Admitted

• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• UC etc.
• Carnegie Mellon
• Johns Hopkins
• Amherst
• USC

Rejected

• Yale
• MIT
• Stanford

I was hoping for Yale, but oh well, I’ll roll with it. You gotta play with the cards you’re dealt with. So, here’s my top choices: UC Berkeley, USC, or Carnegie Mellon. I’m considering USC because I got a half-tuition scholarship.