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04-07-2016, 10:51 PM
Love for Costco got a high school senior into 5 Ivy League schools
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Costco might be the secret to an Ivy League acceptance.
Senior Brittany Stinson is the valedictorian of her high school and has been first in her class every year — she has a 4.9 GPA. However, her Common Application (http://www.commonapp.org/) essay is what truly sets her apart
The topic of her essay?*A great American wholesaler (http://www.costco.com/)*— Costco.
SEE ALSO: 10 Dr. Seuss books for millennials (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/dr-seuss-millennials/)
Stinson received acceptances from five Ivy League schools —*Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Cornell — as well as Stanford, which has a 4.69% acceptance rate (http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/03/25/stanfords-admission-rate-drops-to-4-69/).*She also got into the elite Johns Hopkins University, **rthwestern University, New York University and Boston University. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/brittany-stinson-costco/)
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Costco might be the secret to an Ivy League acceptance.
Senior Brittany Stinson is the valedictorian of her high school and has been first in her class every year — she has a 4.9 GPA. However, her Common Application (http://www.commonapp.org/) essay is what truly sets her apart
The topic of her essay?*A great American wholesaler (http://www.costco.com/)*— Costco.
SEE ALSO: 10 Dr. Seuss books for millennials (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/dr-seuss-millennials/)
Stinson received acceptances from five Ivy League schools —*Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Cornell — as well as Stanford, which has a 4.69% acceptance rate (http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/03/25/stanfords-admission-rate-drops-to-4-69/).*She also got into the elite Johns Hopkins University, **rthwestern University, New York University and Boston University. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/brittany-stinson-costco/)
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