This followed reports that a former admissions officer at the institution has now disputed the account.
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party has been
embroiled in a controversy after she claimed she once received an offer
to study medicine at Stanford University.
However, her claim was disputed by a former admissions officer at the institution.
Badenoch has repeatedly said she was admitted into a pre-med
programme at Stanford when she was 16, presenting the claim as part of
her personal story of resilience in the face of financial challenges. In
a 2017 interview, she said her ambition to become a doctor was cut
short after she moved to Britain from Nigeria, telling the Huffington
Post: “I had actually got admission into medical school in the US, I
got into Stanford pre-med, and I got into medical school in Nigeria,
but I came here because being a citizen, it was just a lot cheaper.”
The claim has been repeated in other media, including a feature in The Times last year, which stated: “At 16, her US SAT scores won her a partial pre-med scholarship to Stanford, but her family still couldn’t afford the place.”
However, Stanford does not offer a pre-med degree. According to the
university’s website, students pursuing careers in health can major in
any discipline, as “pre-med” is not a standalone programme.
Jon Reider, who was Stanford’s admissions officer responsible for
international students at the time of Badenoch’s alleged application,
has now cast doubt on the politician’s account. “Although 30 years
have passed, I would definitely remember if we had admitted a Nigerian
student with any financial aid. The answer is that we did not do so,” Reider told The Guardian.
He added that offers were never made on the basis of test scores
alone and that a 16-year-old applicant with only O-levels would not have
been considered ready for admission. “She would have had to have an extraordinary record,” he said, noting that the university was cautious about admitting students of such a young age.
Reider also rejected the idea of a partial scholarship being
offered to an international student unable to cover the remainder of
tuition, explaining that Stanford’s policy was to provide full financial
support if a candidate was admitted. “If an applicant needed, say, $30,000 a year to attend Stanford, we would offer them the full amount.
There was no point in offering them less because they would not
have been able to attend. If we admitted them, we wanted them to
enrol,” he said.
The dispute comes as Badenoch faces heightened attention from
within her party, where rivals have been seeking opportunities to
challenge her leadership. Questions over the accuracy of her personal
narrative could add pressure to her position at a time of internal
tensions in the Conservative Party.
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