guessing he had this job lined up and made the mistake of mentioning it in essays or interviews. it makes sense that a top school wouldn’t take someone with little reason to stay four years
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Stanley Zhong had a 4.42 GPA, a 1590 SAT, and ranked in the top 1% of the USA Computing Olympiad (Platinum). He built a free e-signing platform, reached the semifinals of Google Code Jam, and placed 2nd in MIT’s Battlecode.
Still, 15 of 18 colleges rejected him — including
