there\u2019s a few dudes/gals who let it define them and think the place is some eden for the worthy. Honestly, it\u2019s just full of somewhere above average intelligence people that were lucky enough to get in. Send the admissions office an email detailing your experience with no analysis or feelings to it. They\u2019ll probably quit asking him to interview people and look at you even more closely if you come off as genuine/not whiny.\n\nGood luck! ",
      "author": "dbacks820",
      "created": 1541891226,
      "upvotes": 8,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9garmd": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9garmd/",
      "text": "Imagine, if you would, that this man was the smartest most well respected man at the university. He\u2019s still an idiot and sorry excuse for a well adjusted person. To possess the simple ability to do this to another person, a student in this case, but even in general to another person. I\u2019m just trying to imagine what he\u2019s like to have a beer with. Sounds just like a high-grade loser.",
      "author": "Fallensalt2341",
      "created": 1541894868,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gbusm": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbusm/",
      "text": "I feel like a random guy just trolled you. Did you confirm that he was legitimately an interviewer? If he's legit, as others have said, report him bc he is crazy as fuck",
      "author": "needabetterpassword",
      "created": 1541895910,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ggirj": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggirj/",
      "text": "This reminds me of that movie 21. Where the dude gets roasted in his Harvard Medical School Interview (I think) for not having any life experience. And then he ends up going to Vegas with Kevin Spacey to count cards and almost gets murdered. Then he goes back and tells the whole story to the interview and he is just blown away. \n\nMaybe OP needs to go gamble huge amounts of money with Kevin Spacey. ",
      "author": "ThinkThink23",
      "created": 1541900598,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gzets": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzets/",
      "text": "I\u2019m very sorry you experienced this. I didn\u2019t get into Stanford, but I loved my interviewer. From what he said, it was obvious I wasn\u2019t really a good candidate for Stanford,\n\n(it seemed to me that people who get into Stanford, at least now, have already made something of themselves and would be successful without Stanford. I love the university I go to now and find it perfect for my personality and efforts)\n\nbut the way my interviewer talked about his life after graduation really instilled a sense of respect in him from me. He shared a story of how he struggled and \u201cfell off the horse\u201d so to speak. The only reason he got back into the job market was because some recruiter saw Stanford on his resume and figured he was pretty smart. He was incredibly humble and made a point to describe the motivation and effort of the most successful people he attended undergrad with. He was incredibly relatable and human- completely opposite of how your interviewer seems. I\u2019m sure my interviewer noticed some shortfalls in my explanations of why I wanted to go to Stanford, but he had the insight to understand why I thought it was worth a shot anyway and why I might not know exactly what I want to do with my life as a 17 year old. Much less how I\u2019m going to \u201cchange the world.\u201d \n\nYou seem like an incredibly strong person for withstanding this seemingly strong intellectual- who is the definition of a weak man. Your interviewer is weak because he fails to leave positive marks where he treads. Only the strongest people leave places better than when they came. I am certain you will grow from this experience and thrive in whichever path you choose to take next year. The fact that you even had research to defend means that you are making good progress in your scientific career. It was his loss that he did not realize you can grow from any of the shortfalls he perceived you had made. \n\nGo forth with motivation from this experience- that you can become both a well educated and successful person who maintains humility and graciousness towards all you meet. I wish this for both you and I. I\u2019m very excited for the progress I\u2019m sure you will make in whatever project you pursue. \n\nEdit: I just remembered: The last thing my interviewer told me was \u201cI\u2019m sure you will be successful wherever you go.\u201d\nI took it positively, and continue to work toward my life projects.",
      "author": "SandDab",
      "created": 1541923824,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hbjio": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbjio/",
      "text": "Your biggest mistake was the answer to \"Why Stanford?\"\n\nHim: Why Stanford?\n\nYou: After a brief review of Stanford's product, i.e. an interview with an alum, I am convinced my other options are far better.  Thanks for your time.\n\nYou walk away.",
      "author": "AdamJefferson",
      "created": 1541945173,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hgn4r": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hgn4r/",
      "text": "My uncle married a Stanford Grad, sent them this and she is LIVID.  Before responding to me she apparently has already fired off an e-mail to their admissions office inquiring how her school is representing itself in its admissions process and has shared this with a few college friends expecting them to do the same.  If this is true, and I imagine more than just her group of friends are embarrassed and acting on it, some grad student just fucked themselves trying to assert their dominance over an incoming freshman.",
      "author": "Mad1ibben",
      "created": 1541950157,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {
        "e9hy9rc": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hy9rc/",
          "text": "Thanks for sharing the post but wow, that\u2019s really nice to hear that she cares about this. If you have any updates on how that turns out, please PM me. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541962125,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9hhyj7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhyj7/",
      "text": "The best thing you could do right now is tell your story in a podcast. Maybe wait until you get accepted somewhere first but the podcast will be a hit ",
      "author": "grooljuice",
      "created": 1541951138,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {
        "e9hkkfr": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hkkfr/",
          "text": "Very good idea. If I decide to do so, I\u2019ll post an update. Thanks!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541953003,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9ihju0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ihju0/",
      "text": "\"To my mind it is clear, that the settlement among us of an inferior [Chinese] race is to be discouraged by every legitimate means.\" -- Leland Stanford",
      "author": "zxnmcmnzcxb",
      "created": 1541974006,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fqlq4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fqlq4/",
      "text": "what a dick. We need to get him fired",
      "author": "mbryan25",
      "created": 1541878136,
      "upvotes": 9,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g88dq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g88dq/",
      "text": "Please report him. Make sure your letter is factual, detailed, calm, professional. Have it reviewed by an adult or two before you send .. no offense to teenagers .. just that at your age you're not experienced in handling professional jerks. This guy sounds like one. Trust me I know several. ",
      "author": "dattara",
      "created": 1541892487,
      "upvotes": 7,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g8vwr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8vwr/",
      "text": "This happened to me in an interview last year. I was interviewing for a research position and when questioned about my motivations and future aspirations, the interviewer laughed and they were probably my parents. \n\nRacism against asians is pervasive. We must stop this and stand up against it. ",
      "author": "DayUp3",
      "created": 1541893079,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gac1p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gac1p/",
      "text": "Sounds like an experiment to see your reaction on constant badgering to see how socially acceptable you can be under scrutiny.  Sounds like you passed. ",
      "author": "nonamedefense",
      "created": 1541894453,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {
        "e9gaqlf": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gaqlf/",
          "text": "If it was an experiment I think it would be to see how well he stands up to someone being overly critical. It kind of sounds like he just sat down and took it so he could cry about it later online, rather than be an adult and confront him about it while it was happening. ",
          "author": "Jacobinite",
          "created": 1541894840,
          "upvotes": -4,
          "replies": {
            "e9gbmip": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbmip/",
              "text": "With all due respect, this is most certainly not true. I respectfully and assertively told him at every turn why I disagreed with him and thought he was wrong. \nI posted this here on suggestion of a friend.  ",
              "author": "breadwinner235",
              "created": 1541895686,
              "upvotes": 6,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gbb49": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbb49/",
      "text": "r/gatekeeping",
      "author": "patricktranq",
      "created": 1541895376,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gbbbx": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbbbx/",
      "text": "Damn that Stanford interviewer really sounds like my inner voice lmao.\n\nFor real though, fuck that guy. People in life will constantly try to bring you down and discourage you from pursuing your dreams, but it's ultimately up to you to disregard these people's irrelevant criticisms and to follow your gut. The fact that your hotshot \"interviewer\" has a Stanford degree does not change the fact that with his negativity, he is destined to die as a footnote in the pages of history, with no meaningful contributions to society and no true place in the world. Don't let small people discourage you on your quest to yeet this yeast.",
      "author": "legobaba",
      "created": 1541895381,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gc13c": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc13c/",
      "text": "NYU as mediocre academics? This sounds like a hidden camera prank show. ",
      "author": "Voth98",
      "created": 1541896079,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gc7ss": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc7ss/",
      "text": "My friends and I had the same experience with Harvard interviewers over 10 years ago. One of them had a fake British accent so he'd sound superior- dude, you're better off at a 'party school with average academics' than to spend your time being looked down on!",
      "author": "bossBooch",
      "created": 1541896269,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gcmwq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcmwq/",
      "text": "I knew someone who worked at Stanford and said it's an overrated schmuck factory. Don't take it personally, but DO report him. Then find a good school, like you deserve. Have you applied to UC Berkeley? I don't know how good they are anymore, but they admit lots of Asian students.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541896696,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gdf53": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdf53/",
      "text": "REPORT THAT BITCH",
      "author": "jydneyjay",
      "created": 1541897474,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gdme1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdme1/",
      "text": "What a dick ",
      "author": "harryrunes",
      "created": 1541897676,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gj6pa": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gj6pa/",
      "text": "May I ask where you took your interview? As in if you're international or not?",
      "author": "MonkeyFlamer",
      "created": 1541903272,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gjvku": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjvku/",
      "text": "This guy would get mad gold on AITA for conducting this interview!",
      "author": "stroker919",
      "created": 1541903964,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9glcvi": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glcvi/",
      "text": "Reminds me of J.K. Simmons character in Whiplash. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541905482,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gms0w": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gms0w/",
      "text": "Dude must think he's Harvey Spectre. Never be afraid to defend your integrity, even if the other person is holding the keys to your kingdom.\n\nRegroup and do what everyone is telling you to do, rescind your application, demand your application fee, and report the snot out of that actor",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541906863,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gopjz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gopjz/",
      "text": "Is it at all possible he is testing you and challenging you to email him him and nut up? Could his behavior be a ruse? \n\nI would craft a response and attach the letter you will have already sent to Stanford reporting his unprofessionalism. Tell him how offensive and presumptuous he was and that you\u2019ll remember him when you don\u2019t offer him employment in ten years. \n\nGood luck in your pursuits!",
      "author": "mcamanda",
      "created": 1541908781,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gqcvn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqcvn/",
      "text": "Well, I would have asked a question after answering his question.  Tit for tat.   Or think of it as a counter attack if you will.    Did you know who you were going to talk with?  If so, did you research him and challenge him about what he does?  Put him on the defensive a little bit.",
      "author": "wjrasmussen",
      "created": 1541910510,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gr34v": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gr34v/",
      "text": "I work stanford events often, they're my least favorite. not all, but most of the people there are awful",
      "author": "strwbrrysmoothie",
      "created": 1541911334,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gvjbh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvjbh/",
      "text": "Wow Stanford is my dream college, but now I think I should find a new dream college.",
      "author": "Reedw03",
      "created": 1541917143,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gw7gf": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gw7gf/",
      "text": "Definitely going too far thinking it's an attack on your race, in my opinion. Anyone can be a target of criticisms saying he or she spends all their life studying if their profile reflects such. Let's not make everything about race unless it's explicit.\n\nOn another note, that interviewer is a douchebag. Props to you for keeping your cool. I don't think I would have.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541918085,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hhnxk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhnxk/",
      "text": "\"I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering!\"\n\n\nYeah, I know how to use a soldering iron too, cunt.",
      "author": "TripleEhBeef",
      "created": 1541950921,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g6qx0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6qx0/",
      "text": "Report him for racism.  It\u2019s rampant at stanford.  The institution was started by a guy who exploited Asian immigrants!",
      "author": "ishr5913",
      "created": 1541891268,
      "upvotes": 10,
      "replies": {
        "e9ge2vb": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ge2vb/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541898136,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gxgx7": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxgx7/",
              "text": "I've heard less than flattering things about Princeton.",
              "author": "Swimmingindiamonds",
              "created": 1541920129,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
        "e9osw03": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9osw03/",
          "text": "Lol it\u2019s definitely not. It\u2019s legit full of asians and basically everything at Stanford revolves around \u201cdiversity\u201d in some way.",
          "author": "King-Neil-Diamond",
          "created": 1542213409,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fx4pz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fx4pz/",
      "text": "Report him lmao. Poor representation of a beautiful school. This is coming from a Berkeley student, too. But wow.",
      "author": "jhoooyo",
      "created": 1541883356,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g7q5d": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7q5d/",
      "text": "[deleted]",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541892038,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {
        "e9hnk48": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hnk48/",
          "text": "+1",
          "author": "peteyMIT",
          "created": 1541955061,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gqdk7": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqdk7/",
          "text": "As opposed to?",
          "author": "as-opposed-to",
          "created": 1541910531,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gfj8e": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfj8e/",
      "text": "A bit late, I agree the guy was an ass. However some universities actually have established interview techniques like this to test your emotional strenght and endurance. I actually had an interview along the same lines as yours. The difference however was that a close friend told me beforehand that an \u201dhorrible\u201d interview like yours was something I should be prepared for. Just wanted to shed some light on that this might have been the case for you aswell altough it sounds way harsh. But idk Stanford is Stanford",
      "author": "iamlordelordelordelo",
      "created": 1541899616,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gqpzl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqpzl/",
      "text": "I know this has been said a gazillion times already, but do follow through and report this dude. Last time I checked, being an asshole and grilling students were not a part of the interview process at Stanford (or anywhere for that matter).",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541910920,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fi9r7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fi9r7/",
      "text": "I woulda went off on him - and I think that\u2019s what he was looking for in you. To be brave and stick up for yourself. My friend had a similar interview with a different Top 10 school. They want to see if you are willing to take risks. What teenager is going to go off on a grown man interviewing you for Stanford? Exactly. Only those who are brave and willing to take risks. Shoulda stood up for yourself and just knocked him down more. Hard to do ik, but thats probably what he was looking for",
      "author": "jetfroop",
      "created": 1541872039,
      "upvotes": 20,
      "replies": {
        "e9filbl": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9filbl/",
          "text": "Don\u2019t get me wrong, I 100% told him at every turn I fully disagreed, and explained why. I didn\u2019t lose my sincerity or politeness, but assertively told him why I believed he was wrong every time. \n\nIn hindsight it simply wasn\u2019t worth my time. Should\u2019ve walked out. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541872283,
          "upvotes": 66,
          "replies": {
            "e9gyqth": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyqth/",
              "text": "Can't say exactly what was going on here and have no experience to compare with unfortunately, but just walking out of any interview (even bad ones) is a Red Flag to me. Because life deals you shit sometimes whether you like it or not, and if you can't handle it and just run away, then you're not a person people really want around... anyone, employers, spouses, etc.  \n\n\nSounds like you did fine. Would be easier to understand if anyone could see what the interviewer shared about you afterwards, but I'm not sure we'll ever get to see that unfortunately. Could've been many things, maybe you have been slighted but maybe you haven't been. Not sure Reddit is going to be all that helpful, really.",
              "author": "rarbot",
              "created": 1541922528,
              "upvotes": 0,
              "replies": {
                "e9hc2kr": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hc2kr/",
                  "text": "No, walking out on a premeditated biased interview shitshow is completely fine in my book. If this is how they conduct their work ethic by 'giving you shit' and trying to get you to fume back at them it's a severely toxic environment and nobody should subject themselves to a workplace like this. It's unprofessional, counter-productive and nerve wracking. Fuck that.",
                  "author": "Runecreed",
                  "created": 1541945797,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9ji20v": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ji20v/",
                      "text": "But with that attitude I'd never work. Encountered behaviour like this in my career more often than not, which took me from various locations around the country working with different people every few months. \n\nI'm just saying that what I read sounds a lot like \"the real world\" to me. If other people don't regularly experience this, then I envy you.",
                      "author": "rarbot",
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        "e9fmeq2": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fmeq2/",
          "text": "no   The guy was just stroking his own ego.   This is NOT what the schools want interviewers to do.",
          "author": "FeltIOwedItToHim",
          "created": 1541875129,
          "upvotes": 42,
          "replies": {
            "e9fmzeg": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fmzeg/",
              "text": "Yea but that\u2019s the best thing to do out of the situation. ",
              "author": "jetfroop",
              "created": 1541875537,
              "upvotes": -6,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g4g45": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4g45/",
      "text": "That guy sounds like an elitist narcissistic type who was probably a loser in high school (but obviously smart) who was projecting onto you because of his own experiences. Just report him",
      "author": "JaysonTatumIsMyDad",
      "created": 1541889446,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gn23r": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gn23r/",
      "text": "I think it\u2019s obvious he was using tactics to try and test you like they do at military boot camp or whatever. I wouldn\u2019t take any of this experience seriously or personally. It\u2019s definitely not appropriate behavior but you should probably expect that from these pretentious schools. ",
      "author": "cmsalr6",
      "created": 1541907143,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g0bm9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g0bm9/",
      "text": "was the interviewer an alum or admissions staff? you mentioned phd, which of his degrees was/were from stanford?",
      "author": "engacad",
      "created": 1541886119,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9g0jix": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g0jix/",
          "text": "Alum- masters and PhD from Stanford. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541886306,
          "upvotes": 5,
          "replies": {
            "e9g5z0u": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5z0u/",
              "text": "so he didnt even go to stanford undergrad? he has a big chip on his shoulder",
              "author": "chipsahoy88",
              "created": 1541890684,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g971h": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g971h/",
              "text": "Stanford lets alums from the grad school do interviews for UG? I thought only undergrad alums do interviews? that's messed up. ",
              "author": "labormarket",
              "created": 1541893369,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g2oad": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g2oad/",
              "text": "I can't imagine alumni interviews are worth all that much more to the Stanford admissions office than they do to the school for which I conduct interviews (also T20, so not a prestige issue). This is absolutely not how alumni interviews are supposed to go.\n\nYou've got enough people telling you this, but I'm betting Stanford would frown upon his conduct. You deserved professionalism, at the very least, and you didn't get it. Let the adcoms know.",
              "author": "critbuild",
              "created": 1541888007,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "e9g1u6n": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1u6n/",
              "text": "how old was this guy, what does he do? where his UG from? you know if he's a regular interviewer or just began?\n\nok, it seems like the interviewer conduct is clearly unprofessional and he didn't conduct himself the way university would like him to. if he didn't want to evaluate you well, there is no reason to dump on someone, esp an interviewee, based on his personal, clearly subjective metrics and viewpoints.\n\ni also think in the thick of things, there's a slight chance it might have felt to you more harsh than how he meant it to be. it also seems like somehow it was just a bad and unfairly harsh experience that happened due to mismatch of personalities (in real life, these things are common) except that it carries a lot of weight about your future prospects. it seems like he came with a certain notion or idea about you (perhaps based on resume) and then didn't see it or get it (could be due to several reasons and blind spots, everyone has them) and then everything and everyone got wrapped in the words or things that were said, and it escalated from there. there's no excuse for him the way he acted as the interviewer is supposed to manage interview.\n\nall in all highly unusual thing and harsh thing to experience.",
              "author": "engacad",
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              "upvotes": 0,
              "replies": {}
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        }
      }
    },
    "e9g92dh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g92dh/",
      "text": "Ouch. I can relate to this. Sounds a lot like something I went through once. I was at an event and someone was similarly critical. Criticized my major, very skeptical of what I could do, the way I presented myself, and almost everything I had a chance to say (like your situation, this person didn't know me and I didn't have chances to elaborate much). Meanwhile they absolutely praised someone else, continuously going back to that person and saying they had a lot of great things ahead of them. I think on some level, they were trying to help with their feedback, but the way they conveyed it (in addition to the comparisons) was unnecessarily harsh. It was fucking awful. I'm sorry you had to go through this. Wouldn't wish it on anyone. ",
      "author": "Comrox",
      "created": 1541893246,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9g9y3j": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9y3j/",
          "text": "Wow, that sounds absolutely shit. Sorry mate, I mean end of the day there will always be these people around. Just can\u2019t let them affect you. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541894068,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gahef": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gahef/",
      "text": "Hey man, what was this dudes name? The reason I ask is I knew a high school teacher who I believe went onto Stanford and the thing about seeing a pretty girl, well this guy was thought to have plowed a 16 year old chick at my school by a bunch of people due to him taking her off campus to his house when wife wasn\u2019t home and a lot of other details emerged later on. Anyway it was sketch but the girl never came out and said it happened but multiple other girls accused him of inappropriate conduct, trying to see if this is the same guy. ",
      "author": "WhiteMaleGunOwner",
      "created": 1541894590,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9gbpw4": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbpw4/",
          "text": "Although that sounds awfully serious, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right for me to share his name. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541895775,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9gc5cz": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc5cz/",
              "text": "No worries, I just hope it\u2019s not the same dude because if it is a lot of girls on that campus are in trouble. ",
              "author": "WhiteMaleGunOwner",
              "created": 1541896200,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gct1j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gct1j/",
      "text": "Lol what if they\u2019re playing 4D chess and the guy purposely acted like an asshole so that they could see how you would react to it, and see if you would act professionally or retaliate or something. Would be funny if that\u2019s actually the case, but like everyone else said, report him.",
      "author": "JakeHassle",
      "created": 1541896869,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9in50b": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9in50b/",
          "text": "I haven\u2019t been in Academia for awhile, but I\u2019ve been in management for 10+ years. I would never try a stunt like that because it\u2019s super unprofessional and unpredictable in and of itself, but if I did, I\u2019d much rather a candidate that knew when to stand up for himself and walk away. It\u2019s not just about guts or patience, but self respect and image. If I\u2019m being picky about who represents my company, I don\u2019t want a yes man. ",
          "author": "onikukki",
          "created": 1541977658,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gi5vy": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gi5vy/",
      "text": "Just spit balling here. What if this guy was testing your resolve? You\u2019re obviously a very successful individual. When someone is successful at a young age they typically haven\u2019t had many failures or harsh critics. So by only giving you negative feedback and dismissing accomplishments may be a tactic to determine your grit and determination when those hard and unfair times will come. They most certainly will at a place of high achievers like Stanford.\n\nOr he\u2019s an asshole. I\u2019m not sure. I wasn\u2019t there but just a different viewpoint.  ",
      "author": "petecastilione",
      "created": 1541902250,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gkwlk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkwlk/",
      "text": "OP it sucks that you had such a humiliating experience. Kudos on keeping your smile and chin up!\n\nThis sounds like a super unprofessional interview. Could it just have been a student playing a prank on you while your actual interview came looking for you, and didn't find you?\n\nThe only other explanation for this kind of behaviour would be that it was maybe a grilling of sorts to see that you didn't lose your cool in testing situations to ensure that you could withstand the rigours of the course.\n\nI'm no expert, but being a college student myself, these are the only two reasons that offer a rational explanation for his behaviour imo. You should definitely report him. ",
      "author": "way2muchtym",
      "created": 1541905014,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gmtj8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gmtj8/",
      "text": "Sorry for your bad experience, it sounds like you\u2019re super smart and well rounded too. This interview almost sounds like an interview for a cut throat Wall Street job, I wonder if this guy has Wall Street experience and perhaps learned this behavior there. Although I personally think he took an inappropriate approach to your undergrad admission interview, I think he might have been trying to see how you act under extreme stress. I\u2019m glad you actually kept it together, I think you showed a lot of maturity. Follow the professional advice of many here, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll find success. ",
      "author": "ApolloRubySky",
      "created": 1541906903,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gokyh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gokyh/",
      "text": "OP its not that you wasted 2 hours cause now you knew how not to be asshole to others.",
      "author": "m4more",
      "created": 1541908646,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gtbko": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gtbko/",
      "text": "Lol, what was that! I'm from Carnegie Mellon. Highly recommend - our heart is in the work and not in our dicks.",
      "author": "sandhuisms",
      "created": 1541914137,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gun8t": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gun8t/",
      "text": "OP, don\u2019t let this get you down. You\u2019ve run into one of the worlds many miserable adults who derive their only satisfaction in life from belittling young adults in a one sided conversation from positions of relative power. \n\nWhen you end up running into him in a few years after he\u2019s lost his job for being a giant gaping anus, be sure to keep a couple of the nasty things he said to you in the back of your head to repeat back to him ;)\n\nBest of luck with your future interviews!",
      "author": "Nikothedow",
      "created": 1541915880,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gvn6z": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvn6z/",
      "text": "Theorizing and may sound stupid here but could it have been that the one who interviewed OP wasn't working as Stanford's interviewer? Got this from the detail asking OP to go outside to do the interview....",
      "author": "KeehanSmurf",
      "created": 1541917288,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gw1v8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gw1v8/",
      "text": "Poor you",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541917855,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gw6tb": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gw6tb/",
      "text": "I think he wanted you to snap on him.",
      "author": "Phenumb",
      "created": 1541918058,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gwhit": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwhit/",
      "text": "Plot Twist: OP is trolling. ",
      "author": "otheruser2",
      "created": 1541918513,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gwp7l": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwp7l/",
      "text": "....welp, finishing my IB in a week, and now i\u2019m scared.  \n......artschool interviews are different from this, right?  \nRight?",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541918849,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gwsth": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwsth/",
      "text": "I cannot help but think that the whole interview was to see how you react.",
      "author": "seeker555",
      "created": 1541919004,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gyniy": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyniy/",
      "text": "As an asian in today\u2019s environment it must be really hard trying to get into a college.",
      "author": "davidaware",
      "created": 1541922357,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h1ypl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1ypl/",
      "text": "Fucking power-tripping clown. Not fit for his role.",
      "author": "MakersEye",
      "created": 1541929015,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9h1yqt": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1yqt/",
          "text": "> fricking power-tripping clown. not fit for his role.\n\n\nFTFY",
          "author": "CMBDeletebot",
          "created": 1541929017,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9h1yvk": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1yvk/",
          "text": "> fricking power-tripping clown. not fit for his role.\n\n\nFTFY",
          "author": "CMBDeletebot",
          "created": 1541929023,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9h2gt1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2gt1/",
      "text": "\ud83d\ude41Womp-womp-woOoOoOomp\ud83d\udcc9",
      "author": "Get-Dunked-On-Kidd-O",
      "created": 1541930086,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h2wi4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2wi4/",
      "text": "u/breadwinner235\nIf you do end up reporting him, please make an update or follow up post.",
      "author": "kahmad989",
      "created": 1541931011,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h4bke": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h4bke/",
      "text": "Bruh you have international honnors, those are harder to achieve that a PhD in some cases(don't know if by international you mean between countries on a whole continent,the whole world or just a small group of countries) so you're probably a lot more intelligent than he is. I've never gotten roasted in an interview but I would have simply picked up the same tone and started flexing on him by showing him why his life is just as worthless because I'd already know he wouldn't be letting me get where I want anyway.",
      "author": "xXrektUdedXx",
      "created": 1541934030,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h8cai": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h8cai/",
      "text": "This is off topic, but what's your podcast?",
      "author": "keterotronic",
      "created": 1541940954,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hcnc9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcnc9/",
      "text": "First off, I feel I should note I am on mobile so I apologize for any issues with organizing my thoughts...\n\nI started off by thinking this whole thing was a test (e.g. is the student one that would stand for someone making inappropriate commets?). But I would guess they professors demor would have changed quite quickly if that were the case.\n\nYou did a fine job and sound like you are a good candidate. That professor probably has some self esteem issues and you were an outlet. The university should hear about this as there were and will be other victims. If the interviewer is in your department, I'd withdraw the application. If they are not, I would consider requesting someone else. You sound driven. What you learn is a vector quantity. You define how far you go and the university defines your direction. You dont want to choose a professor/department that will make you miserable because you will likely push your issues on to others. Just as with interviewing for a job, this interview was to see if you are a good fit for them AND if they are a good fit for you. Edit:(It sounds like Stanford replied to you and is interested in addressing this issue. I suggest following through with that because Stanford is the top university in my mind for academics. Keep in mind though that you can achieve 90% of any education at any top university and your mental state after is also very important).\n\nI also agree with others that this may not be a race thing but we were not there. My opinion is that there is almost no racism at any high level university because there is a massive mix of professors of all nationalities and everyone earned their their position. I think that anyone working as a professor in these areas can't help but lose racist views they may have had prior. \n\nOther people here stated that you should have your research memorized. I did a masters in statistics and there is no way I could memorize all of the formulas I used. What I did in interviews is bring supportive documents. This does a few things; it allows you to show them, in a more consumable manner, how you approached different things and it allows you to save face when you do not have things memorized (you can  say \"on page 7 you can see how I used x to do y which resulted in z\" and then slide them the document with important parts highlighted).\n\nJust for future reference, one thing I do at the end of interviews is I note what I struggled with and ask the interviewer if they mind if I get back to them on a few things. I'd spend the night researching every question and email them with 2 sections: answers and explanation (separated in case they want a quick read or want to be shown the depth of what I learned). This will show that you have the passion to find answers to problems enxountered.",
      "author": "JojackHorseperson",
      "created": 1541946454,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9hea7h": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hea7h/",
          "text": "Thanks for your reply! Though we are advised not to bring documents usually- in hindsight it would\u2019ve been a good safety net to do so. \n\nAlso this was an alumni interviewer, thus is volunteering his time and not working full time for the university. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9hfy8w": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hfy8w/",
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      "author": null,
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      "upvotes": 2,
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    },
    "e9hgeo4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hgeo4/",
      "text": "\"I got roasted in my stanford interview yesterday\"\n\n\"roasted\" implies that they were very critical, but the criticisms were valid or somehow had meaning. This guy was just full of shit and hated you. ",
      "author": "sadful",
      "created": 1541949960,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hgh7j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hgh7j/",
      "text": "After the interview is over you should have asked him, \u201cWhy did you not go into the public sector? What mistakes did you make that prevented you from succeeding in the real world that I might avoid in my future?\u201d ",
      "author": "gwdope",
      "created": 1541950020,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hjmhv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hjmhv/",
      "text": "Hey I'm super late and just from r/all so this will probably be buried.\nWhen I was in HS one of my teachers friends did college admissions and came in to do mock interviews with us. On the first one he was great and pleasant and engaging. But on the second one he randomly changed to heavily critizing us on everything and even saying something along the lines of \"I just looked at about a hundred applications all light-years more impressive then yours. Why should I even continue this interview?\". He told us afterwards that some interviewers will act like that if they want to see how you react to negativity and if you can keep a cool head and still present yourself well. \nIts obviously possible this wasn't what your interviewer was doing. And even if it was I have no idea what to recommend as far as the correct steps on how to handle it. Maybe they want you to end the interview to show you won't let yourself be bullied. Maybe they want you to stick it out because the real world has crappy people you have to deal with. Maybe they want you to report him to the school to show you are a good citizen and can recognize it was not proper conduct. Maybe there is no best response and you just need to do what's right for you. \nOr again, maybe he was just really being a rude buttmunch. \nHopefully he was just seeing how you'd react to negativity and you handled yourself well. \nHas he sent you that email yet? ",
      "author": "1usenumb3rs",
      "created": 1541952325,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9jg0v8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9jg0v8/",
      "text": "Lmao, do you have any proof? All I see is you complaining about this and then refusing to even say the dude's name.",
      "author": "efgdidnothingwrong",
      "created": 1542004255,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9u3a2y": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9u3a2y/",
          "text": "I'm pretty sure it's against the subreddits policy",
          "author": "lordgulbis",
          "created": 1542398129,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g4c2r": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g4c2r/",
      "text": "Report him, and make the case that he was unwilling to interview in good faith. The university should give you another interviewer, although it may make the process harder (not like this guy isn\u2019t going to screw you anhway).\n\nHis behaviour was unacceptable and frankly, he shouldn\u2019t be allowed to interview anyone else ",
      "author": "tragicdiffidence12",
      "created": 1541889354,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g5jl0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5jl0/",
      "text": "To be honest after that interview I would question whether this school is going to meet my expectations. You should report him. I\u2019m sure the school doesn\u2019t want the potential students to get the wrong impression.",
      "author": "ZMK13",
      "created": 1541890329,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g65dh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g65dh/",
      "text": "Please do not internalize any criticism this dingbat had for you.  I know it's hard to do, but discount all his criticisms.  The armchair psychologist in me says that he's projecting all of his insecurities onto you, and those are actually things he thinks about himself.\n\nThe fact that you consider yourself a strong contender for Stanford, that you're in IB, and that you've gained international distinction means that you're an AMAZING person and student.  This mom is proud of you.",
      "author": "addlepated",
      "created": 1541890819,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g9t1r": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9t1r/",
      "text": "from the moment he said \"i couldn't catch you cuz i just saw a beautiful girl\" i knew this was going downhill",
      "author": "stephk005",
      "created": 1541893935,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g9us6": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9us6/",
      "text": "I'm a White person, for all intents and purposes, but this sounds racist to me. \n\nThat said, don't report it as such but if you complain, simply point out the precise phrases he threw at you -- the reportee will make their own deductions...",
      "author": "twoisnumberone",
      "created": 1541893979,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gb2vk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb2vk/",
      "text": "As someone who has been a Stanford Alumni interviewer since 2012, I\u2019m appalled.  If this is real, it goes against everything we are trained for.  Honestly, I think it isn\u2019t a bad idea to come up with a respectful email to send to your admissions director.  Don\u2019t mention the racial component because that is just your supposition.  The factual things are worthy of an email, because I think the admissions team and OVAL interview coordinators would want to know.  It\u2019s not his place to make those kind of comments to you.  As a Stanford Alum, I apologize for what you experienced.   (And as a parent of a USC freshman on merit scholarship there, your interviewer is completely out of touch with the academic culture at USC (and likely NYU) these days). ",
      "author": "CenterOfGravitas",
      "created": 1541895163,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gbbfk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbbfk/",
      "text": "As a person who went to stanford for grad school, absolutely get in contact with the admissions person. If you want I can look up the appropriate person in the stanford directory, just PM me about it. \n\nThis is wholly inappropriate and the individual involved should be reprimanded and removed from the interview process",
      "author": "Lunares",
      "created": 1541895383,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gc9kr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc9kr/",
      "text": "I feel like I could have crushed the interview. Why not just be real with the guy. You even lied to him about drinking.",
      "author": "dsatrbs",
      "created": 1541896317,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9gdpmf": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdpmf/",
          "text": "Honestly. \"Let's see if you let me walk us out into the shitty cold weather.\" \"I wasn't paying attention to you for a for some pretty reason. Are you going to confront me about it?\" \"Defend your accomplishments because I'm telling you they're not impressive.\" These seem like pretty basic tests to me.",
          "author": "Cyborg_Commando",
          "created": 1541897766,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9gjxbm": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjxbm/",
              "text": "I think at this point, the line crosses from \u201cbasic tests\u201d to straight up disgustingly rude. OP is only a high schooler. Give them a break. It would be hard for anyone to know what to do in that situation, much less a 17 year old who is trying to be polite because their future is somewhat dependent on an interview. ",
              "author": "periwinklebear",
              "created": 1541904011,
              "upvotes": 4,
              "replies": {
                "e9gkdk3": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkdk3/",
                  "text": "That's what I'm wrestling with right now. Could this be someone or some group trying to exploit specific ethnic cultural behaviors to manipulate a candidate pool? It could more systematic and pernicious than we think.",
                  "author": "Cyborg_Commando",
                  "created": 1541904470,
                  "upvotes": -2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gcrj2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcrj2/",
      "text": "TBH, these are the types you'll spend the rest of your academic career with at Stanford or any Ivy and likely beyond. Either learn to deal with it or do yourself a favor and find somewhere else you fit in better.\n\nI understand it sounds harsh, you're young, and it's probably one of the first times you've been rejected when the stakes are high. You formerly spent most of your academic career barely trying or trying way too hard, like unnaturally.\n\nIt's ok. This isn't the end of the world. There are many institutions willing to take your money, your parents.\n\nExtremely smart people often lack social skills and grace, but good man, it goes both ways. Perception and reality, you may feel socially adept given how affronted you were however what he said wouldn't burn so much if there wasn't some truth.\n\n\n",
      "author": "mmk_iseesu",
      "created": 1541896827,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {
        "e9gpp9b": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpp9b/",
          "text": "Honestly, I don\u2019t think he should have acted that way during the interview, but I have definitely seen this type of gatekeeping with Ivy League students (especially the alcohol one- rebelling against your parents usually comes in the form of cigarettes at Brown). There is no level high enough of gatekeeping in these universities. I feel like every year the pressure gets higher and higher and your quality of work needs to reflect that. It reminds me of how much my Ivy League interviewer was an asshole to me. There was an endless amount of sarcasm and laughter. In my opinion, those unconscious prejudices will never end in the real world, and it made me take note of every single movement I make. \n\nWhen I was friends with them they would also continue the gatekeeping comments. This is definitely anecdotal, but it just felt like every single move they had to make had to be flawless. ",
          "author": "EIrvine88",
          "created": 1541909812,
          "upvotes": 6,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gq99v": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gq99v/",
      "text": "I've been a volunteer college interviewer for Yale for many years. I imagine that Stanford conducts interviews generally the same way. I strongly agree with other comments here encouraging you to contact Stanford/the admissions office directly with what happened, but will add that, for what it may be worth, the value of this interviewer's opinion to Stanford is probably quite low, if not entirely irrelevant. I would expect that this interviewer probably deals with all applicants in a similar way, and probably writes long, rambling, incoherent reports on applicants that the Stanford admissions office likely ignores (because of how useless they are). I think it's quite rare for interviews to actually \"hurt\" applicants, and I can imagine admissions officers at Stanford rolling their eyes whenever they see a report from this guy on students. College admissions officers know interviewers (not necessarily personally), and, at least in my opinion and experience, find certain interviewers more or less useful based on prior experiences/reports on applicants... this guy is almost undoubtedly in the \"useless\" category. At the same time, there's probably little or no incentive (at least prior to your interaction with home hopefully being reported to the admissions officers!) to remove him as an interviewer, since there are usually more applicants than people willing to interview them.\n\nI've had students who I've written glowing recommendations for that were extremely academically qualified that did not get into Yale, and had students that I was not particularly impressed with get accepted (and matriculate). So, even presuming that I am a \"good\" or \"valuable\" interviewer, my opinion doesn't really count all that much.\n\n(I am also fairly shocked this interview went on for 2 hours: if I, for some reason, didn't like an applicant, I would simply cut the interview short, and I can't ever recall an interview going beyond an hour and a half, even for students that I really, really liked.)\n\nStanford is a great school with great alumni, so, for what it's worth, please don't be discouraged by one asshole. It's not reflective on the school.",
      "author": "ThatDIYCouple",
      "created": 1541910403,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gtayk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gtayk/",
      "text": "I would say forget about the ivy leagues and top tier universities, you will find the best educational experience in a small liberal arts institution",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541914115,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gv9mh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gv9mh/",
      "text": "He didn\u2019t like you and after reading your post i feel like i wouldnt want to talk with you. Then you made things worse but trying to sound smart and when he didnt come around you assume cuz he stereotyped you. Do you think this is the first asian he\u2019s interviewed? He\u2019s prolly married to an asian that he met there ",
      "author": "DookeyBazookey",
      "created": 1541916749,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gxf3j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxf3j/",
      "text": "Straight away lad. \nHes asking you to look away from your books.\nFor a second. Actually think, hes not roasting you.\nHes asking you why you're so engrossed in trying to be an academic, pointing out that you are a smart guy, but you are also going through the motions and you're therefore predictable and therefore average.\nTheres nothing you can do about that, because think about your next move. Your email. What are you really going to say? \nIs it predictable, are you not going to do it all? \nHow will you do it, you going to rebel? \nYou should lead. My advice is take his advice, and think. ",
      "author": "pettyperry",
      "created": 1541920038,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {
        "e9h0k3d": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0k3d/",
          "text": "I agree with this. It seems like hes asking for more and challenging you to find it. The alcohol question reveals alot. Testing to see where you'd go- knowing u likely drink but are you going to admit it or say what you think people want to hear.   He likely had done many of these and sees similarities between candidates and is urging you to find an edge. ",
          "author": "harlorsim",
          "created": 1541926075,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9h1a5n": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1a5n/",
          "text": "But does he do that to everybody? If so, everyone would fail because you're applying to get into college, not a good will hunting seminar.\n\n I don't believe a black or white student would get roasted in that way of being a predictable academic, being asian was definitely some thing this dude was projecting like we don't need anymore factory asians here.\n\n\n",
          "author": "longtimehodl",
          "created": 1541927576,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9hft00": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hft00/",
              "text": "You made an academic issue about identity politics in order to try and win. \nthat's not the game. Its pathetic. ",
              "author": "pettyperry",
              "created": 1541949444,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9hqtug": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hqtug/",
                  "text": "Well its statistical fact that asians require higher grades than every one and always given poor \"personality\", the ongoing discrimination case against harvard has shone a light on this issue.\n\nThere's nothing academic about this i assume because he was already invited for am interview.",
                  "author": "longtimehodl",
                  "created": 1541957023,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9ihrnc": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ihrnc/",
                      "text": "Well, to assume because that is a statistical fact, then it applies to this too. Is a bit of a stretch mate.\nThe boy lied for one.\nAgree with previous commenter, that showed a very bad trait. \nAnd thirdly, this has everything to do with academia because your character, is an extension of that.\n(See what you did there) ;) \nBut dont be so quick.\nHis asking about his motivations, the bloke who did this post, played up to that stereotype then backed away from it in hindsight, because he realised it was a disadvantage. And recognising that then used it to try and make it an advantage. Which shows he has a knack for dishonesty, to smear the poor guy of such a ridiculous thing is quite frankly cheap.\nThe doors aren't shut to this guy, yet! And if he uses this and gets in it will be because he played the race card.  \nVery classy \nOn the other hand if he bucks up his ideas. Maybe he has a chance mate. \nThese u universities love clever people, and if were gonna play this identity politics game then let me hear how being considered a smart person as result of culture or whatever people's faulty heuristics are, is a bad thing. In this situation. ",
                      "author": "pettyperry",
                      "created": 1541974162,
                      "upvotes": 1,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9io7u1": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9io7u1/",
                          "text": "If you didn't know, jews used to have secret caps because jewish people worked harder than everyone else in academic studies, to circumvent this, top colleges introduced personality assessments and extra curiccular activities to stop so many jewish students entering. It's not a stretch that colleges are giving poor personality assessments for asians for similar reasons, to protect places for legacy students and donators, which would explain why the percentages for asian students at the top colleges have delined/stagnated despite all other universities showing an increase for the last decade.\n\nImo, this interviewer was deliberately trying to pigeon hole this kid into the asian stereotype so he can discard his candidatecy. Unoriginal, copys ideas, isn't assertive, un-entreprenuerial. Now these are stereotypes i could give any hard working student, however the whole moma's boy comment about drink and his parents really showed that this guy was really shoe horning the good subserviant asian narrative.\n\nThe interviewer gave a no good answer question, if he doesn't drink, he's a moma's boy, if he does, he isn't a serious academic. The interviewer was deliberately being a douchebag regardless if race was a motive.\n\nThe only candidate he would probably accept is elon musk 2.0, who ironically wouldn't bother with university if he had his own company by 17.",
                          "author": "longtimehodl",
                          "created": 1541978357,
                          "upvotes": 1,
                          "replies": {}
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fx1s2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fx1s2/",
      "text": "HE is the reason why Stanford gets a bad rap for virtue signaling. He probably wanted to jolt you into honesty which is respectable, but from your account he seems very harsh and an all around cuck. Report him. You don't deserve that kind of disrespect, and send him an email calling him out on his bullshit. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541883291,
      "upvotes": 8,
      "replies": {
        "e9gdwn1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdwn1/",
          "text": "That's seriously what you're judging this by? His \"virtue signaling\" and being a \"cuck?\"",
          "author": "Speedswiper",
          "created": 1541897961,
          "upvotes": 6,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gtc4d": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gtc4d/",
          "text": "i think you don't know what any words mean in your post",
          "author": "notParticularlyAnony",
          "created": 1541914157,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gb07u": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb07u/",
      "text": "Everyone knows [Harvard is racist in their admissions](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/30/justice-dept-sees-evidence-discrimination-harvard/IWkT1NmSGRapZ8WKw0shwL/story.html), but I didn't realize Stanford was too. It sounds like exactly the same thing - intentionally scoring Asians low on \"personality\" or something equally vague in order to discriminate against individuals who have otherwise perfect credentials.",
      "author": "zugi",
      "created": 1541895094,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {
        "e9gc57f": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc57f/",
          "text": "The racism is pretty much perceived - I wouldn't say it is telling about Stanford at all. Just because one egg is rotten doesn't mean the whole batch is.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541896195,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9iiil4": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iiil4/",
              "text": "Fair enough, this is just one example, but the fact that [Stanford went out of its way to defend and support Harvard in continuing its racist anti-Asian admission policy](https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/11/02/stanford-defends-harvard-in-lawsuit-on-alleged-anti-asian-american-admissions-processes/) does not bode well for Stanford's own internal practices. Maybe they aren't practicing racists now, but just want to preserve their right to be racist in the future?",
              "author": "zugi",
              "created": 1541974690,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9j7dto": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j7dto/",
                  "text": "that article is damning in its own way, and I'm not a fan (bc I'm asian and self-centered). But, a generality cannot be placed onto stanford just by one deviant interviewer (who is so out of wack). ",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541993980,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gpnhv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpnhv/",
      "text": "I\u2019m quite conflicted. At some points he comes off as just an asshole, at some points he looks like a legitimate interviewer doing an amazing job. Thing about university is, if you\u2019re not a complete genius, you\u2019ll struggle at some point or another. Some of what he says looks like trying to discern how you respond under pressure. Something which you can only discern in an interview. In university you\u2019ll be criticized, even unfairly sometimes. Or maybe you\u2019ll think it\u2019s unfair when it\u2019s actually fair. Immediatly jumping to race based conclusion like you did there is ridiculous. And some of the criticism he gave you was completly fair, almost anybody who gets in your position dreams to succesfully start a company. A very small percentage of these actually manage to. Asking what makes you special in this case is completly fair. But as I mentioned, there are things there that are completly unproffesional such as the line about the girl at the begining. If that\u2019s actually what happened, you should report him, but don\u2019t mention the race part unless you have other evidence to back it up",
      "author": "BearbertDondarrion",
      "created": 1541909761,
      "upvotes": 4,
      "replies": {
        "e9gq759": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gq759/",
          "text": "Thanks for this. I think the race thing is just a gut feeling and I\u2019m open to being wrong- just the context of the spending my life studying spiel was unfounded. My gut told me it\u2019s maybe a preconceived idea he holds, but I don\u2019t want to victimise myself here. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541910341,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9gqd2f": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqd2f/",
              "text": "That gut feeling is completly reasonable and I\u2019m not telling you it\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s entirely possible it\u2019s true, but you\u2019re only really guessing there. And you can\u2019t really use that in an official complaint unless you have something more solid to work on. ",
              "author": "BearbertDondarrion",
              "created": 1541910515,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9gqhpg": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqhpg/",
                  "text": "Makes sense!",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541910658,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g29lv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g29lv/",
      "text": "what a piece of shit update us if stanford responds to your report",
      "author": "pimblockto",
      "created": 1541887696,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g2nbt": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g2nbt/",
      "text": "I hope you report his ASSHOLE",
      "author": "cominguproses_",
      "created": 1541887986,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g5h7i": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g5h7i/",
      "text": "VAC ban the guy",
      "author": "WhovianBron3",
      "created": 1541890277,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gekdj": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gekdj/",
      "text": "That is crazy!! Sorry you had to go through that. I am low key sensitive and would have been contemplating my life if that was my interview and top choice.",
      "author": "ilerid",
      "created": 1541898632,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gjvzg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjvzg/",
      "text": "It\u2019s weird I feel like this is kind of how management consulting firms interview - it\u2019s all about seeing how one handles stress elements and curveballs, presentation and conciseness.  And well hate to say it but it actually is an important skill as I\u2019ve had some pretty intense managers and even more intense clients.  Anyway not going to say right or wrong but to me it just felt like \u201creal world\u201d and how you handle it.  Maybe he wanted you to push back and identify him as racist, anyways I\u2019m not going to pretend I know his thoughts anymore.",
      "author": "artificialimpatience",
      "created": 1541903974,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gro4w": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gro4w/",
      "text": "Harvard has been known to be racist as well. In fact, the (left leaning) college system seems to dock Asian people for being Asian",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541912035,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gz7dr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gz7dr/",
      "text": "So you failed an interview and now you are complaining about the interviewers techniques and methods? \n\nHis job is to weed out the characters he doesn't think would fit in and it sounds like he said all the right things to make you tick and watched how you reacted.\n\nAnd if this is how bitter you are about it in Reddit, I'm betting you were a dick to him in the interview also, and that part you leave out.\n\nRemember folks, two sides to a story.",
      "author": "Riganpere",
      "created": 1541923416,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gzxew": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzxew/",
      "text": "I don\u2019t feel like he was being racist at all. Jumping to a conclusion like that will not help your chances and can only be viewed as problematic, just tell them the facts. What he said, when he said it, what you said, when you said it. Report him for sure. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541924815,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gignn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gignn/",
      "text": "It\u2019s fairly obvious he was testing how you would respond to failure. (It should be obvious because of how he responded to when you mentioned Harvard). He puts you under pressure, and tells you that everything you\u2019ve ever done is worthless to see how you react. Do you lack self-confidence and become flustered? Do you lose your temper? Or do you stand by your achievements? \n\nYour logic for coming to the conclusion that he was racially-biased is flawed, as well. Stanford has a large overrepresentation of Asians, and your only \u201cevidence\u201d for believing he was biased was that he was talking about your studying? In a school admissions interview? \n\nAnyways, clearly you failed if this is how you respond. As someone with experience performing this kind of interview (not school admissions, but same methodology), my advice to you is don\u2019t ever believe you deserve anything. Your history doesn\u2019t matter, what you\u2019ve done, what you\u2019ve worked for doesn\u2019t matter. Just because you have experience doesn\u2019t mean someone else doesn\u2019t have even more potential. Focus on your aspirations and outline how you will achieve your goals.",
      "author": "an_demon",
      "created": 1541902544,
      "upvotes": 5,
      "replies": {
        "e9gjpsz": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjpsz/",
          "text": "The failure hypothesis- I considered this but if it were the case he wouldn\u2019t be sharing the report he sends to Stanford, with me (as he said he would). Unless he sends me a different one, which is a possibility. \n\nMy response was one of continued respect and sincerity, and I assertively explained why I disagreed and believed him to be wrong. \n\nWhen I claimed his comments might be racially charged, it is due to the fact that he claimed I spend my life studying... without knowing or asking what I do outside of the classroom. With the lawsuit going on atm about Asians being stereotyped in such a way in admissions , I can\u2019t help but draw a parallel. \nI\u2019m more than open to admitting my gut may be wrong here, but I\u2019m just expressing what I felt. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541903806,
          "upvotes": 8,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gvqgb": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvqgb/",
          "text": "Dude, this is a college interview. Every college interview I've EVER heard of has been a friendly talk to see if you're capable of handling yourself in social situations, whether you fit the character of the school, etc. I don't care if whatever elite job interviews you do use this strategy, this is literally a high schooler trying to get an education. Their job isn't to systematically break down and demean your entire character in some weird perverted test, and if that's seriously what you think high schoolers should be subjected to just to get into schools then you're not only kinda messed up but also completely wrong, because schools don't do this. I know many people that have gone through this process in elite schools, or that work in this sector and all of them would tell you this. This one guy is clearly just an egotistical brat who's not following the guidelines of what he's supposed to do. Also, in your interviews do you often brag about how cool your own projects are, or make sexual comments about female coworkers that walk by? Didn't think so.",
          "author": "CAPTAIN-MAGMA",
          "created": 1541917405,
          "upvotes": 11,
          "replies": {
            "e9iwn8v": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iwn8v/",
              "text": "[deleted]",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541984102,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9j72aj": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j72aj/",
                  "text": "No. Can I prove that this guy isn't following the guidelines? No. But can I infer based off of my past experience and knowledge of many similar interviews? Yes. And none of those interviews are designed even remotely this way, and I've also never heard of an interviewer who's been given the \"guideline\" of making sure to make inappropriate comments or brag about personal achievements. ",
                  "author": "CAPTAIN-MAGMA",
                  "created": 1541993666,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "e9hihcx": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hihcx/",
          "text": "This is exactly right!!! This comment is exactly what happened. This is Stanford not some fucking community college,  this is how they separate the good from the great. Better luck next time. ",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541951518,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gvpa8": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvpa8/",
          "text": "My thoughts exactly, it's an interview at one of the best schools in the nation, it would not surprise me if they employed strange interviewing tactics like this.\n\nThe first give away was when he said to sit outside despite it being cold. He needed to be assertive and at least ask to sit inside.\n\nInterviews arent only about selling yourself to wherever you're applying, they need to sell themselves too ",
          "author": "Chewbile",
          "created": 1541917363,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gjt23": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gjt23/",
      "text": "He sounds like a douche. That said, you need to work on your communication skills. For one thing, you mentioned many things out of nowhere as if everybody knows what they mean. Perhaps this is why he said you made no sense.\n\nWhat is \u201cmy IB\u201d? What does it mean to be \u201cpredicted an A\u201d? You get a grade before a grade? Several times you mention terms with no context and expect your audience to know what that is - is it possible you were doing the same with the interviewer? He was an electrical engineer and you debated him on the financial policies of the fed. You told him you don\u2019t drink and then that you do.\n\nYou\u2019re communication needs work. Of course, this guy was also just a total asshole. ",
      "author": "Maj_Lennox",
      "created": 1541903895,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9gki3k": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gki3k/",
          "text": "Ah okay sorry- on this subreddit I thought that most people would understand it. \nI did explain it all clearly to the interviewer about what the IB is etc. \n\nI do also want to say that he incited the debate about the Fed\u2019s policies! He asked me about my economics coursework, I briefly outlined it, and he disagreed strongly.\n\nThe drinking thing I admit, although it\u2019s a tough spot for a minor, no?",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541904600,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9fpuev": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fpuev/",
      "text": "Honestly speaking, you shouldn't have taken shit from him. Spending your life studying does not mean you have no skills, it just means that you may not have had time to explore them but in your case, that doesn't seem to be the issue.\n\nIf it happened to me, I'd be sure to remind him that if someone like him can get into Stanford then you have a pretty solid chance to get in too",
      "author": "Tskcool",
      "created": 1541877548,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {
        "e9gcxay": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcxay/",
          "text": "Knowledge is next to useless if you don\u2019t put it into practice. Unless you\u2019re a philosopher.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541896987,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9h1kpu": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1kpu/",
              "text": "It's not that easy when you're in an Asian school environment. Everyone expects you to do only school-work and everything else is looked down upon as waste of time. \n\nOP has done a lot for his level and honestly it's a very good sign. Most of my friends who have studied their entire lives are now either not getting as good grades as before or have become physically unfit and socially awkward with no skills except answering questions. It's really hard to watch.",
              "author": "Tskcool",
              "created": 1541928188,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gv0b6": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gv0b6/",
      "text": "Who cares, snowflake? Life is tough, it will only get tougher. Stanford is an elite school, he was right to have strict standards. They truly are looking for more than just \u201cgood students\u201d. They are looking for the next billionaire donor. They wont get that from someone who is like every other try hard student.\n\nInstead of coming onto reddit to bad mouth some stranger who gave you more truth than youll get from anyone else for the rest of your life, why not look for the truth in it instead of validation from other strangers?",
      "author": "Cmshnrblu",
      "created": 1541916381,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {
        "e9itfp5": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9itfp5/",
          "text": "Fuck yourself with a light pole",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541981724,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9ithtw": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ithtw/",
              "text": "Just the thing a snowflake would say",
              "author": "Cmshnrblu",
              "created": 1541981765,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9itxsk": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9itxsk/",
                  "text": "Suck my fat hairy cock you excuse of a person. \n\nWaste of space. ",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541982080,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9iu2w9": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iu2w9/",
                      "text": "Ah, no one told me i was speaking to a high intelligence high achiever. What a fine representative youth!",
                      "author": "Cmshnrblu",
                      "created": 1541982173,
                      "upvotes": 2,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9iucbf": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iucbf/",
                          "text": "Go back to asking whether learning a new language is ungodly, twat. \n\nAnd take my 13 acceptances and three Ivy League letters with you. Don\u2019t need to prove my intelligence to a whore. \n\nAnd yeah god hates you and will probably send you straight to the deepest part of hell. ",
                          "author": null,
                          "created": 1541982339,
                          "upvotes": 1,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9iumn1": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iumn1/",
                              "text": "Keep justifying your insecure self to strangers you claim to hate. It really demonstrates maturity and self-acceptance. \ud83d\ude02",
                              "author": "Cmshnrblu",
                              "created": 1541982535,
                              "upvotes": 2,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9iuona": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iuona/",
                                  "text": "I don\u2019t claim to hate you. I hate you. ",
                                  "author": null,
                                  "created": 1541982575,
                                  "upvotes": 1,
                                  "replies": {
                                    "e9iuql6": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iuql6/",
                                      "text": "Lack of self-control is a low intelligence trait",
                                      "author": "Cmshnrblu",
                                      "created": 1541982613,
                                      "upvotes": 2,
                                      "replies": {
                                        "e9iv0lz": {
                                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iv0lz/",
                                          "text": "Who the fuck are you that I need to demonstrate self-control to? I\u2019d demonstrate my self-control to a human, not you. ",
                                          "author": null,
                                          "created": 1541982823,
                                          "upvotes": 1,
                                          "replies": {
                                            "e9iv3rd": {
                                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9iv3rd/",
                                              "text": "How you do anything is how you do everything",
                                              "author": "Cmshnrblu",
                                              "created": 1541982892,
                                              "upvotes": 2,
                                              "replies": {
                                                "e9ivc9i": {
                                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ivc9i/",
                                                  "text": "\ud83d\udd95\ud83c\udffb",
                                                  "author": null,
                                                  "created": 1541983079,
                                                  "upvotes": 1,
                                                  "replies": {
                                                    "e9ive2q": {
                                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ive2q/",
                                                      "text": "Another high iq response. Well done.",
                                                      "author": "Cmshnrblu",
                                                      "created": 1541983121,
                                                      "upvotes": 2,
                                                      "replies": {}
                                                    }
                                                  }
                                                }
                                              }
                                            }
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g8bg7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8bg7/",
      "text": "Was the whole interview outside? Are you *SURE* that he was your official interviewer? This sounds extremely questionable. \n\nI\u2019m wondering if the *real* interviewer was sitting in a conference room somewhere wondering why OP never showed. Either that or the real interviewer was sick and this dude was a substitute.\n\nSo weird. Best wishes for your future OP",
      "author": "beencouraged",
      "created": 1541892563,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9g96w1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g96w1/",
          "text": "Yes it was all outside (outside seating for the cafe). I\u2019m fairly sure he was, because he looked like his online profile and I didn\u2019t receive any correspondence asking aboutnmy absence  (which would\u2019ve happened if the real interviewer was waiting for me ). \n\nThanks for the wishes.",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541893365,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9g9pok": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9pok/",
              "text": "Wow, well maybe he\u2019s a harsh/extreme person. I don\u2019t know enough about Stanford culture to know. \n\nI wonder if it\u2019s still worth requesting another interviewer, if you feel really strongly that nothing he said was true and you *would* do well at Stanford. \n\nI guess at the very least you could consider trying to sell yourself one last time in the email like he suggested. \n\nOne of the things I hated about going from high school into the work and college world, is that success was really less about my skills and a lot more about my ability to please others. \n\nSome people like the interviewer use trick questions and \u201ctests\u201d to try and get you to \u201cread their minds\u201d and \u201cprove yourself.\u201d Sometimes all it is, is phrasing it the way they want to hear. Marketing. I don\u2019t really like this stuff, but it\u2019s sort of a necessary evil. \n\nEdit: I have been tested like this many times because I am a serious and cautious person. Some people like to egg others on to see how they react. ",
              "author": "beencouraged",
              "created": 1541893850,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g91or": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g91or/",
      "text": "name and shame\nname and shame\nname and shame",
      "author": "lotyei",
      "created": 1541893229,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9g9vbe": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9vbe/",
          "text": "Haha, I wish. I think I have to follow proper protocols for reporting him at the moment. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541893992,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9gao6u": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gao6u/",
              "text": "Not really. If we break it down: \n\n1. You are either accepted or not accepted in Stanford. Judging from the interview (and if you report him after), its more unlikely than likely. So your acceptance into Stanford is not at jeopardy any more than it already is. \n\n2. If he's done this to you, he's done this to multiple people. These things aren't singular. He's wielding his influence (Stanford acceptance) over high schoolers. This is unethical to greater society, not just to college admissions. If he's exploitative in this way, he'll likely be exploitative in other ways. \n\n3. \"proper protocols\" were invented to protect the school. \"proper protocols\" protects the school's reputation as they try to solve the crisis with minimal damage. In this respect, you'd just be protecting the school and nobody else (nobody including yourself). \n\n4. If you come from an Asian family, then I understand there's a stigma against reporting officials. After all, they probably come from a communist regime or immigrant society. Ignore them. Report this elitist bullshit. ",
              "author": "lotyei",
              "created": 1541894775,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9gd7jn": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gd7jn/",
                  "text": "No.  Name shaming will destroy the legitimacy of her report and make it seem like a personal beef between her and the interviewer. Also this would then make the admissions office have to side with the interviewer for the sake of professional courtesy.  If she wants to protect herself and possibly remove this interviewer she must not name names. ",
                  "author": "DrZeroH",
                  "created": 1541897268,
                  "upvotes": 0,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gh5fz": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gh5fz/",
                      "text": "Wrong. Name Shaming is merely releasing his name to the public so any other applicant can be well informed and not subject themselves to the same treatment as OP out of naivete. \n\nThe admissions office will not side with someone who's been so publicly outed for abusing his power. Scandal isn't profitable.  ",
                      "author": "lotyei",
                      "created": 1541901233,
                      "upvotes": 0,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9ghdhc": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ghdhc/",
                          "text": "This is absolutely wrong for the student. If the student gets caught up in this the student can be subject to being sued for libel. Do not give advance on a subject with no fucking clue about the repercussions. ",
                          "author": "DrZeroH",
                          "created": 1541901457,
                          "upvotes": 2,
                          "replies": {
                            "e9gii7d": {
                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gii7d/",
                              "text": "Do you have legal experience in this area? We can agree to disagree.",
                              "author": "lotyei",
                              "created": 1541902587,
                              "upvotes": 1,
                              "replies": {
                                "e9gio9p": {
                                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gio9p/",
                                  "text": "Yes. Worked as a paralegal. Dont advise students incorrectly ",
                                  "author": "DrZeroH",
                                  "created": 1541902757,
                                  "upvotes": 2,
                                  "replies": {
                                    "e9gisz3": {
                                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gisz3/",
                                      "text": "I don't believe I am being incorrect in my advice. If I am, then 80% of everyone on this sub is incorrect as well. Reasonably speaking, if OP were to take it to that extreme, I'm sure any competent lawyer would be able to see her side in this situation. ",
                                      "author": "lotyei",
                                      "created": 1541902887,
                                      "upvotes": 1,
                                      "replies": {
                                        "e9gkx0l": {
                                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkx0l/",
                                          "text": "Seeing a side doesnt mean anything in the face of law. Her side would be severely weakened by committing potential libel. Best case her case is justified and the libel is dropped after wasting energy, money, and time. Worst case she gets screwed because of dumbass advice. ",
                                          "author": "DrZeroH",
                                          "created": 1541905025,
                                          "upvotes": 1,
                                          "replies": {
                                            "e9gm0mi": {
                                              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gm0mi/",
                                              "text": "> Seeing a side doesnt mean anything in the face of law.\n\nWrong. Opposing sides is fundamental in legal discourse. \n\nAnd if OP is telling the truth, then she has a case even if she's sued for libel by Stanford (which I highly doubt will happen and you are exaggerating the chances). Either way, it's up to her.",
                                              "author": "lotyei",
                                              "created": 1541906130,
                                              "upvotes": 1,
                                              "replies": {}
                                            }
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gfia3": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfia3/",
      "text": "Jeez man, that\u2019s really unfair. I have my stanford interview next week and now I\u2019m even more nervous lol.",
      "author": "paulmitten",
      "created": 1541899588,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9ggvbj": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggvbj/",
          "text": "Don\u2019t be, it\u2019s a big time exception. Good luck!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541900945,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gfiac": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfiac/",
      "text": "You lucky bastard",
      "author": "Braydox",
      "created": 1541899588,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gfwxn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfwxn/",
      "text": "Well I can tell you're going to do great in life! So don't worry about some \"random\" encounter.\n\nThe interviewer must be insufferable to be around.",
      "author": "2hrs_a_Day",
      "created": 1541900004,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ggx9t": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggx9t/",
      "text": "I\u2019m very sorry you had to deal with that, best of luck with the rest of your application process! Just wanted to add that I think Cornell is a great place if you end up seriously considering it, I just started my freshman year ",
      "author": "savethebananas18",
      "created": 1541901001,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gnttp": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gnttp/",
      "text": "sorry to hear about your experience, but I'm very confused. I did stanford REA as well (which I'm assuming u did) but I didn't get any interview offer.\n\ndid i screw something up :/",
      "author": "fjodsk",
      "created": 1541907901,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9gp9fz": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gp9fz/",
          "text": "No, it\u2019s done purely on availability of interviewers. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541909361,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gqpc8": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqpc8/",
              "text": "ah, i see. \n\nmake sure to write that letter as the top comment said! good luck!",
              "author": "fjodsk",
              "created": 1541910900,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gtwz4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gtwz4/",
      "text": "In a movie world, emailing him a hate letter saying that his criticisms were founded upon BS argumentation and that he had nothing of value for YOU to learn from meeting. That his ignorance and his unprofessional attitude and behavior towards you during your discussion is what will drive to you become a successful person who plans to best him and encourage all to abstain from degrading others as he has you, would earn his respect and he\u2019d find you as \u201cdifferentiated\u201d. But one can only theorize...",
      "author": "Duckeru",
      "created": 1541914895,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gu7ww": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gu7ww/",
      "text": "Report him. He's pretty creepy too. See if you can talk to him. Record the conversation by starting off with \" why did you say what you said yesterday\" and stuff like that. Not super obvious but I doubt someone like that would notice and think someone he critized would be smart enough to catch him in the act of being a horrible person. This might not be legal in some states but if you want to go the extreme, check your laws on recording audio first ",
      "author": "BagsInBags",
      "created": 1541915297,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gv5tr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gv5tr/",
      "text": "what a dick",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541916596,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gv7bi": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gv7bi/",
      "text": "Kinda off topic but I already earlied to Stanford, should I be expecting an interview or is it only in certain cases?",
      "author": "db8rlife",
      "created": 1541916655,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gvpjb": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvpjb/",
      "text": "I\u2019m sorry about your shitty interview. \nI interviewed for a lot of ivies and Stanford and most of my interviews went well (except MIT and Cornell)\n\nReally the interview can\u2019t affect your status of getting into the school, it\u2019s mostly a chance for you to ask questions about the school or add to the list\n\nI\u2019m very sorry you got a bad interviewer. I had heard horror stories of interviewers asking hard/pressing questions. Sadly, depending on where you love the choice of who interviews you can small.\n\nGood luck with your college applications, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll do great. You sound much more talented than I ever was. ",
      "author": "frostyclawz",
      "created": 1541917371,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gw3yc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gw3yc/",
      "text": "He probably hasn't gotten laid for a while. Don't take it personally man fuck that douche bag.",
      "author": "hornyalthetime",
      "created": 1541917939,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gwbaw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gwbaw/",
      "text": "TBH as an Asian American girl who has been racially stereotyped, I would be so enraged, so I feel your pain. Since I'm EXTREMELY compulsive and inherited my mother's temper, I would most definitely have stood up and said (and as I was reading this, I was literally reciting in my head),\n\n\"Excuse me, would you be as kind to shut your mouth so I can say something before I end this interview. I don't care that you published whatever 11th order paper or that you graduated from Stanford, who are you to belittle me and disrespect all of the things that shaped me into who I am. Frankly, if this is what Stanford Alumni are like: pretentious and emotionally exhausting to be around, I've made my decision that I DON'T want to go to Stanford. Thank you for showing me what kind of people this university produces and saving my time and energy for not dwelling on whether Ill get an acceptance letter later. I think we're done here SIR\"",
      "author": "Corduroyjackets",
      "created": 1541918249,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9hplj3": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hplj3/",
          "text": "You don't inherit temper, and compulsiveness shows weakness. Get a handle on your temperament, or don't bother with a higher education. ",
          "author": "Evil_Ned_Flanderses",
          "created": 1541956282,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9hr4ye": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hr4ye/",
              "text": "Many studies have shown genes play a big role in developing temperament -but it's okay you tried. Perhaps I misused compulsive. I'd say that I'm not afraid to call someone out on bullshit or disrespect. I'm a doer. Haha try someone else next time love",
              "author": "Corduroyjackets",
              "created": 1541957218,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "e9hsdnp": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hsdnp/",
                  "text": "You see me trollin'... Lol. Good response, anger issues in check. For now. ",
                  "author": "Evil_Ned_Flanderses",
                  "created": 1541958045,
                  "upvotes": 2,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gx4lz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gx4lz/",
      "text": "!remindme 5 days",
      "author": "de_dustytoo",
      "created": 1541919537,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gxerw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxerw/",
      "text": "Don't listen to this chode of a conjuration made up of sadness and despair. With people like that, it doesn't matter what you say, he would always oppose it. Most of the time those people end it with \"oh I just wanted to be a hardass to see how you would do\", and I'm surprised he actually felt this way about you. Understand that you don't need to naturally know how to play an instrument or be first in the fair. None of that should matter. What matters is your strive to learn that instrument or have the self appreciation to enter the competition in the first place. That's what matters and if he, a representative of the university, doesn't recognize that, then you don't want to go there anyways ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541920023,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gxlr8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxlr8/",
      "text": "Things you could do: \n\n- Tell him you're going to record the interview.\n- Tell him thanks, but no, you're going to seek an interview with someone else.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541920363,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gxu9v": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxu9v/",
      "text": "Hone your instincts about people and know when you\u2019re being judged outside of merit. If you can learn this it will protect you from these sneaky types of abuse. You gave this person the satisfaction of tearing you down for 2 hours. That was not his job but that was his tactic. Why did he do it? Who\u2019s to say really, but know and understand how it made you feel and realize that you never need that. If you weren\u2019t a fit so be it, If somehow he meant to push you to be greater then the kind of blunt criticism you described was a shit tactic to push an aspiring youth. It sounded like this guy was smart but he wasn\u2019t smart enough to be kind. You might be the prospective student with much to learn but that guy, that guy hasn\u2019t learned basic decency, so fuck what he knows. I learned a long time ago that in these types of settings it\u2019s best to not give a shit about people clearly not giving a shit about me because doing so will make me the lesser in an environment that was meant to be evaluative instead of combative. You\u2019re there to see if you can make the cut not to get crapped on.",
      "author": "Rocinante79",
      "created": 1541920815,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gy79l": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gy79l/",
      "text": "Damn, that sounds extremely harsh. If there's anyone you can report this to, do it. You don't need to take any shit, especially not unprofessional shit.",
      "author": "undeadmaruchan",
      "created": 1541921496,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gyatk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyatk/",
      "text": "My brother said he had a similarly weird experience with Stanford interviewers ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541921687,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gydrv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gydrv/",
      "text": "Serious question: Are you sure this guy was a legit interviewer? \n\nA few of the details (i.e. not sitting inside, outlandish comments, not making any salient points about any academic subjects discussed)  you've mentioned are pretty consistent with someone who recognized you were probably a propsective student there for an interview and took advantage of it to fuck with you. Would't have been difficult to deduce you were a prospective student there for an interview if a lot of people were interviewing that day as well. \n\nDid he know who you were/was expecting you by name or anything else to suggest he wasn't just acting the part?",
      "author": "Deuces_HODL",
      "created": 1541921835,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gyguj": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyguj/",
      "text": "I thrive to be this level of asshole one day.\n\nIt's just an interview man. Wait till the real world, when everyone is gonna be an asshole. You got worked up by an interview? He probably doesn't want thin skinned people like you who only resort to calling racism instead of looking inside.",
      "author": "BestInHere",
      "created": 1541921994,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gz91p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gz91p/",
      "text": "What a douche",
      "author": "gd3292gd",
      "created": 1541923505,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gzb3m": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzb3m/",
      "text": "I thought that at the end of all this you were going to say that he was just pulling your leg this entire time and he told you that you're exactly the kind of individual Stanford needs. Really lame this turned out to be a real interview. ",
      "author": "staywokeaf",
      "created": 1541923618,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gzihq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gzihq/",
      "text": "Should have just told him that admitting to drinking underage can be pursued as a infraction and people with a criminal record are not treated well by the admissions board very well. My god even in job interviews, when asked have you ever drunk, your answer is either a social drinker or no not at all as it's not professionally relevant nor would it be for contributing to a bright entrepenurial community",
      "author": "Angus-muffin",
      "created": 1541924019,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h004s": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h004s/",
      "text": ".",
      "author": "marvintim199",
      "created": 1541924966,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h035h": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h035h/",
      "text": "This might be an unpopular opinion, but if your recollection of that conversation is accurately described, there might be an underlying reason for how he acted. The first flag was the immediate \u201cdidn\u2019t catch that\u201d comment. Even the biggest assholes don\u2019t usually start off with something like that. That\u2019s just not normal behavior for any type of interview regardless of whether the person is a dick or not. Unless, however, there was a reason for it.\n\nYou might have done excellent in the interview. But the point that he clearly undermined everything you said and made harsh accusations seems like a flag. Some interviewers in the real world (I say that because you\u2019re 18, no offense) like to see how the candidate will handle difficult situations and difficult people. Instead of just answering simple predetermined questions in a monotonous way, you can much easily gauge someone\u2019s personality by how they react to a situation. In this case, that situation would clearly be a shitbag as an interviewer. That might be his way of interviewing to see how students react. Stanford Im sure is a very tough school (which I know nothing about) with a very stress-heavy academic calendar. Students who break over someone who is just an asshole to them might not make the cut. They might be looking for people with a thicker skin. \n\nI think it was great that you held your own and didn\u2019t break character and unleash on this guy. Even if I\u2019m entirely wrong and he is just a shitbag, you still took the high road and didn\u2019t drop to his level. If I\u2019m right, you looked fantastic in the interview.\n\nAnyways, just my two cents on that. \n\n",
      "author": "Thisispatrick2837",
      "created": 1541925135,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h070a": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h070a/",
      "text": "ive been through an alternate version of this with a sexist interview and i lost my job over it and i came to the same conclusions. there was no reason to be polite ill never get caught like that again. ",
      "author": "123fakestreetlane",
      "created": 1541925350,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h07tq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h07tq/",
      "text": "Lesson learned. Don't take shit (unless you deserve it or the person giving it has earned the right to give it... but this guy was a douche). ",
      "author": "umm_like_totes",
      "created": 1541925395,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h09pu": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h09pu/",
      "text": "Sounds like he was playing with your head if you ask me. It was the interview. He was looking for resilience.",
      "author": "Rofelcopterz",
      "created": 1541925502,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h0d12": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0d12/",
      "text": "I can barely remember any of the applying-for-college process or whatnot at this point, and frankly it wasn't even a significant part of my life.. but holy fuckin' hell. What a dickweed.\n\nNothing annoys me more than that vibe of asking a question then immediately pissing all over it no matter the answer, and you can really tell. The person wasn't wanting to have a conversation or an interview, it was basically egotistical masturbation.",
      "author": "losian",
      "created": 1541925683,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h0ibn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0ibn/",
      "text": "When he told you to take notes on what he said you shouldve written \"you're a cunt\" torn the page out and given it to him",
      "author": "heck_you_science",
      "created": 1541925972,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h0ln0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0ln0/",
      "text": "Ouch dude. That sucks.",
      "author": "K_in_Oz",
      "created": 1541926162,
      "upvotes": 1,
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    },
    "e9h0zo4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0zo4/",
      "text": "Hey probably won\u2019t see this but having done a few interviews in my life and been on both sides the interviewer and interviewee. This happens some Times they want to see how you handle rejection, and conflict if you did as you said they should phone you back and offer you a place ",
      "author": "Callumjm",
      "created": 1541926967,
      "upvotes": 1,
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    },
    "e9h1j81": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h1j81/",
      "text": "Are those exact quotes from the interviewer or just how the words he said made you feel? I'm guessing it is the latter.",
      "author": "bagwellboobiegrab",
      "created": 1541928100,
      "upvotes": 1,
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    "e9h1ouc": {
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          "text": "Your post has been removed for the following reason(s):\n\n**Breaking Rule 1:** Be nice. Always\u00a0remember the human\u00a0and follow the\u00a0reddiquette. Comments which are inflammatory, racist, rude, attacking, etc. are strictly prohibited and will be removed.\n\nModerator's Note: Absolutely not. You break the rules again, and you're banned.\n\n*Please read our subreddit rules. If after doing so, you feel this was in error, message the moderators. Do not reply to this message as a comment.*",
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    "e9h24pc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h24pc/",
      "text": "Sounds like a real life Terrence Fletcher",
      "author": "58_Carrots",
      "created": 1541929373,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h29g7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h29g7/",
      "text": "This pisses me off abuse of power is not right. Report him ",
      "author": "smoresinc",
      "created": 1541929658,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h2c2n": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h2c2n/",
      "text": ">beautiful girl\n\nYeah contact the uni about it",
      "author": "HeyDadImDad",
      "created": 1541929820,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h33d7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h33d7/",
      "text": "Sorry to hear that you had such a terrible experience. And yeah you're absolutely right about walking out of the interview. No one is eligible/ entitled to talk to anyone in such a rude fashion. Just want to wish you good luck with your future! ",
      "author": "pr140391",
      "created": 1541931437,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h4iu2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h4iu2/",
      "text": "Why would you want to goto a University that let people like this person handle admissions? ",
      "author": "So_average",
      "created": 1541934446,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h4jcw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h4jcw/",
      "text": "i\u2019ve had a pair of twins from my high school that both got accepted into stanford. most interesting thing about them? that they were twins, that\u2019s it.  ",
      "author": "somniphobiacs",
      "created": 1541934474,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h4wtv": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h4wtv/",
      "text": "Ask me how I know your interviewer was a Jew.",
      "author": "ChrisChambers84",
      "created": 1541935206,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5a2b": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5a2b/",
      "text": "This happened to me with a Devry recruit.",
      "author": "Choop145",
      "created": 1541935891,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5fx0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5fx0/",
      "text": "Girl, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I have an interview with Princeton in like 4 hours and I can't imagine how I'd feel if it went like that. I hope everything goes well. You've received awesome advice as I saw in the comments.",
      "author": "TurbulentProcess7",
      "created": 1541936180,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5iow": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5iow/",
      "text": "Is this guy the world's most pretentious fuckhead?",
      "author": "TalkersMakeMeHungry",
      "created": 1541936321,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9h5irr": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5irr/",
          "text": "> is this guy the world's most pretentious frickhead?\n\n\nFTFY",
          "author": "CMBDeletebot",
          "created": 1541936324,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9h5iv2": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5iv2/",
          "text": "> is this guy the world's most pretentious frickhead?\n\n\nFTFY",
          "author": "CMBDeletebot",
          "created": 1541936329,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9h5o4b": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5o4b/",
      "text": "How did you not loose your temper with him, I\u2019d have definitely thrown my crayons at him. Then again that\u2019s probably why I couldn\u2019t do university \ud83d\ude09 ",
      "author": "MentalBear666",
      "created": 1541936592,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5uh4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5uh4/",
      "text": "I was attracted by your narrative in the beginning, then found that consensus because of IB (and monetary policy, ofc), and felt bad for you in the end. Report him!",
      "author": "lisabcdef",
      "created": 1541936906,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5vwk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5vwk/",
      "text": "He's a dumb dumb.  You will get into other schools I am sure.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541936978,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h5z2p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h5z2p/",
      "text": "I\u2019m so damn sorry you went through this. You don\u2019t deserve to be mistreated at any interview. File a complaint, and look elsewhere for a university that has better and more kind faculty. \n\n(Edit: I go to a so-called elite university... been to non-elite and always had a much better experience. Go where the good people are, not where the rep is. Just my experience and opinion.)",
      "author": "DoomedKiblets",
      "created": 1541937136,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h67mm": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h67mm/",
      "text": "NJ",
      "author": "TrampledUser",
      "created": 1541937568,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h6gus": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h6gus/",
      "text": "I'm 75% sure this guy was on cocaine",
      "author": "Cains_Brother",
      "created": 1541938017,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h70tg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h70tg/",
      "text": "Ok I get he's an asshole,  inappropriate perhaps but if you want to flush out and get to the root of people....  Everyone writes the same nice essay.  Everyone has a 4.3. Everyone is in AP this and that.  This guy has some valid points.  He's pushing the boundaries and understands that studying isn't everything.  To be hyper successful you have to have passion for something you love.  If you work hard but are unfocused or just work hard for money you might be left a little empty. Also I think this guy was looking for the line and your backbone. Just playing devil's advocate.  Dude didnt get to decide who gets into Stanford because he's an idiot.  ",
      "author": "matshannon",
      "created": 1541938894,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h7wws": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h7wws/",
      "text": "x9 this tard plz",
      "author": "Kawaka_",
      "created": 1541940295,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h8u6i": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h8u6i/",
      "text": "Shame on him honestly.\nYou sound amazingly articulate and driven, especially for an 18 year old! \n\nFor what it's worth, I'm deeply impressed by your recall; how you've recounted the exchange and how you kept your cool.\n\nI know hindsight is a wonderful thing and it's so easy to kick ourselves for taking shit retrospectively but I honestly think you did yourself proud.\n\nI've done the losing my shit with a education figure at my local uni and think I fucked my future up over it.\n\nFelt good at the time but not so much now.\n\nI would say that he might have realised the error of his ways afterwards and felt guilty, especially as you were so composed and written you a good report.\n\nBe proud of yourself and don't lose heart.",
      "author": "aflashinlifespan",
      "created": 1541941694,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h9f4j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h9f4j/",
      "text": "I don't get the american fixation with extrascholar activities, I've never been asked what I do other than studying except as small talk after the formal interview",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541942461,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9hascn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hascn/",
          "text": "It goes away after your first post college job. Up until then it can be a difference maker for some schools and jobs. Its dumb. Lie lie lie.",
          "author": "GenericHbomb",
          "created": 1541944250,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9h9ize": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h9ize/",
      "text": "Sounds extreme but be prepared for anything I guess!",
      "author": "sgl47",
      "created": 1541942602,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h9w3z": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h9w3z/",
      "text": "Idk how it works in colleges in the US but in French business schools it\u2019s a tradition to get roasted by interviewers, to see if you cope with the pressure/humiliation.\nThe fact you stayed till the end is a good thing IMO.",
      "author": "AKRNG",
      "created": 1541943099,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ha29u": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ha29u/",
      "text": "Atleast you weren\u2019t rude back. I definitely would have started to question the interviewer and would have lost my cool. I would for sure report the interviewer if you haven\u2019t already ",
      "author": "kjj333",
      "created": 1541943329,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ha2wg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ha2wg/",
      "text": "Well this is one side of the story (with many assumptions about the interviewers intent), but if this happened the way you say it did, I\u2019m sorry for your bad time. Though the way your writing reads, it sounds more like you nervously stuttered your way through the interview while the interviewer was striding through it at 1000 miles per hour lol. Seriously though, you shouldn\u2019t assume the interviewer was being racist. Occam\u2019s razor dude, he probably just sucks at interviews",
      "author": "Captain-Kang",
      "created": 1541943353,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hapl4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hapl4/",
      "text": "this guy is full of shit",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541944153,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hb5ap": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hb5ap/",
      "text": "This is fucking sickening -- maybe one of the biggest offenses I've ever read about from some deranged power hungry individual berating an applicant, he clearly came into the interview with the mindset of screwing around with you and kicking you to the curb.\n\nThis is disgusting behavior... \n\nI don't even know how to respond to shit like this -- I think you're right in thinking you should have cut the interview off short since it was clearly a bias shitshow from the get-go. Wasting 2 hours on this is an insult.. Sadly I think the power dynamic here is completely skewed (which clearly is why this kind of crap happens), complaining about it can easily be brushed off as 'well he flunked the interview of course he's mad'.\n\nCan these things be documented on camera? At least then you have some proof that interviewers can also be the biggest A-hats in town with the little power they have.",
      "author": "Runecreed",
      "created": 1541944687,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hb764": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hb764/",
      "text": "Wait what. I thought at the end youll be like he was kidding! Or he wanted to see my reaction! Kr he wasnt the actual interviewer!\n...with? At Stanford too?",
      "author": "Parthy_",
      "created": 1541944750,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hbysf": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbysf/",
      "text": "Report this guy he can\u2019t do that ",
      "author": "milkman376",
      "created": 1541945674,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hc4y2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hc4y2/",
      "text": " I had an interview like this with Tufts. The guy didnt want to want to meet anywhere so we finally settled for TGI Fridays. I get there and he is acting annoyed like he doesnt want to be there. I try to start conversation and he literally pulls out a sheet of paper and says give me 5 words that describe you. I do and without missing a beat he goes give me 5 traits that describe you. He was miserable and helped me realize it was not the school for me. Towards the end I was kind of over it. I asked him why he chose Tufts from out of state. He blew the question off. He asked me if Tufts was my too choice and I said I had visited but I dont think it was for me. He then asked what other schools I liked better so I was honest and told him. He scoffed and said Tufts was a better school. I said yes but not for the program I was interested in and there is more to college than just rankings. Surprisingly I \"passed\" the interview. ",
      "author": "gatorslim",
      "created": 1541945879,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hcjx7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcjx7/",
      "text": "Would have walked out of that. Could it be he was also testing your limits and perception of self-worth? As in how much more are you going to take until it's enough. ",
      "author": "yalife29",
      "created": 1541946356,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hcjxc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcjxc/",
      "text": "Maybe I've been on the internet too long, but who knew about this interview?  Is it even remotely possible someone set you up (and the real interviewer thinks you didn't show)?  This behavior  is so egregious that I have trouble not believing you were duped somewhere along the line.  Either as an ill-advised prank or just plain meanness. ",
      "author": "The_Artful_Lurker",
      "created": 1541946356,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hd75u": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hd75u/",
      "text": "Fucking dumb elitism non sense.\n\n\"World class actor or athlete\"\n\nLol , 99% of the Stanford students are just regular dudes with good grades that's it. Every country has these universities. But the profs think they are some high shit and turn down the best of the best for some ridiculous reasons.",
      "author": "Skrillerman",
      "created": 1541947005,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9he9d4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9he9d4/",
      "text": "To be fair, if you say want to start a company but haven\u2019t, means you probably won\u2019t anytime soon. ",
      "author": "djgizmo",
      "created": 1541948098,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hebh5": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hebh5/",
      "text": "I had a similar experience when I was applying- I had interviews for Harvard and Yale and they couldn\u2019t have been more wildly different. \n\nThe Harvard interviewer clearly thought he was above me and smirked when I brought out various awards (we were told to bring anything demonstrating our merit) and asked if there was anything else. Later into the conversation, he casually mentioned that there were Eastern European people who he was classmates with and called them \u201ceuro trash\u201d -being of color myself, I was very taken aback and didn\u2019t know what to say, and I just awkwardly nodded along and silently wondered what he must think of me if he was willing to say these things in front of a senior in high school that he had just met. Needless to say, it left a bad taste in my mouth and I was perfectly fine with it when I didn\u2019t get in. I didn\u2019t report him but I wish I had, he was grossly unprofessional. \n\nMy Yale interviewer was fantastic and I\u2019m actually still in contact with his daughter (who ended up going to the same school district as me). The experience definitely varies so don\u2019t let this one person get you down! That was a great conversation and I still remember it with fondness. The interviewer has to respect you too, and you shouldn\u2019t feel bad if you don\u2019t receive that because that\u2019s more reflective of them than it is of you. ",
      "author": "paradeit",
      "created": 1541948154,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hf9qq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hf9qq/",
      "text": "He sounds like a douchebag that harasses girls on campus. When drunk they sexually assault poor girls. Do you have his name?",
      "author": "StrongInterest",
      "created": 1541948990,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hfd0b": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hfd0b/",
      "text": "Fuck that dude. Let's hear the podcast tho ",
      "author": "reyemh",
      "created": 1541949068,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hfo5b": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hfo5b/",
      "text": "Are you being considered for a full ride scholarship or something?  Because, otherwise: fuck Stanford, someone else will be glad to take your money.  The balls on these places, they act like they're doing you some kind of favor to take your $50k per year.",
      "author": "PBRmy",
      "created": 1541949328,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hg2ml": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hg2ml/",
      "text": "It sounds like you\u2019d be an exceptional student anywhere you go and would make any university who is lucky enough to have you proud. Take your money and your talent elsewhere bro. ",
      "author": "Trundle-theGr8",
      "created": 1541949685,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hgopa": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hgopa/",
      "text": "What is \"IB\" and how old are you? Is this for a bachelor's degree straight out of high school or postgraduate?",
      "author": "incraved",
      "created": 1541950192,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hgvq9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hgvq9/",
      "text": "I am sorry for what you had to go through. I, as an Asian, understand how heart-breaking it is to be shamed like this, since most of us like to make our parents proud.\n\n\nWhat he did was very unprofessional. He was clearly being a douchebag. I hope you don't take his words seriously, because everything he said was very demotivating.",
      "author": "Ace_Trainer_Mitsi",
      "created": 1541950346,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hhgrx": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhgrx/",
      "text": "What\u2019s the podcast name?? Terrible situation to be in though and hope it doesn\u2019t deter from future interviews! ",
      "author": "Aaronchill",
      "created": 1541950772,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hhque": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hhque/",
      "text": "I hope he reads this and realized everyone knows he\u2019s an asshole. ",
      "author": "peedeewanderer",
      "created": 1541950979,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hi286": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hi286/",
      "text": "I don't want to defend the tactics of this interviewer as some of them appear to be quite inappropriate, however, if you don't feel \"on the spot\" or seriously challenged by an interview then I would question the point of the interview. The important thing to understand is that this is not the last time you will be challenged and will face adversity. In some cases, these interviews are designed to test your reactions and level of poise under stress. Get used to it, especially if you want to take an entrepreneurship track. ",
      "author": "OuTLi3R28",
      "created": 1541951213,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9hkpta": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hkpta/",
          "text": "Totally understand, and I fully agree. However I think it\u2019s important to call out this interviewer on way overstepping his boundaries. Even when i face adversity, which I know I will, if someone oversteps their boundaries I have the same duty to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541953103,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9hi6y0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hi6y0/",
      "text": "RIP, you go through the hell that is the IB Program, do well and still get shat on. One of my Dutch friends had the same with Dutch colleges with the IB as they valued their pristine dutch education system over the IBO. ",
      "author": "thebloodworkz",
      "created": 1541951307,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hjn76": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hjn76/",
      "text": "I had a PhD admissions interview like this once. Due to the field, I feel it was entirely a \u201ctrick\u201d to see if I would respond directly to the inappropriateness of it. The professor was 40 years my senior and I was alone in a room with him trying to get into a program that accepts 5% of applicants. I\u2019m not going to directly respond to your sexism sorry. ",
      "author": "Grace_isnt_my_thing",
      "created": 1541952339,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hk1gr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hk1gr/",
      "text": "This sounds like it was a \u201cstress interview\u201d and sounds like you did well. I had one of these at SUNY Buffalo Med school by the leader of the interview committee. It\u2019s intentional. I got him to crack a smile once which he quickly tried to mask and regain his frown face looking stern and perturbed and unimpressed. It\u2019s like they want to see how you respond when being grilled by an opposing lawyer. Recognize it early. Play along. Don\u2019t give up and don\u2019t end it prematurely. Do follow up with a short email that explains what you\u2019re great at or are passionate about. Even if it\u2019s written about how you love tutoring your little sister and the bond between you two. Don\u2019t give up. PS: Cornell University has a WONDERFUL entrepreneurial environment.  ",
      "author": "11th-plague",
      "created": 1541952616,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hk3qn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hk3qn/",
      "text": "https://youtu.be/OChjVLHlkVE",
      "author": "ErraticPragmatic",
      "created": 1541952666,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hkacr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hkacr/",
      "text": "He is also doing you a favor. Life after college isn't all rainbows and lollipops. You should not settle at being average. What he did was be an asshole but also helped you think about self improvement. Real life isn't as forgiving.",
      "author": "ray111718",
      "created": 1541952803,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hl5ij": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hl5ij/",
      "text": "This guy seems like such an asshole. What\u2019s the big deal about Stanford anyways! Now that I\u2019m working, I feel like which university you went to really isn\u2019t that big a deal, as long as it is an acceptable one. Look at which university Buffett went to. It is all about you. Good universities are nice, but def not the only way to success. ",
      "author": "aeigupto10yr",
      "created": 1541953420,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hmre2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hmre2/",
      "text": "After reading over, I can\u2019t 100% say he\u2019s an asshole, though I seriously doubt he\u2019s a racist. \n\nI\u2019ve met men like these, many times over. And what seems to be to be the case here, he\u2019s testing you. Discouraging you. Trying to tease out something authentic. After all, you\u2019re essentially a stranger to him, what would he have against you otherwise? \n\nI can\u2019t say for certain whether you could\u2019ve changed the outcome of your interview. But what I can say would\u2019ve helped you, if you had admitted to him firsthand that you drank, and when he pressed you about your drive, if you argued against him fervently. Got angry, even. That would\u2019ve shown him you take no shit and you genuinely care about your future as an entrepreneur. Don\u2019t modify yourself, especially for the high stakes of an interview like this. Because it\u2019s who you are that\u2019s going to matter the most. ",
      "author": "JadedJubilee",
      "created": 1541954575,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ho5w7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ho5w7/",
      "text": "Kept reading waiting for the part where the interviewer says, \u201cokay you stood up for yourself, wanna get roasted?\u201d",
      "author": "ohenry14",
      "created": 1541955420,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hr221": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hr221/",
      "text": "Were you interviewed by Larry David?",
      "author": "meat-pants",
      "created": 1541957167,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hrs7w": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hrs7w/",
      "text": "Whoo buddy, you're better than me if you don't already have a flight of stairs in mind that you think he'd look perfect tumbling straight the fuck down.\n\n​\n\nGood on you for not losing your shit, what an absolute asshat. I'm guessing any time he doesn't spend in r/gaming he spends in r/explainlikeimfive just to feel like a God. ",
      "author": "blakkattika",
      "created": 1541957640,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9i1ehu": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9i1ehu/",
      "text": "How did this dipshit get into Stanford?",
      "author": "apost54",
      "created": 1541964049,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9pbelr": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9pbelr/",
          "text": "You\u2019ll be surprised but a number of dipshits get into Stanford. Even schools like Stanford. ",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1542227654,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9imx7i": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9imx7i/",
      "text": "I\u2019m sorry this happened to you OP. You sound like a great guy with a bright future ahead of you. It sounds like you\u2019ve learned a valuable lesson though - don\u2019t take shit from people like that, it\u2019s not worth it. Always treat yourself with respect. ",
      "author": "onikukki",
      "created": 1541977513,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9j490t": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j490t/",
      "text": "Please update us in December when you get accepted",
      "author": "ic3kreem",
      "created": 1541990984,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "ebbwa12": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebbwa12/",
          "text": "Not quite... Update\u2019s up though. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1544233858,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9j91ge": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9j91ge/",
      "text": "Unbelievable.",
      "author": "starwonderx635",
      "created": 1541995656,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9lzt2j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9lzt2j/",
      "text": "Hurr durr internet police xdd",
      "author": "dm1911",
      "created": 1542105563,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ngvpy": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ngvpy/",
      "text": "1/1000 times it does, more often than not it shows accurate measures of biases in the study.  Dumbass.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1542155613,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ooeb1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ooeb1/",
      "text": "We let alumni interview? Talk about survivor bias. This is how you ruin a school\u2019s culture.",
      "author": "dataisthething",
      "created": 1542209992,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9w4esh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9w4esh/",
      "text": "Imagine being so insecure you have to belittle someone who\u2019s not even in college. \nThat guy belongs on r/iamverysmart",
      "author": "Bulldogmadhav",
      "created": 1542472014,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "ea0epfb": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ea0epfb/",
      "text": "What a disgusting human.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1542594902,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "eaafssc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eaafssc/",
      "text": "The interviewer was just a paid actor hired by \u201cstanford\u201d.  They got your money and now are done with you. ",
      "author": "johnnytex3",
      "created": 1542966906,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "eac4ool": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eac4ool/",
      "text": "The only downvotes came from the Stanford interviewer and his bot accounts. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1543026262,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "eaivbd3": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eaivbd3/",
      "text": "!remindme 20 days",
      "author": "hodlmyrequesttokens",
      "created": 1543263093,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "eb8sh5q": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eb8sh5q/",
      "text": "I'm sorry about this. My interviewer was quite the opposite of this.\n\nI didn't read all the comments so sorry if I am asking again, but can you please let me know if you got in or not when you find out?\n\nI just want to know how much of an impact this a$$hole might have had on your decision, if any, since you sound like a great student. All of the things he mentioned you \"should\" be doing were kind of ridiculous, especially all of them together. Even the best student would maybe have only 1 of his supposed good-enough accomplishments.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1544132839,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "eb8wrht": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eb8wrht/",
          "text": "I find out tomorrow 4PM PST!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1544135419,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "ebbtgn5": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebbtgn5/",
              "text": "Any good news?:)",
              "author": "TheFallenOne31",
              "created": 1544231134,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "ebbw4gm": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebbw4gm/",
                  "text": "Update post now up. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1544233698,
                  "upvotes": 1,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "edg04hz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/edg04hz/",
      "text": "\u201cStanford\u201d",
      "author": "SpoonmanVlogs",
      "created": 1546832197,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "eelcmz8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eelcmz8/",
      "text": "Report him, you shouldn't have even wasted time doing so. I feel bad for you m8, but don't get caught up in this, it's not your fault. It's their loss. Next time, try and fight back verbally, you should have civilly argued with him and any other interviewer, in school I practiced doing that with a classmate. They might want to see if you're truly passionate and stick to your beliefs. ",
      "author": "Darkseid346",
      "created": 1548040611,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "efxehjw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/efxehjw/",
      "text": "[deleted]",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1549519257,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "efxk4gn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/efxk4gn/",
          "text": "No more updates after my update post (if you\u2019ve read it). \n\nIt would be good to look them up, for sure. Also do the basics like know what you want to talk about when it comes to your academic and extracurricular interests, and know the clubs you\u2019d want to join/start if you went there. \n\nOtherwise just chill cos you won\u2019t get someone as harsh as this guy. Best thing is to turn up relaxed and be candid with your responses. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1549526989,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gfze8": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfze8/",
      "text": "> As I said, in hindsight his comment about me spending my life studying  was imo racially driven. In hindsight, I should\u2019ve respectfully  terminated the interview there and then. He had no right to make such a  comment. \n\nWhy?  Because your Asian and he is not?  You said everything he said was critical of you.  Don't assume and be that 'guy'.  It sounds like he was a jerk.  Cannot fathom why, but maybe he does every interview like this?  I would consider appealing based on his dismissive attitude. \n\nNever ascribe malice when incompetence provides an equally valid explanation.",
      "author": "Mr2Much",
      "created": 1541900072,
      "upvotes": -2,
      "replies": {
        "e9gheuy": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gheuy/",
          "text": "No no, that\u2019s not the reason why I believe it may be racially motivated. \nIt\u2019s because recently theres been the huge scandal about discrimination against Asians in college admissions for being given low personality scores in admissions and being typically characterised as \u201cboring academics\u201d. Then, considering the point at which he\u2019d said that to me, 10mins in, he\u2019d only heard from me about my deep interest academically and seen what I\u2019m like. Knew nothing about what I do outside of class (which essentially tells you if you\u2019re just an academic)- and I do do a lot outside of class. \n\nI fully hate making assumptions and victimising/playing the race card. I\u2019m not saying he definitively was stereotyping- to be clear I simply felt  that it could  most certainly be a possibility. \n\nI hope that\u2019s cleared up! ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541901495,
          "upvotes": 4,
          "replies": {
            "e9gig5k": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gig5k/",
              "text": "It is always a possibility.  If you choose to appeal, I would not mention it.  Not enough to go on and it will subsume all of your other points.  You have a lot of fine schools on that list.  Good Luck!",
              "author": "Mr2Much",
              "created": 1541902530,
              "upvotes": -1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gft88": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gft88/",
      "text": "Perhaps, looking back at this interview as your future entrepreneur self, what he said to you will have been exactly what you needed to hear when you needed to hear it.\n\nYou don't need an ivy-league-esque education / environment to succeed in the endeavor of becoming your own boss- finding the harmony of self interest and professional success.  \n\nBut, then again, if you find your future self stuffed into a cubicle maze, then you can finally get past the vulgarity of the interviewer's manners and see the genius in the honesty of his message. \n",
      "author": "big-cypress-2000",
      "created": 1541899901,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g694v": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g694v/",
      "text": "After that, please don\u2019t tell me you still want to go to fucking Stanford? That person should be terminated. He is driving worthy applicants away from the university. ",
      "author": "JSipz",
      "created": 1541890899,
      "upvotes": -1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9fm4wg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fm4wg/",
      "text": "Absolutely do not report him...yet. This sounds exactly what my dad does in interviews and it\u2019s all a test. The fact that he\u2019s following up with an email showing you his evaluation proves to me that he\u2019s not entirely dismissive. He talks about what it takes to be successful, you proved it by being resilient and standing in there only to get repeatedly sucker punched. A lot of companies ask strange unsolvable questions or have different tactics for interviews and the key is always to never give up and search for an answer instead of just telling them you don\u2019t know. I can\u2019t promise this is what he was doing, but I\u2019d stand pat for the time being and play the game a bit longer. Don\u2019t be rude, but also don\u2019t be submissive and see where it takes you. ",
      "author": "AsianPersuasion3",
      "created": 1541874923,
      "upvotes": -8,
      "replies": {
        "e9gc17i": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gc17i/",
          "text": "all of life's a fucking test. its not a \"haha XD trolled\" gotcha good kinda thing. If OP is correct, then the interviewer is simply being an asshole who wants to flex on high school students. Obviously there can be a curveball question here or there, but a whole two hour interview of belittling accomplishments, sexual remarks, and perceived racism? That's over the top and should absolutely be reported. If your dad is conducting interviews in a similar manner he is jeopardizing the college admissions of students and being an asshole as well.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541896083,
          "upvotes": 9,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9him9w": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9him9w/",
          "text": "A bunch of negative votes from those who could never get into Stanford lol. But you are absolutely correct here!",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541951623,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9irm2e": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9irm2e/",
          "text": "What\u2019s your dad\u2019s name and where does he work lemme get him fired from his job. \n\nHope your dad has a sad life. I wish upon him a mid-age crisis soon, unless he only has a couple of years left in him",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541980529,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gnzj0": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gnzj0/",
          "text": "While this does happen with jobs in cutthroat fields like ib or something, for a college interview this should not be happening",
          "author": "pokemongofanboy",
          "created": 1541908049,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9ftaxu": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ftaxu/",
          "text": "thank you for insight that transcends mere high schoolers. everyone here is so apprehensive of aberrant behavior, but it could have just been a test as you said.",
          "author": "drinkpepsicoke",
          "created": 1541880230,
          "upvotes": -23,
          "replies": {
            "e9h3kef": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h3kef/",
              "text": "what about the insight from the actual Stanford admin guy up top saying that they don't condone this? lmao",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541932445,
              "upvotes": 8,
              "replies": {
                "e9hekb7": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hekb7/",
                  "text": "oof, always on the losing side",
                  "author": "drinkpepsicoke",
                  "created": 1541948394,
                  "upvotes": 0,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g1f68": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1f68/",
      "text": "I'm so sorry for you. This is totally ridiculous ",
      "author": "TwelfthKnight2000",
      "created": 1541887036,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g1ln6": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g1ln6/",
      "text": "You know your worth, what does this guy's opinion matter? Think about it, did you even know this guy's name before this interview? It's not like some exceptional human being was interviewing you. He was probably an insecure person that liked to feel better about himself by exploiting nervous students like you. Don't let anyone challenge your worth. ",
      "author": "20gunasarj",
      "created": 1541887173,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gb1px": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gb1px/",
      "text": "Am I the only one who would love to get an interview like that?",
      "author": "Cyborg_Commando",
      "created": 1541895133,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ggr48": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggr48/",
      "text": "First, Stanford alum here. Embarrassed by this guy, he does NOT represent us. Sorry you had to go through that.\n\nSecond, I advise you to hold off on reporting him in full until AFTER you\u2019ve gotten your acceptance decision. For now, I would simply send a short request for a second interview, and outline the most egregious behavior of his in bullet points. I would leave your feelings out of it as much as possible. You don\u2019t want to come off as disgruntled or overly sensitive, which, rightly or wrongly, may be a factor in the admission committee\u2019s decision.\n\nAfter your decision, I would send a more detailed description, including the more racist parts of what he said (unlike others, I *do* think his comments were racially motivated). Then send it to Stanford to ensure he never interviews anyone again (you can mention your previous letter).\n\nGood luck! ",
      "author": "Stanfordthrowaway82",
      "created": 1541900828,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9gimqv": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gimqv/",
          "text": "Thanks for your advice. Appreciated!",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541902715,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9gje1f": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gje1f/",
              "text": "Sure! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about what Stanford is like as an undergrad. ",
              "author": "Stanfordthrowaway82",
              "created": 1541903480,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g291y": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g291y/",
      "text": "I had a similar experience. I graduate next year. I\u2019m sorry you had to go through that. He absolutely does not reflect the majority of the student population here so I encourage you not to give up on coming here!!\n\n\nAlso, possibly consider contacting the student service center/registrars office to report this because it\u2019s unacceptable.",
      "author": "caliboiiii",
      "created": 1541887683,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g7ao1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g7ao1/",
      "text": "Somewhere on r/TIFU is a post about a guy who pretended to be a Standford admissions interviewer and said whatever he could think of to be funny",
      "author": "____Batman______",
      "created": 1541891679,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9g8cwt": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8cwt/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541892599,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9gfvy0": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfvy0/",
              "text": "it's a joke. He is joking that someone might be pretending to be a stanford interviewer but actually isn't, so they posted about their experience of messing up a kid's interview. In reality, this interview was not a joke. Report his ass.\n\n​",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541899977,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g8gjp": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8gjp/",
      "text": "He sounds like a pathetic excuse for a well composed academic representer who lacks basic appropriate conversational skills. Do whatever you can do to bring his ass down. He doesn\u2019t deserve his position. ",
      "author": "Account4none",
      "created": 1541892689,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g8q4g": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8q4g/",
      "text": "What he did is absolutely not ok. My impression is that he felt threatened by you, a smart and driven young woman, and felt like he was in a position to put you down. Clearly insecure.\n\nLike everyone else is saying, definitely report that guy. I wish you the best in your college search!",
      "author": "CleverSprite",
      "created": 1541892931,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g90r4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g90r4/",
      "text": "Wow that's a lot of work for debt. ",
      "author": "GRANDOLEJEBUS",
      "created": 1541893204,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g96u4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g96u4/",
      "text": "> He responded by essentially telling me my experiment is quite simplistic, and it can\u2019t be that long and complex. Then flexed his thesis that derived an 11th order formula\n\nLol, that's not even cool, you can derive an approximate formula of arbitrarily high order by using a Taylor expansion, so I don't know why he's measuring his dick based off of the \"order\" of his equation. This guy sounds like a complete twat.\n\nStanford should be embarrassed, you should report this asshole. This is no way to treat prospective students.",
      "author": "commander-obvious",
      "created": 1541893363,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g9rvf": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9rvf/",
      "text": "This post is some of the best proof yet that \"Stanford\" doesn't exist:\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/62bgi8/my_theory_stanford_doesnt_exist_let_me_explain_why/",
      "author": "robged",
      "created": 1541893905,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gbqdc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gbqdc/",
      "text": "u/admissionsmom",
      "author": "nat2r",
      "created": 1541895789,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9gl5wn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl5wn/",
          "text": "Responded to op.  Thanks. ",
          "author": "admissionsmom",
          "created": 1541905279,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gby60": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gby60/",
      "text": "Not having to associate with people like him: you dodged a bullet.",
      "author": "getridofwires",
      "created": 1541895998,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gcbw7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcbw7/",
      "text": "Did it really happen? I once looked up guidance for college alumni  interviewers, and I feel like this is made up because the interviewer did almost everything what not to do written there.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541896383,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {
        "e9gd7pe": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gd7pe/",
          "text": "Yes. This happened. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541897272,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gdatg": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdatg/",
              "text": "You should report him and don\u2019t let his negative comments ruin your application.",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1541897356,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gdna6": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdna6/",
      "text": "I have never heard of a person that needed their teeth kicked more than this interviewer. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541897701,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gk0xf": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gk0xf/",
      "text": "Keep in mind that pulling the race card with no actual racism makes you a racist. ",
      "author": "dontbeatrollplease",
      "created": 1541904112,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gkrw9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkrw9/",
      "text": "Maybe it helps to call them out on their bullshit? Flex that critical thinking muscle in an assertive manner. It is in a very large a part of who of the xxxx applicants has the best ability to deal with the interviewers shittalk then and there. The obnoxiousness might all be a test",
      "author": "GrammerGuestAppo",
      "created": 1541904879,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9glepw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glepw/",
      "text": "From what you\u2019ve just written, he sounds completely spot on with his assessment of you.",
      "author": "MillerHighWife",
      "created": 1541905533,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gpmy5": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpmy5/",
      "text": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/shitpost] [bitch please fantasy essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/shitpost/comments/9w0xfv/bitch_please_fantasy_essay/)\n\n- [/r/stanford] [The behaviour of the interviewer this student had to deal with is disgusting.](https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/9x0a56/the_behaviour_of_the_interviewer_this_student_had/)\n\n- [/r/u_narrow_obligation] [I got roasted in my stanford interview yesterday.](https://www.reddit.com/r/u_Narrow_Obligation/comments/aazcbq/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/)\n\n *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*",
      "author": "TotesMessenger",
      "created": 1541909745,
      "upvotes": 1,
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    },
    "e9gq6sy": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gq6sy/",
      "text": "This person was a poor representative of Stanford.  I\u2019m sorry you went through this.\n\nGoing beyond the pure rudeness of the guy, he violated the principles of good practice when he insulted your other schools.  Many of the things you described are faux pas and shocking, but that one is actually IN WRITING by a national organization that you do not do that.",
      "author": "FeatofClay",
      "created": 1541910331,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gqxwe": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqxwe/",
      "text": "The interviewer is not wrong...",
      "author": "fuckjapshit",
      "created": 1541911170,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9grysl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9grysl/",
      "text": "I would absolutely report this guy for his behavior, whether you believe he was stereotyping or not. It was incredibly unprofessional.",
      "author": "grumpythenick",
      "created": 1541912393,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gs23b": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gs23b/",
      "text": "Totally report his ass. Also he seems like the type of douche to show up on r/iamverysmart",
      "author": "Sirpz",
      "created": 1541912509,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gs9x9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gs9x9/",
      "text": "Sounds like a narcissistic jerk. Report him and ask for a second interview. If that\u2019s the way he acts I\u2019m sure this won\u2019t be his first complaint. Good Luck",
      "author": "4D4P7-ABLE",
      "created": 1541912790,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gt4qm": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt4qm/",
      "text": "Okay so I just saw this on my front page and just really needed to leave a comment. I already agree with what pretty much everyone else on this thread is saying but I also want to commend you for something you\u2019re not getting enough credit for right now. You\u2019re very young and still a teenager but handled that embarrassing, shitty experience like a complete champ! I\u2019m 25 now and me at that age would have seriously broken down crying afterwards if I had to experience anything like that. \n\nAs a fellow Asian-American(Well I\u2019m Indian-American specifically but experiences seem fairly similar across the board), i can relate completely to dealing with the \u201cbookish nerd\u201d stereotype and ignorant, shitty people seriously not comprehending that we actually have passions and hobbies outside of academics. This guy who interviewed you is supposed to be a Stanford alum? He sounds like he got his education from the most stereotypical of Hollywood movies, and is also a chauvinist asshole. \n\nYou sound like you have a bright future, my dude and any school would be very lucky to have you! ",
      "author": "feeltheillinoiseboys",
      "created": 1541913899,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h43y5": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h43y5/",
      "text": "Unpopular opinion: Interviewer was trying to push you to your limits. His method was unconventional, and probably inappropriate, but have thick skin. Life isnt always comfortable, so prove that you can deal with difficult situations.",
      "author": "ForresterAsh1669",
      "created": 1541933574,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hbofl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hbofl/",
      "text": "So much fake shit on Reddit right now. A question OP. Are you an incel whose father doesn\u2019t know what to do?  Maybe you should link your two bullshit stories and form an Orion\u2019s belt of fake karma. ",
      "author": "Johnnadawearsglasses",
      "created": 1541945336,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hj9en": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hj9en/",
      "text": "Super sorry to hear about your experience.  I am a Stanford grad and can confirm that (as with any blue chip university), there are going to be some hyper-competitive a-holes and hyper-inflated egos affiliated with the school.  There is some actual merit to some of the more general comments made by this jerk\u2014not the ones personally attacking you, but the ones about the culture of the school, the comparative academic reps of some of your other choices, etc\u2014but my experience was that there was definitely plenty of room for many wildly different types of people at Stanford, not just this d-bag\u2019s version of what a Stanford person looks/sounds like.  Seems like he was possibly testing (inappropriately, in my view) how \u201ctough\u201d you are\u2014how you will be able to withstand criticism, being challenged, etc.  I would not pull my application per the advice of some on here\u2014you could still get in\u2014and as I said, this guy does not represent all of us.  \n\nI would consider filing a complaint, however (without speculating on racial motivations\u2014unless he said something specific, that would come across as pretty recklessly speculative.  You may indeed be right, but nothing you described of your conversation is solid evidence of that).  There is enough about the way you were treated to be upsetting to me as an alum without getting into specifics of motivation.  Others in admissions will likely feel the same way\u2014it reflects poorly on the school and it is important to prevent this kind of toxic b.s. from becoming an accepted part of the admissions process.  \n\nGood luck in the rest of your journey.  Hope you get in to one of the schools of your choice.  Stanford is great (and at least 20 years ago) was full of some genuinely warm, kind, funny, and brilliant people, but ultimately your success and happiness will depend 100% on what you do with wherever it is that you land.  ",
      "author": "genitalssquared",
      "created": 1541952079,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gefby": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gefby/",
      "text": "Take screen shots of this reddit forum and send it to Stanford.  They will be embarrassed this story has made it to thousands of people and reprimand him. \n\nAlso, please take into account that any grown man who works as an academic and makes young people to feel bad has significant issues.\n\nThese academics live in a bubble- they are typically extremely weak people who cannot make it in the real world.  They will give you very nice sounding reasons why they think this is not true, but at the end of the day they are just academic looser the rest or us laugh at.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541898489,
      "upvotes": 2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9g83sc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g83sc/",
      "text": "I think he was gauging your response. That's actually a type of interview for some schools. ",
      "author": "skylxrkt",
      "created": 1541892366,
      "upvotes": -5,
      "replies": {
        "e9grthr": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9grthr/",
          "text": "Last time I checked, being an asshole and demeaning students was never supposed to be a part of an interview process at any school.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541912210,
          "upvotes": 8,
          "replies": {
            "e9grw2c": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9grw2c/",
              "text": "Check the premed reddit ",
              "author": "skylxrkt",
              "created": 1541912298,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9gs0ll": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gs0ll/",
                  "text": "This is an undergrad interview process, not a med school interview process. Two completely different worlds here.",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541912457,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9gsczb": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gsczb/",
                      "text": "I don't disagree, I commented and then thought about how all the cases I can think of are for post bachelor! But that doesn't mean it isn't now being used to screen undergrads. ",
                      "author": "skylxrkt",
                      "created": 1541912902,
                      "upvotes": 4,
                      "replies": {}
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g63iz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g63iz/",
      "text": "Two hours of your life you ain't getting back!  After 30 min you should have formulated an escape plan from this nonsense.  Best of luck to you.",
      "author": "507mark",
      "created": 1541890779,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h16nk": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h16nk/",
      "text": "So, he pretty much just challenged you and you go to reddit to cry. What is wrong with ppl these days? ",
      "author": "Spaceturtle41",
      "created": 1541927372,
      "upvotes": -2,
      "replies": {
        "e9itkqc": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9itkqc/",
          "text": "Nothing is wrong with people nowadays, unless you consider yourself a people, in which there is something very wrong with people. \n\nFuck off hoe ",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541981822,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9hb09v": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hb09v/",
          "text": "Upvoted",
          "author": "GenericHbomb",
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      "text": "I agree with him on 2 things, for physics or engineering NYU and USC aren't great schools, especially NYU. If you're doing something Physics or Engineering based, there are 20 other better schools in the USA; but you wouldn't think University of Michigan had an amazing Physics program or that Georgia Tech has some of the top engineering and computer science programs in the world. In that respect, his asshole-ism is *somewhat justified because it sounds like you haven't really done your research. \n\nWhen he asks you about what your \"thing\" is; it sounds like you're leaving out a lot of the story. What did you tell him? \n\nYou said you want to start a company when you're older... what kind of company? You're leaving out any details about some pretty major things; which makes me think you are coloring the story in your mind and giving us half of the truth. Are you going to start a cupcake bakery? A cryptocurrency mining farm? A biotech company? It makes a big difference. If you don't really know, just \"a company\"; well, no shit he responded the way he did, that's a vapid answer. I've been in school for 7 years with a B.S. in Physics and finishing my masters in CSE (stop abbreviating everything too, see how annoying it is?) and I've seen a lot of people like you; it's a lot easier to lie to yourself and paint this picture of him being an asshole when the simple truth is that you didn't live up to their expectations because you were too wooden. It's a hard school to get in to; like, old school hard to get in. They have some of the best programs and students in the entire world. You haven't mentioned anything that would get you in. If your interview with him was as lacking in details as your post about it (which I assume you had no time limit to prepare), I sort of understand. But don't let it keep you down, use it as a learning experience for other interviews or try to transfer after taking some classes somewhere else.",
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          "text": "I have done plenty of research and know my choices inside and out- I have more than enough reasons for applying to the places I\u2019m applying to and not applying to the places I\u2019m not applying to. Academic and non academic. \nI explained them to him.\n\nRegarding the rest of your comment, I\u2019d like to let you know that I think you\u2019re missing the point. I answered each and every one of those questions with precision, passion and sincerity. \n\nThe point is that he is overstepping his mark, walking in as someone who doesn\u2019t have a clue of my achievements, grades or anything, by behaving unprofessionally, inappropriately and condescendingly. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9goblq/",
              "text": ">I have done plenty of research and know my choices inside and out- I have more than enough reasons for applying to the places I\u2019m applying to and not applying to the places I\u2019m not applying to. Academic and non academic. I explained them to him.\n\nBut the point I'm trying to make is that we're only hearing your side of the story and you didn't explain it to us in good detail; which it sounds like Mr. Asshole called you out on. It makes me question your version when those big details are left out. Maybe you did say something that made him justifiable in his criticism, maybe you didn't; you withholding that info is sketchy and I'm not one to blindly support anyone or anything; which is why I'm a good research engineer.\n\nI've dealt with many people like him and it never stopped me from achieving what I needed to achieve with them. Any student or professional can say the same; I'm not unique or special in any way. \n\n>Regarding the rest of your comment, I\u2019d like to let you know that I think you\u2019re missing the point. I answered each and every one of those questions with precision, passion and sincerity. \n\nThe thing is, if your answers show extreme ignorance then that doesn't matter. Again, I've talked to many many students who have passion and sincerity (you didn't answer with precision as you mentioned about not knowing much information about your research and couldn't give him the fundamental equation, so you're sort of proving my point here that you've colored the facts with your own bias) and even though they were passionate and sincere, they had no idea what they were talking about; literally spoke gibberish and were edgy for the sake of being edgy. One kid I knew even talked about how he wanted to \"build a perpetual motion engine\"... he couldn't be told that the physics denying that possibility were *pretty* fuckin' solid after 500 years of attempts. **edit: It's important to note that what you may perceive as \"precision\", possibly short and concise answers that seemed like a speech from a movie or something, is exactly what most people in his position would consider \"wooden\" or rehearsed behavior. It's good to struggle with questions because it makes it seem like you're really mulling it over. Otherwise answering too quickly, without thinking, without asking questions back in order to get some clarification for exactly what he's asking; makes it seem like BS answers that you think they want to hear.** \n\n>The point is that he is overstepping his mark, walking in as someone who doesn\u2019t have a clue of my achievements, grades or anything, by behaving unprofessionally, inappropriately and condescendingly. \n\nI've had plenty of asshole bosses and professors that I've done research for or worked for who treated me just like the guy who interviewed you. I overcame their bad behavior and exceeded their expectations. I am not unique. Everyone has had a similar experience and I hate to sound harsh, but what separates those of us who rise above and those of us who don't is the ability to deal with people like that and work them. You didn't mention any specific achievements that mark you as someone who has done amazing things and immediately deserves respect. And I don't think you understand just how far personality and the ability to work a crowd or single person will get you in the world. It's going to be a harsh reality when you realize this truth in what sounds like many years down the road. \n\nOne last thing to lift you up even though I'm sure you probably won't even read this far and have disregarded everything else I've said as \"this guy is just another asshole because he doesn't tell me what I want to hear\"; the university you go to means very little in regards to your success, and if you already know that, then you're basically crying over someone being rude to you and none of this matters other than he hurt your ego. If that's the case (I phrase it that way because I may be wrong and am without ego enough to be able to admit it), then that is a personality trait that you want to get rid of as soon as possible because it will hold you back throughout your entire life and make you a terrible pain in the ass to work with in group/team work. If you're getting into STEM fields, then either you learn how to work with people or you learn how to work people.",
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                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gptg9/",
                  "text": "I did indeed read all of it and trust me I appreciate the feedback you\u2019re giving. I wouldn\u2019t make the assumptions you did in the last paragraph as to my character. Besides, I\u2019d like to say that he said my choices don\u2019t make sense and tore into them... before I could explain. I explained after and he looked at me sceptically before moving on. \n\nThis seems to be entering detailed conversation about me, my interview and my university future. Which I\u2019d rather not have on a public forum.\nGenuinely, thanks for your advice though. ",
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      "text": "College is a scam.  ",
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          "text": "Interesting subreddit you're reading then...",
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          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9go1qa/",
          "text": "r/all is leaking \ud83e\udd2e",
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          "text": "Found the Republican. ",
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              "text": "What?",
              "author": "_QueeferSutherland_",
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                "e9id2ne": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9id2ne/",
                  "text": "Republicans are the poorest educated party in the country. They famously make claims like this to obfuscate the fact they have no valuable skills. ",
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                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ik74w/",
                      "text": "Mkay",
                      "author": "_QueeferSutherland_",
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    "e9gvtl0": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvtl0/",
      "text": "Standard tactic. Why are you making it a race thing?",
      "author": null,
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    "e9gcdc5": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcdc5/",
      "text": "I think the interview was done when you agreed to stay outside in the cold. What you have shown to him is that while you can disagree on a certain matter, you\u2019re uncreative and lack courage to stand up for your ideals. By saying that you study books all the time I think he meant to say you always do as you are told because you don\u2019t question anything you\u2019re being told. \n\nMy professor on my very first lecture in university said, if you don\u2019t question what you are told then you are worthless in the field of science.\n\nOr he\u2019s just egoistic maniac, but in my opinion it was a test if you\u2019re a \u201cgood boy\u201d that just follows everything he hears or reads, without analyzing the material and truly understanding it.",
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        "e9gdzbv": {
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          "text": "It\u2019s funny you talk about that, considering one of our strong disagreements was over me criticising something we are taught as part of our economics course: the Phillips curve. \n\nI argued very resolutely that when critically analysing it, the curve becomes obsolete and inapplicable to any real life scenario. He strongly disagreed, but nonetheless I respectfully conveyed why I believed he was wrong to treat it as some sort of axiom. \n\nThis is just one example, but if you\u2019re claiming that I didn\u2019t show those qualities at all I think you\u2019re mistaken. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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              "text": "All you did was explain yourself and let me tell you, as many doctors and professors I had the pleasure to meet, it always looks pathetic to them. There\u2019s some who like to say stupid stuff for students to catch it and ask them about it, and there\u2019s some that hate questions. Asking why or saying just please elaborate because I think it\u2019s wrong is the easiest way to pass a class without taking an exam.\n\nI was very shy and hated asking teachers questions, but university hanged that in me, because it shows that you\u2019re interested in what\u2019s being presented to you and you\u2019re not mindlessly listening or taking notes.",
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          "text": "Your post has been removed for the following reason(s):\n\n**Breaking Rule 1:** Be nice. Always remember the human and follow the reddiquette. Comments which are inflammatory, racist, rude, attacking, etc. are strictly prohibited and will be removed.\n\nModerator's Note: Do not attempt to start or incite an AA discussion here.\n\n*Please read our subreddit rules. If after doing so, you feel this was in error, message the moderators. Do not reply to this message as a comment.*",
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      "text": "He gave you a lesson. He is right about everything he said. You couldn't defend yourself because you have no ammunition to do so. Listen, I'm largely unremarkable I know this and take what I say with a grain of salt. If you can't answer the questions he asked then you're failing yourself. Now you can excuse every offensive question he had but excuses don't get you anywhere. Shit in one hand and wish in the other see which fills up faster. Find an answer to his questions not an excuse about how he was mean and you don't deserve that. ",
      "author": "Gearduo1",
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        "e9gj8fn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gj8fn/",
          "text": "I did answer his questions with conviction, precision and respect. \nOn reflection, though, I don\u2019t think I owed him that considering the disrespect he showed me. ",
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            "e9gk0l0": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gk0l0/",
              "text": "He didn't ask those to disrespect you. Why did he ask those questions. Think about it like a game or a test.",
              "author": "Gearduo1",
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                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gyjpb/",
                  "text": "How in tf do you know that? This interviewer is acting extremely unprofessionally and spent two hours demeaning someone over trivial matters that were largely based on false assumptions. Its not a \u201ctest\u201d and doesnt have a deeper meaning. Its just a fucking asshole. ",
                  "author": "KingFIRe17",
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                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gz3v6/",
                      "text": "What? The man is applying for *Stanford*, one of the most prestigious schools in the country. Top academics from all over the world apply there, but only 5% make it. Interviews need to be a test, otherwise they\u2019d have no reason to pick one 4.0 gpa student over another. Sad truth is OP was given a chance to show he was a truly remarkable human being, but could only muster polite sincerity and assertiveness, skills that can be learned in a few months as a retail associate.\n\nOP, you sound like a smart guy, but learn from this and next time bring your fight",
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                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0eo7/",
                      "text": "I'm just saying from the point of view of someone largely underwhelming, these encounters with life's asshole are what separate the mundane from the remarkable. You've had the asshole boss or teacher or other person above you In the social hierarchy in charge of some aspect of your life just like everyone else. You have to learn early how to move beyond them and answer simple questions not excuse yourself for someone else's behavior. The interview asked great questions for the rest of your life ones most people never get to hear out loud they just fail each test with an I deserve better I'm going to write a letter instead of move forward. ",
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          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gvajx/",
          "text": "Lmao what",
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    "e9gtive": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gtive/",
      "text": "Well, worse shit happens. Move on",
      "author": "Ronald6990",
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    "e9g4yxb": {
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          "text": "Your post has been removed for the following reason(s):\n\n**Breaking Rule 1:** Be nice. Always\u00a0remember the human\u00a0and follow the\u00a0reddiquette. Comments which are inflammatory, racist, rude, attacking, etc. are strictly prohibited and will be removed.\n\nModerator's Note: Do not attempt to start or incite an AA discussion here.\n\n*Please read our subreddit rules. If after doing so, you feel this was in error, message the moderators. Do not reply to this message as a comment.*",
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      "text": "You may not have liked what he said. The mature response would be to not call him an asshole and instead consider what he said in terms of whether or not he was correct. \n\n> I believe he stereotyped the fact I\u2019m Asian when he told me I \u201cspend my life studying\u201d and thus will \u201cstruggle at Stanford\u201d \n\nDo you honestly think he never said this exact same thing to a white student? Really? Really? \n\nIf this is the worse thing that will ever happen to you in your life, wow, will you have an incredible life. I wish the best for you in your education. It will be whatever you make it to be.",
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          "text": "I think it\u2019s reasonable to say he was an asshole in his demeanour (and overstepping the boundaries of his role) without necessarily discounting whether he was correct or not. I\u2019ve considered and reflected on that a substantial amount and have reconciled with it. \n\nRegarding the racial point- i believe there is definitely an argument to be made, especially in the current context of college admissions stereotyping being a huge topic. That said, it\u2019s important to note that it\u2019s just my gut feeling. I could well be wrong, I was simply expressing what I felt the possible motivation for such an unfounded comment was. \n\nI don\u2019t consider this anywhere near the hardest or most difficult thing to happen to me....... at all.",
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              "text": "Another statement that adds to his racial profiling is he assumes you said you don\u2019t drink because of your parents control over you. ",
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    "e9fnkhu": {
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          "text": "Your post has been removed for the following reason(s):\n\n**Breaking Rule 1:** Be nice. Always\u00a0remember the human\u00a0and follow the\u00a0reddiquette. Comments which are inflammatory, racist, rude, attacking, etc. are strictly prohibited and will be removed.\n\n**Breaking Rule 6:** Do not encourage people to lie on applications, plagarize essays, or otherwise do unethical things. Do not solicit information on how to do such things yourself. Posts explicitly condoning such behavior will be removed and users will be banned at mod discretion.\n\nModerator's Note: As much as we're all raging about this interviewer, posting something like this or encouraging OP to do this is absolutely unacceptable. This constitutes your first strike, and a further infraction of the rules will result in your ban from this subreddit.\n\n*Please read our subreddit rules. If after doing so, you feel this was in error, message the moderators. Do not reply to this message as a comment.*",
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      "text": "Just reading this is pissing me the fuck off.  No wonder the dude doesn\u2019t get girls.  No one likes his bitch ass.  (Reference to the beginning of the story).",
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    "e9g8jqg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8jqg/",
      "text": "You should report him.Please make sure everything that was said in that interview is accurately documented.",
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    "e9g995m": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g995m/",
      "text": "Don\u2019t let him be representative at Stanford. I have heard the most magnificent things from the folks I know who attended ",
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    "e9g9apg": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9apg/",
      "text": "Report this douchebag ",
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    "e9g9jb4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9jb4/",
      "text": "This just adds to the lengthy list of reasons why I hate Stanford. Please please report this dude ASAP, OP.",
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          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gasfe/",
          "text": "If you don\u2019t mind me asking, what are the other reasons?",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541894890,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {
            "e9glm4x": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glm4x/",
              "text": "The main reason is that it's very bad at choosing people of the right character and fit to admit to their university. After reading your post, it made me think back on when my friend's boyfriend who had the grades and stats and worked very hard on his passions and leading clubs consistently throughout HS was sabotaged by a snobby rich kid looking to get into Stanford. The kid came in one day and started bossing people around without any experience and soon was elected leader and was never taken down. So my friend's boyfriend got demoted after all his hard work. And when him and the snob both applied to Stanford, the latter got in and he didn't. Just goes to show that Stanford has a habit of admitting the most uptight and/or horrible people. And adding the rapist kid on top of that.. That's just my opinion though. I'm sure you're a pretty cool and determined person and will strive at Stanford or wherever you go. :)",
              "author": "beaux-restes",
              "created": 1541905732,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9gm65f": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gm65f/",
                  "text": "Interesting to hear that story actually. Thanks for the kind words also. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1541906284,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gehkl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gehkl/",
      "text": "You\u2019re 17 or 18 and you\u2019re already more mature than this piece of shit interviewer will ever be.  F that guy.  And like you said, don\u2019t ever take that kind of bullshit from anyone ever again.  Good luck man!",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541898551,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gemji": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gemji/",
      "text": "Come to Princeton, we'll take you lol but seriously fuck that guy. He's on a narcissistic high, he'll get his due in time. Keep your chin up and shoulders back my man, I'm sure you'll get through this in one piece.",
      "author": "Sack_of_Fuzzy_Dice",
      "created": 1541898695,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gerx7": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gerx7/",
      "text": "I am so sorry.  Nothing equips us for this kind of treatment.  I hope you will continue to be proud, and justifiably so, of all that you have achieved. Please don't let persons who are smaller than you affect how you think of yourself. Maybe in some weird way, this was the universe letting you know that Stanford wasn't going to be the place for you. It's certainly was not a healthy or auspicious beginning. I certainly would not be comfortable to see you there knowing that even one person who attends there is that malicious. \n\nGood luck with all that you do, not that you need it, with all the talents and gifts that you have. ",
      "author": "pleaseadopt",
      "created": 1541898846,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gf4l6": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gf4l6/",
      "text": "Terrible experience, I\u2019m sorry for you man. You got the grades and the chops, otherwise you would not have been invited to interview. You may want to report this person but most importantly you should look for growth opportunities from that experience. In retrospective, did you try to connect with the interviewer? Did you you craft your story? Is it compelling? Meanwhile, forget about Stanford and make sure you polish those areas before interviewing with other universities. Good luck and don\u2019t let it bring you down. (You still got a shot at Harvard, right?) ",
      "author": "Useful_Spell",
      "created": 1541899203,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gfa2j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfa2j/",
      "text": "god, what a fucking asshole. i'm sorry you had to deal with that, i'm sure it was as humiliating as it was disappointing. report him to admissions and get his ass fired. if you don't hear back from them, PM me and i'll see who i can get in touch with thru the alum network instead.\n\nalso, for folks who say this guy's not racist....really? you think he'd interview some white kid with a lacrosse stick and accuse him of not having a social life for leading with academics in a \\*college interview\\*? come the fuck on. stanford is full of racist-ass prep school boys (but also lots of cool people don't psych yourself out) -- OP don't let them gaslight you, you are making really reasonable assumptions here.\n\nfucking lol at \"do you drink,\" what the fuck college interviewer asks a MINOR if they engage in ILLEGAL (albeit exceedingly normal) behavior and expects an honest answer? and fucking, tries to emasculate an 18-year-old cuz he hasn't written a college thesis yet?? fuck right off i am getting mad here thinking about it. get his ass fired + spare future interviewees the same fate.",
      "author": "officerpoopsquid",
      "created": 1541899358,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gfadu": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gfadu/",
      "text": "What the hell. It seems you\u2019ve gotten the advice you need though. I\u2019m surprised because you seem pretty accomplished for a senior  (although I\u2019m unfamiliar with IB classes and extended essays) ",
      "author": "Amazinc",
      "created": 1541899367,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9ggfvw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggfvw/",
      "text": "\"Stanford is a shit-tier school. How could you even be so mediocre as to apply here? I literally ate semen on a waffle just for cheat sheets enough to call myself an alum.\"\n\nSeriously. It's an athletics program dressed up as a Libertarian retard's wet dream which is so fucking backwards and fucked I'm embarrassed for my family for having graduated there. You know who's allowed to be proud of going to Stanford? Richard Sherman ... and only because he's a jock so that's something to be proud of. If you're the president of your local young Republicans club and your life-long dream is to blow Peter Tiel then go to Stanford. You know who thinks Stanford graduates are worth something? Mark Zuckerberg. You know why? He's a dropout. If you want to win a Superbowl try to get into Stanford. If you want to get a 3-month jail sentence for legit raping a bitch while white, get into Stanford.\n\nIf you want to be an accomplished academic you'd be happier at fucking Chico State. Fuck Stanford. I'm sure they'd give me an honorary degree for pointing this out ... it's scam just like every business that ever spawned from that shit hole.\n\nStanford wants the best of the best of the best ... in American \"Football\" ... I don't even remember what fuckin' team they are. The Backwoods? The Peckerwoods? Something with a tree, I'd assume.\n\nSilicon Valley is racist as fuck, generally speaking. Drop his name. I want to see this piece of shit fry. Stanford is basically just DeVry with bunch of poorly run hospitals named after it ... if you want a bad MRSA infection go to Stanford.\n\nThanks, I needed an excuse to roast those losers.",
      "author": "mrsa_for_breakfast",
      "created": 1541900520,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {
        "e9hp3c6": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hp3c6/",
          "text": "r/iamsmart",
          "author": "Evil_Ned_Flanderses",
          "created": 1541955987,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9ggmvs": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggmvs/",
      "text": "This is a perfect description of Stanford culture as far as I have been exposed to it. ",
      "author": "wmorrill",
      "created": 1541900711,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gh31p": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gh31p/",
      "text": "Who spends an entire interviewer passing judgment on the applicant? What a load of garbage. You are incredibly patient for having put up with that for so long. I really hope others treat you better, and that you find a home at a university which is much more welcoming.",
      "author": "FiveEightFiveBC",
      "created": 1541901166,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gh8da": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gh8da/",
      "text": "The way that person acts makes this story not even sounds real. ",
      "author": "Lukaroast",
      "created": 1541901315,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gheew": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gheew/",
      "text": "Wow, the guy's a clear asshole. I hope you don't let anything he said get to you because he clearly doesn't know much or anything about you (hence why he was interviewing you). Report the guy to Stanford and hopefully, they'll give you an actual proper interview next time.\n\nNo half decent, self-respecting person is going to take time out of their and another person's day to come and berate a teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if he's an empty, unambitious person himself and was just trying to project onto you. ",
      "author": "Amsement",
      "created": 1541901482,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gi8jc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gi8jc/",
      "text": "I am shocked by what you went through! If I were you I would have gotten so pissed off and wouldn\u2019t have been able to deal with something like that. I hope you take action against them and he gets fired. What an asshole. ",
      "author": "whital143",
      "created": 1541902324,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gieli": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gieli/",
      "text": "That sounds toxic as hell. Definitely report this guy. ",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541902488,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gig5d": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gig5d/",
      "text": "I hope you\u2019re successful in the future and when you write your autobiography you should start it with your interview with this idiot.",
      "author": "Super_DAC",
      "created": 1541902530,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gihvq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gihvq/",
      "text": "I agree with all here who say you should report him.  I would mention details of the interview that will be considered objective, things he will have to outright lie to deny, like verbatim quotes. Then at the end of the complaint, include how that made you feel - demeaned, stereotyped, etc. I think that structure will help, because it's like you present the case, then you draw your inference and let the people who review your complaint draw theirs. This guy is a fucking piece of work and needs to be accountable for his actions. Frankly, I wish I knew who this was so I could go rip into him. ",
      "author": "LeftSafety",
      "created": 1541902578,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gkh4d": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkh4d/",
      "text": "I want update on this after you report that ass",
      "author": "lordofchaos12",
      "created": 1541904572,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gkjax": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkjax/",
      "text": "Yeah, not racist. Guy is just a dick",
      "author": "Sumth1nSaucy",
      "created": 1541904633,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gkmmz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gkmmz/",
      "text": "Yeah, this is fucked. Pretty much a straight forward case of having a power trip over basically a kid because obviously disappointed with their own life direction.\n\n\nThe mature thing would be to write to Stanford and explain the issues. However with our current generation I'd be tempted to out the prick publicly on social media though, unfortunately it would have a bigger effect. Petty but would be deserved.",
      "author": "JudgeSterling",
      "created": 1541904731,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gl6cl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gl6cl/",
      "text": "I am so so sorry. I didn't get an interview and was quite upset about it, but now I am a little bit more glad. I hope this turns out ok for you.",
      "author": "shookethpotato",
      "created": 1541905292,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9glcnn": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9glcnn/",
      "text": "Bruh I thought this was a shitpost the whole time I was reading it omg.",
      "author": "PotableMemes",
      "created": 1541905476,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gmcdl": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gmcdl/",
      "text": "Good luck where you land,  no one deserves that. ",
      "author": "d1badz",
      "created": 1541906447,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gmmc9": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gmmc9/",
      "text": "Idk if it was racial or more likely he is just a dick. ",
      "author": "keregg228",
      "created": 1541906713,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gnpxr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gnpxr/",
      "text": "[deleted]",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541907788,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gnyyj": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gnyyj/",
      "text": "That's ridiculous. You sound like a great student with a real future and I don't understand why this guy seems to hate you for no reason. It's really not fair, no one deserves that kind of treatment",
      "author": "Chris023",
      "created": 1541908034,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gocmt": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gocmt/",
      "text": "That's the type of people at top colleges. Choose your school based on how much it fits you rather than how high it is on some list, then you'll be happier...",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541908424,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9golqc": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9golqc/",
      "text": "Should of just said no u \n\nSorry that happened dude. that guy is probably two years away from a sexual harassment scandal. Take a lesson from this! ",
      "author": "greenbeanie01",
      "created": 1541908667,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {
        "e9gpxf6": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpxf6/",
          "text": "Am Male! He made the comment about a random woman near us. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541910050,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9gq49p": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gq49p/",
              "text": "If you could go back in time, what would you have done during the interview? Changed anything you would\u2019ve said or acted?",
              "author": "greenbeanie01",
              "created": 1541910255,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9gooyh": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gooyh/",
      "text": "What in the fuck\n",
      "author": "Jcaf8",
      "created": 1541908763,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gpn7j": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gpn7j/",
      "text": "yikes wtf",
      "author": "koogoopoo",
      "created": 1541909753,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gqmte": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gqmte/",
      "text": "I'm sorry you went through that experience.  Please don't let that person strip away your self confidence.    \n\nReading your post brought back memories of a similar experience I once had in my early 20's and I was seeking an entry level internship at a gym in the field of health and fitness training- I was trying to break into the field because I was recent college graduate from '09 and I couldn't find a job and was depressed for about two years after graduating.  I had no prior experience save for studying and passing an exam for the CSCS- its a certification in the field of strength and condition.  The person interviewing me skewered me. He had it out for me from the start.  It was traumatic because it wasn't even in a room closed off from the public and he raised his voice for all to hear.  Regular gym goers got a free public display and it was excruciating.  \n\nI was already struggling with self confidence going into that interview and that experience didn't help in the least.  I felt so little.  \n\nPlease don't doubt yourself!",
      "author": "86pacfan86",
      "created": 1541910819,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9grsxr": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9grsxr/",
      "text": "i love you OP",
      "author": "hammad99mo",
      "created": 1541912191,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gt68r": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gt68r/",
      "text": "Please update us on how everything goes after! Good luck - I\u2019m sorry it was such a terrible interview...",
      "author": "postcardsfromchicago",
      "created": 1541913952,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gunw4": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gunw4/",
      "text": "I've never used this service, but if I were in your shoes, I'd be looking into it.\n\nhttps://www.poopsenders.com",
      "author": "ohioMX5",
      "created": 1541915905,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h0od2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h0od2/",
      "text": "Honestly I'd name and shame this guy.",
      "author": "K_in_Oz",
      "created": 1541926318,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9h4oqw": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h4oqw/",
      "text": "Sorry you had to experience being subjected to rules (A) and (1) of this subreddit when applying to a California school. That's the way Democrats who run things want it, just move on and good luck with wherever you settle, it won't change in our lifetimes. Your attitude reeks of future success. Racists enjoy this power they lord over others so best not to give them that satisfaction. Ban me if you must for saying such, I can guarantee we won't miss each other and am only commenting as this reached front page and genuinely feel bad for the prospective student having to endure PC reality.",
      "author": "Yo_check_it",
      "created": 1541934772,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hb1ot": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hb1ot/",
      "text": "So many snowflakes in this thread",
      "author": "GenericHbomb",
      "created": 1541944568,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9hcd8l": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hcd8l/",
      "text": "I believed this happened exactly as you said it did until you started trying to correlate him saying something about you studying your whole life to racism. \n\nI don't know if you are trying to play this up as a chance to get some affirmative action tossed your way or position yourself for a lawsuit, but I'd love to hear the other side of this story now.",
      "author": null,
      "created": 1541946161,
      "upvotes": 0,
      "replies": {
        "e9hdy8i": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9hdy8i/",
          "text": "That\u2019s fair enough, but I had absolutely no such intention. I wanted to simply express what I felt and I\u2019m definitely more an open to being wrong on this count.\n\nI know that feelings don\u2019t always = facts. Just wanted to express what I felt at the time though! Hope I\u2019m not giving off the wrong impression. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541947795,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "e9g6moz": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g6moz/",
      "text": "Chances are the guy was most likely just busting your balls but yes this is highly inappropriate and you should report this man. Honestly man should have cut you some slack cause you're applying to a a college not Goldman Sachs.  ",
      "author": "Atsubaki",
      "created": 1541891188,
      "upvotes": -2,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gdoop": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gdoop/",
      "text": "It has not been cold in the bay area during the day at all this year.  Much less \"freezing cold\".",
      "author": "Swimming_in_it_",
      "created": 1541897740,
      "upvotes": -3,
      "replies": {
        "e9gg8f7": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gg8f7/",
          "text": "The interview did not take place in the Bay Area. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541900319,
          "upvotes": 4,
          "replies": {
            "e9gxvop": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gxvop/",
              "text": "Oh, I'm sorry.  I really don't know anything about the interview process.  I have always lived in the bay area.  Everyone I know who has gone to an interview has traveled to that area.  Here, or like Chicago. ",
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          "text": "We\u2019re high schoolers, fuck off",
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      "text": "i can offer you some sympathies, but i also have schadenfreude knowing that peoples \"accomplishments\" in research and competitions arent all that impressive. for example, someone says they have coauthored a paper on stem cells or something...im guessing they wrote one paragraph on the basics and \"earned\" the right to put his/her name on the paper.",
      "author": "drinkpepsicoke",
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      "upvotes": -10,
      "replies": {
        "e9frn1z": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9frn1z/",
          "text": "I totally understand what you\u2019re saying. I certainly do believe that\u2019s the case very often too, however I can tell you unequivocally that\u2019s not the case for me. \n\nIn fact, things such as what you outlined anger me a lot as someone whose accomplishments required a deal of work- independent and group leading. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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        },
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          "text": "There are some students that legitimately worked on major projects and coauthored papers. I've seen a decent number of them as an interviewer. I've also seen a good number of the truly exceptional ones as my own students though to be fair such students are rare and far in between.",
          "author": "DrZeroH",
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          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fwq1h/",
          "text": "Not true...many people have the talent to do legitimate research on their own in high school \n\nThat\u2019s why there\u2019s mentors to guide high schoolers\u2014as someone who actually does research, trust me, my mentor showed me the path, but the research itself was all me ",
          "author": "AJAA111",
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              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g2jsr/",
              "text": "ehhhhh",
              "author": "veilerdude",
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              "upvotes": 0,
              "replies": {}
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              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gr1hq/",
              "text": "Not true. Legitimate research of any usefulness or importance is HARD and requires extensive background knowledge (often well above the level of even AP classes) and a special kind of critical/research oriented thinking. Most college students (including me; I work in a psychology/neuroimaging lab) struggle with it a lot and require a lot of guidance through the whole process. A high schooler possessing even one of the two skills above is already impressive, and high schoolers who are ready to tackle the research process on their own are incredibly rare.",
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    "e9fig3v": {
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      "text": "I'll be blunt here: If you haven't asked yourself these questions before, if you haven't criticized your every axiomatic belief, or at least started on that path, then this guy's attack on your value system might be exactly what you needed.  \n\n  \n\nWhen writing my college application, I asked myself all of these questions and I think that answering them, or at least attempting to, is essential in setting you apart, considering how you, like me, might not have anything (much) else to prevent you from \"blending in\".",
      "author": "AluminiumFork",
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      "upvotes": -47,
      "replies": {
        "e9fj3cn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fj3cn/",
          "text": "Which questions specifically do you mean? ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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          "upvotes": 13,
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            "e9fjmmp": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fjmmp/",
              "text": "What are your deepest values? Why those? What sets you apart? What career are you considering? Why that career and what do you think gives you potential to do great in it? What do you do with your life/time? What do you hide behind a confident smile? What questions should you reflect on? Are you, or are you avoiding them? Why?  \n\n  \n\nThere's a story to you. It's up to you to choose how much of it you'll write yourself, but doing that requires dedication and introspection. Good luck :P",
              "author": "AluminiumFork",
              "created": 1541873059,
              "upvotes": -24,
              "replies": {
                "e9fk5va": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fk5va/",
                  "text": "Ah now here\u2019s the issue. I did all of that, and expressed it very deeply in all of my essays. \n\nFrom all of my friends going to interviews and college adcoms, I thought this was essentially a meeting to see how you are as a person. I not once anticipated to have all of this brought to the surface. Especially not as somebody who is very, very closed off. \n\nI opened up about one thing that drives me. He disregarded it as invalid. Unhelpful, especially with the condescending tone he took. \n\nIf this is what he was gunning for, I believe he went about it in a very bad way. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
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                  "upvotes": 28,
                  "replies": {
                    "e9fkjgl": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fkjgl/",
                      "text": "Oh, I'm sure he did, and it's not his job to inflict existential angst, by no means!  \nI'm just saying how you should try and form into a person who's capable of holding your ground against people like that. It takes knowing yourself on a deep level, but also skills like debate and persuasion.  \n  \nI see why some people are downvoting my comments here, but all I want for you is to get stronger as a result of this bad experience.",
                      "author": "AluminiumFork",
                      "created": 1541873740,
                      "upvotes": -20,
                      "replies": {
                        "e9fmu0o": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9fmu0o/",
                          "text": "Tearing someone down and questioning why they don't have wordly success at 18-19 isn't creating any dialogue and is hypocritical",
                          "author": "FalseBag",
                          "created": 1541875433,
                          "upvotes": 30,
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                        },
                        "e9gd87a": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gd87a/",
                          "text": "Douchebag interviewer, is that you? ",
                          "author": "PoliticalShrapnel",
                          "created": 1541897286,
                          "upvotes": 3,
                          "replies": {}
                        },
                        "e9gocoe": {
                          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gocoe/",
                          "text": "Ok I see your point with this comment but in the end we are high schoolers man, and the interview is supposed to be a general get to know you/answer your questions about the college, not anything highly intensive.",
                          "author": "pokemongofanboy",
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        },
        "e9g227x": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g227x/",
          "text": "You're right, it just seems a bit odd for an interviewer to impose those. But it could be his unique way of doing it. ",
          "author": "veilerdude",
          "created": 1541887529,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "e9g2g7a": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g2g7a/",
              "text": "It's really weird and I'm not saying I support it.  \nI'm sure the same could be accomplished in a more peaceful and respectful manner.",
              "author": "AluminiumFork",
              "created": 1541887841,
              "upvotes": 3,
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          }
        },
        "e9go9l0": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9go9l0/",
          "text": ">> writing my college application\n\nHow old *are* you, like 60 or something?",
          "author": "pokemongofanboy",
          "created": 1541908337,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {
            "e9h38fo": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9h38fo/",
              "text": "17...",
              "author": "AluminiumFork",
              "created": 1541931752,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "e9giz9g": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9giz9g/",
      "text": "You sound salty. Hey things don't always work as you want but it'll be ok",
      "author": "mikemike1994",
      "created": 1541903064,
      "upvotes": -4,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gs1kj": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gs1kj/",
      "text": "Honestly I think he was testing how strong of a character you are. You seem real smart & well liked, but a bit weak/boring. Of course he was looking for that student who would stand out & not \u201cblend in\u201d w the rest of the school bc he knows those are the ones that get far. This interviewer knew what he was doing, but you\u2019re young & not used to having adult conversations. Yes he was in the wrong bc shouldn\u2019t talk to teens like that, but he was hoping you\u2019d bark about how special you are. When he said you would \u201cstruggle\u201d at their school, that was your chance to prove him wrong; should\u2019ve told him WHY you wouldn\u2019t struggle, why YOU were different. He was looking to see if you were witty or talked passionately about your life & future (that would\u2019ve really impressed him). You shouldn\u2019t have stayed quiet, he WANTED you to prove him wrong. \n\nAll in all, don\u2019t take it personal. You\u2019ll be a great fit for soooo many other places, but use this as a learning experience. Learn how to be strong/firm when communicating w tough, smart men like him bc you\u2019ll definitely come across more of those in the future, especially the successful ones. It\u2019s ok to feel hurt now, but don\u2019t let it scar you. Get out of your comfort zone. You\u2019ve got this. ",
      "author": "ilovemrsandman",
      "created": 1541912491,
      "upvotes": -4,
      "replies": {
        "e9ichwl": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ichwl/",
          "text": "I did indeed answer his questions and tell him at every turn why I disagreed and thought he was wrong. Don\u2019t think I let him just tell me I \u201cspend my life studying \u201d without defending myself. \nI spoke passionately to him about what matters to me and what I want to do. \nYou\u2019re making an assumption I didn\u2019t say anything, which is wrong. I just listed the unprofessional points, one by one, above. Sorry for missing the whole detail of the interview (it was 2 hours!). \n\nBut telling him how I\u2019m \u201cspecial\u201d and \u201cdifferent\u201d? No way. Successful people don\u2019t talk like that if they haven\u2019t achieved anything. Even when they have, they still don\u2019t talk like that. Empty vessels make the loudest noise. I prefer to let my credentials do the talking. Sorry, I have to disagree with you.  \n",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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          "upvotes": 5,
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            "eaj038h": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eaj038h/",
              "text": "Hey, did anything ever happen",
              "author": "pimblockto",
              "created": 1543266536,
              "upvotes": 1,
              "replies": {
                "eaj5m06": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eaj5m06/",
                  "text": "I\u2019ll put up an update post once decisions are released. ",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
                  "created": 1543270615,
                  "upvotes": 3,
                  "replies": {
                    "eaoeh2v": {
                      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/eaoeh2v/",
                      "text": "Did he email you his statement lol",
                      "author": "BrilliantCattle",
                      "created": 1543448171,
                      "upvotes": 1,
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                },
                "ebbw7zb": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/ebbw7zb/",
                  "text": "Update post is up",
                  "author": "breadwinner235",
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                  "upvotes": 2,
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    },
    "e9ggpe1": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9ggpe1/",
      "text": "He sounds like a massive cunt and I would have told him to fuck off less then halfway through ",
      "author": "dakotachip",
      "created": 1541900780,
      "upvotes": -1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gte2i": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gte2i/",
      "text": "One of the bright points in this sub reddit is that when this terrible stuff happens, we can all unite. ",
      "author": "SapphireZephyr",
      "created": 1541914225,
      "upvotes": -1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "e9gnpah": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gnpah/",
      "text": "So he interviewed you without having your CV a priori? I can't believe that. I have never interviewed anyone, even informally, before looking at their CV.\n\nBTW I don't see anything wrong in that interview. His comment that you say is racially stereotyped is something I think about candidates even when they are not Asians. They come with straight As/high scores all through out their schooling but don't have any real drive in their life. They don't know what they want to do on life. They have been just taught to score high and get into ivy leagues. ",
      "author": "himstien",
      "created": 1541907769,
      "upvotes": -8,
      "replies": {
        "e9gp2p4": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gp2p4/",
          "text": "Thanks for your reply! Yes that\u2019s right regarding CVs. \nConcerning the comment, he made it after 10mins. He hadn\u2019t asked me about my drive, what I do outside of school or anything (of which I have plenty of things I\u2019m passionate about!). We simply talked about my classes and work in school... and then he made the comment - unfounded. ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
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          "upvotes": 2,
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      }
    },
    "e9g8uja": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g8uja/",
      "text": "I can't believe people your age aren't recording their interviews. didn't omorosa teach you anything? Your generation is supposed to be extremely adept at tech, no?\n\n​\n\nOK anyways - first thing is first - you need to report this guy to Stanford. 100%. It should've been done already but if you haven't, write a well written letter detailing your points of grievance. ",
      "author": "labormarket",
      "created": 1541893044,
      "upvotes": -3,
      "replies": {
        "e9g9ke1": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9g9ke1/",
          "text": "You\u2019re entirely right about the first point... you just never expect it to happen the first time. Live and learn I guess...\n\nI will be reporting in due course of time.  ",
          "author": "breadwinner235",
          "created": 1541893716,
          "upvotes": 6,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "e9gcntn": {
          "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gcntn/",
          "text": "We can\u2019t record many things in public cause it\u2019s ... fucking illegal? Thick skulled Australopithecus robustus this one.",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1541896722,
          "upvotes": -1,
          "replies": {
            "e9gebu4": {
              "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9gebu4/",
              "text": "haha - what? no it isn't. it depends on the state and the context. ",
              "author": "labormarket",
              "created": 1541898389,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {
                "e9genk5": {
                  "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/e9genk5/",
                  "text": "You can record a public worker, whilst an interview is a private matter and it\u2019s a violation, unless you disclose that it\u2019s being recorded and he agrees to it.",
                  "author": null,
                  "created": 1541898724,
                  "upvotes": 0,
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      }
    },
    "hh7ad4x": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hh7ad4x/",
      "text": "Things that didn\u2019t happen",
      "author": "DickSausage55",
      "created": 1634622601,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hojifmt": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hojifmt/",
      "text": "God damn Ivy leagues suck ass harder than I thought",
      "author": "Last-Ad494",
      "created": 1639506636,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hphohl2": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hphohl2/",
      "text": "Sadly, this is like pretty much everyone I\u2019ve ever known who went to Stanford.",
      "author": "Legitimate-Squash-44",
      "created": 1640130765,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hs7qdt3": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hs7qdt3/",
      "text": "When he said about the beautiful girl, I'd just say that you do have a shot and do you want me to be your wingman lmfao",
      "author": "PoopyPringle",
      "created": 1641913825,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hvuwx4z": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hvuwx4z/",
      "text": "i\u2019m a buddhist, but jesus christ, wtaf is wrong with Stanford this year?!",
      "author": "dontfearsleepyishere",
      "created": 1644181174,
      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hwb9vqe": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hwb9vqe/",
      "text": "I think part of the interview was to see if you were going to have enough backbone to tell him to be professional. Sometimes people undermine us and attack our personalities and efforts because they feel insecure themselves; that interview was a chance for you to step forward into a position you wanted. So maybe just maybe, he was testing you to see if you were serious enough to make sure no one or their opinions got in your way\u2026.if I\u2019m wrong, maybe that could still be a lesson.",
      "author": "Repulsive_Reporter79",
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      "upvotes": 1,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "hwda1cq": {
      "link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9vw5qw/i_got_roasted_in_my_stanford_interview_yesterday/hwda1cq/",
      "text": "He criticized you for not drinking alcohol? Dude this is definitely not your fault. This interviewer is deliberately trying to hurt your chances and his anecdote at the end was completely idiotic.",
      "author": "No-Garage-3554",
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