f***e 发帖数: 5443 | 2 MICHAEL WANG, a young Californian,
came second in his class of 1,002 students;
his ACT score was 36,
the maximum possible; he sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration;
he got third place in a national piano contest;
he was in the top 150 of a national maths competition;
he was in several national debating-competition finals
But when it came to his university application he faced a serious
disappointment for the first time in his glittering career.
He was rejected by six of the seven Ivy League colleges to which he applied |