ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alum Shamonti Shamim and Aima Hossen and their journeys to being accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cornell University, respectively. You will hear about Shamonti's experience growing up to the present day as an identical twin to Aima's approach to writing about sensitive topics like the Israel and Palestine conflict. This episode will include Shamonti's Quest Bridge personal statement, four of Aima's MIT supplemental essays, and a thoroughly discussion about each essay. Next week, part two of this conversation will be released including the rest of Shamonti's and Aima's college application.

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00:00:00 Episode Intro

00:00:36 Introductions

00:01:23 Personal Statement

00:10:59 Supplemental Essays Reading

00:16:03 Supplemental Essays Discussion

00:41:31 Kweller Prep

00:42:15 Outro

Featuring

Shamonti Shamim

Aima Hossen

Hosted by

Ryan Chen

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alum Rachel Zhang and her journey to being accepted into Harvard University. You will hear about Rachel's time taking care of family to her experience on Ivy Day when she got the news of both of her acceptances to Harvard University and Cornell University. This episode will include the rest of the application that lead to Rachel being accepted into Harvard University including: extracurricular activities, awards, letters of recommendation and general advice for those going through the college application process.

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

00:00:00 Episode Intro

00:00:26 Introductions

00:02:09 Personal Statement

00:08:40 Supplemental Essays

00:11:48 Kweller Prep

00:12:32 Outro

Featuring

Rachel Zhang

Hosted by

Emily Zheng

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alum Rachel Zhang and her journey to being accepted into Harvard University. You will hear about Rachel's passion of clay sculpting to her interest in engineering. This episode is part one of the conversation with Rachel, covering her personal statement and supplemental essays. Next week, part two will be released, and will include a discussion on the rest of her college application.

Check out our long-time sponsor, Kweller Prep, and all their course offerings here: https://www.kwellerprep.com/

Follow The Classic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thhsclassic/

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Featuring

Rachel Zhang

Hosted by

Emily Zheng

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alum Ramon A. Rodriguez and his journey to being accepted into Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. You will hear Ramon's work at a Sunday school teaching elementary school students to the founding of the Townsend Harris Clothing Drive. You will also hear how Ramon incorporated religion and his identity into his personal statement and why us essay; in addition to the classes he took, and extracurricular activities and awards/honors he had on his application.

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Featuring

Ramon A. Rodriguez

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alumni Jasmyn Pillay and Jenney Huang and their journey to being accepted into Washington and Lee University and Yale University, respectively. You will hear discussions debating between STEM and Humanities AP classes, a number of extracurricular, and awards. There will also be discussions of ways to ask for help during the college application process, whether it be essays or awards, and also general college advice.

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Featuring

Jenney Huang

Jasmyn Pillay

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss the essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear from class of 2025 alumni Jasmyn Pillay and Jenney Huang and their journey to being accepted into Washington and Lee University and Yale University, respectively. Jasmyn, in her personal statement, shares her background from Guyana and the opportunities she gained by joining robotics and learning programming; ultimately, going back to Guyana, and started Project HOME. Jenney, in her supplemental essay, shares her experience when she had her cast removed, a reflection of her fascination of biomedical engineering.

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Featuring

Jenney Huang

Jasmyn Pillay

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear a discussion on the classes, extracurricular activities, and awards that got Tristin into Northwestern University. This episode is part two of the conversation with Tristin, where in part one we discussed college essays.

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Featuring

Tristin Hall

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is back for its fifth season! ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, where we sit down with Townsend Harris seniors and discuss essays and strategies they used to get into their dream schools. In this episode, you will hear Tristan's journey living in Brooklyn and her unique relationship with her name. Growing up with a "boys" name has led to her being more outspoken and finding who she truly is, as she shares in her personal statement. This episode is part one of the conversation with Tristin, including her personal statement and a supplemental essay that helped her get into Northwestern University. Part two will be released in a few days, which will include the continued discussion of the classes she took, extracurricular activities, and the awards she put on her college application.

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Follow The Classic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thhsclassic/

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Watch more ADMITTED episodes and past seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Featuring

Tristin Hall

Filmed and Produced by

Ryan Chen

Edited by

Ryan Chen

ADMITTED is The Classic's premier college admissions podcast where we delve into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools. In season 4 episode 4, we gathered a group of seniors to talk about their applications and essays that ultimately got them into the University of Pennsylvania.

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ADMITTED Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

Filmed and Produced by

Isabella Zapata and Katherine Lian

Edited by

Aidan Ng

In this collaboration between ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast and Keeping it Classic, the official podcast of The Classic. Class of '24 Karen Lin and Aiden Clarke reads their letter of continued interest for a school they were waitlisted at.

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ADMITTED Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb48gFuFq20&list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt

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Hosted by

Nana-Ama Kwarteng

Ryan Young

Featuring

Aiden Clarke

Karen Lin

Edited by

Aidan Ng