Accepted!

Epilogue

I promised you secrets of gaining admission into the world's best universities. I didn't muck you around. You've learned a lot:

1. Take as many subjects as possible. Class spam, subject to getting strong grades, continues to be highly effective.
2. Use Early Decision to boost your odds but be strategic about the school you apply to. You only get one shot.

   You won't have your future all figured out. I didn't. But in your application, you will tell a persuasive narrative as to what you want to achieve in the future. “Undecided” is uninspiring.

3. You will analyze the results/effort ratio of all your activities and eliminate the time wasters and double down on your competitive niche once you find it.
4. You won't wait around to be given a ...