Bright young mind: Cassandra’s applications essay on learning English while growing up as an immigrant played a big role in her acceptance into the universities.
PETALING JAYA: Getting accepted into one prestigious Ivy League university is already quite an achievement.
But for Cassandra Hsiao, a Malaysian-born student now living in the United States, she has been accepted not by two or even three universities, but by all eight Ivy League schools this year.
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