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So how will reading this book help you make your start?
ACCEPTED! is the embodiment of the best part of 25 years of high-intensity academics navigating the most difficult competitions required to get in and study at Harvard, Stanford, Yale Law School, the Rhodes Community, and more, as well as my experiences navigating the careers and education pathways for thousands of students across more than 20 countries.
Think of it as your own train ride from here to there, with “there” being admission to one of the best universities in the United States.
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Chapter 1 Signaling, the Hunger Games, and McHarvard
From the moment we are born, we are trained to compete for all things—for food, for partners, for a place to live, for our beliefs, and more. As our economy and education system has gone global, competition has only increased, and the returns to success have grown and grown as talented individuals can access much larger markets than ever before.
Certain countries like China and Singapore lean in on competition. From a young age, children in China prepare for the rigorous college entry exam—the Gaokao—which force-ranks a nation of learners and precisely determines which universities and even careers they can access. In Singapore, children are streamed at each stage of learning, creating a gladiatorial system that at the highest levels in schools like Raffles Institution Singapore produce exceptional learners.