A Rutgers University honors student who had a near-perfect SAT score claims in a class-action lawsuit that he didn’t get a fair shake when he applied to the University of Texas and Stanford in the wake of a massive college bribery scandal that involved some of the country’s most elite universities.

Nicholas James Johnson, a Middlesex County resident, is a plaintiff in an amended complaint filed Thursday in federal court in northern California.

He, along with his father, James Johnson, joins six other plaintiffs from around the country who feel they were denied a fair shot at admissions to several colleges mentioned in a widespread indictment unsealed this week. The indictment named 50 people, including coaches and dozens of parents. Among the parents were two Hollywood actresses, Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.

Nicholas James Johnson claims when he applied to the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, he had an SAT score of 1500 out of 1600 and a 4.65 GPA. He said in the lawsuit that he was a varsity hockey player and the star of his school’s math team. The suit does not mention where Johnson attended high school.

The two paid $50 to $100 per application to each of the schools, according to the lawsuit.

“At the time of the application, neither James Johnson nor Nicholas James Johnson was aware of the college bribery scandal and the unfair admissions process,” the lawsuit states.

The plaintiffs are seeking the return of application fees and unspecified damages.

In a statement, a University of Texas spokesperson said the college takes the allegations “very seriously” and is conducting a “thorough review” of its rules and procedures.

“The University of Texas has a thorough, holistic admissions process,” the statement said. “The actions alleged by federal prosecutors against one UT employee in 2015 were not in line with that policy and may have been criminal. They do not reflect our admissions process.”

A spokesman for Stanford University said, “We believe the lawsuit filed by the students against Stanford is without merit. We take the issues raised through the events of this week very seriously. While we continue to closely examine our policies and processes to see if improvements should be made, we stand behind the integrity of our admissions process.”

At the center of the largest college-admissions investigation was William “Rick” Singer. Singer, authorities say, took hefty payments to arrange for students of wealthy parents to take the SAT test at a “controlled” site where the students had help taking the test. Authorities say Singer also offered bribes to college coaches to get students admissions spots reserved for athletes, even though the student didn’t have the athletic capabilities to play on a college team.

Among the colleges mentioned in the indictment are Yale University, Georgetown and the University of Southern California. No New Jersey colleges were involved in the massive scheme, according to a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.

The colleges have cast themselves as victims and moved to distance themselves from the coaches by firing or suspending them.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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