If Harvard accepted every 4.0 GPA superstar STEM student into their class, it'd be full twice over. So how do they decide who gets admitted and who doesn't? Nat Crawford, Stanford PhD, founder of Improve Your English and college admissions counsellor, works with superstar STEM students in the San Francisco Bay Area every year. In this episode, Nat shares why he sees these students fail to get into Ivy League schools, what he advises them to do to improve their applications, and the lessons you can take away for your own application.

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