India, April 1 -- A US-based father expressed shock after his son - a high-achieving student with an IQ above 145 - was rejected from many of the country's top universities. His only acceptance came from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the flagship public university in their state.

The man took to Reddit to express surprise at the highly-competitive admissions process, saying that his son placed first among 475 students in his high school but could not find a place in any Ivy League school.

He pointed to his son's perfect academic record - the high schooler scored a 1580 on the SAT, earned five on 18 Advanced Placement (AP) exams, and took 11 dual enrollment courses, receiving all A's.

"He is the Valedictorian of 476 students,...