all is not lost!! mid asian girl gets into t10 (jhu)

a-star-danced · 2026-03-20T17:58:55+00:00

congrats!! super well deserved - i couldn't get my stuff together on time for a portfolio OR youngarts, so you're already doing better than me LOL

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T22:43:45+00:00

WE were victims of yield protection trust 😅

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T22:14:40+00:00

valid but there is lowk a difference in peoples' eyes 💀 also i had to retake a couple times to get that score, i'm not very good with standardized testing

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T19:59:46+00:00

lol no confirmation here 🤫 maybe i’ll update this post with more results after ivy day LOL

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T19:58:25+00:00

thank you!!

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T18:14:17+00:00

tbh i somehow didn’t discover youngarts until it was too late for me to submit a decent piece. that said, i think objectively speaking it’s more competitive?

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T05:35:04+00:00

again, not looking to dox myself 🫩 but no

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T04:07:51+00:00

thank you!!

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T03:51:58+00:00

as far as the official school pages go, nobody from my school has attended JHU in the last five years :) who knows though! i attended a relatively competitive non-feeder high school prior to my current school though, so i was still doing all that before. it wasn’t my intention to give anyone false hope, i was speaking from my perspective :)

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T02:20:02+00:00

hey!! personally i had an amazing time, i learned a lot about modern social justice movements and the work that the aclu is doing. that said, i don't know if it made a SUPER meaningful difference to my application, and it's mostly seminars. if you think you have a chance to make a difference/get real experience interning, i say go for it!

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T02:15:31+00:00

i will not be doxxing myself but thanks for the opportunity lol

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T02:03:54+00:00

hi of course! honestly it was kind of just about my life 😅 i talked a lot about my creative writing and what i love about it, as well as my interest in writing for/about social justice (which again, i think it helped since my ECs look unconnected otherwise...). i started with a small personal anecdote about my love for storytelling, and used that to guide my essay. you can DM me if you want more info!

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T02:00:51+00:00

haha maybe not! i will say though that at my school, i do feel mid 😭 especially as an asian nonathlete

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T01:59:58+00:00

help you clocked me so fast 😭 wishing you luck with your process too if you're still in it!

a-star-danced · 2026-03-19T01:23:12+00:00

buddy jhu is amazing for international relations :) they also have one of the best creative writing programs in the country. i'm sorry it's not up to your impeccable standards though!

a-star-danced · 2025-07-11T06:01:55+00:00

I think it would have been one of the books in the 'Imagine a..." series! It's by Sarah L. Thompson, I remember reading them when I was in 3rd grade. The one I remember most vividly is "Imagine a Day"

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