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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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Hosted by

Nana-Ama Kwarteng

Ryan Young

Featuring

Aiden Clarke

Karen Lin

Edited by

Aidan Ng

ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast that delves into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools, is back with a new season. In season 4 episode 2, senior and Class of '24 Carina Fucich reads her essay and discusses her journey to being accepted to Princeton University.

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

Featuring

Princeton Class of 2028 Carina Fucich

Hosted by

Isabella Zapata and Katherine Lian

Edited by

Ryan Chen

Animation by Andy Chen

Welcome to season four of ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast. Check out our full playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1ZPLjfE3TDLUy1HgX3A-gKF0_uLUUqt&si=x5nN6N2niCK_pdp3

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00:00 - Intro

01:11 - Common App essay

10:55 - Advice for applying to Yale

13:33 - Why Yale supplemental essay

18:26 - Yale short takes

20:31 - Advice for applying to college

22:44 - Outro

Featuring Townsend Harris senior and Yale Class of 2028 Sally Zheng

Hosted, produced, and edited by Ryan Young, Multimedia Managing Editor

Animation by Andy Chen

Thank you to Kweller Prep for sponsoring this video.

In this special edition of ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, we invited four Townsend Harris seniors to discuss the essays and strategies they used to get accepted into New York University. Subscribe to The Classic TV on YouTube so you don't miss future episodes, and follow us @thhsclassic on Instagram.

Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

In this special edition of ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast, we invited five Townsend Harris seniors to discuss the essays and strategies they used to get accepted into Cornell University. Subscribe to The Classic TV on YouTube so you don't miss future episodes, and follow us @thhsclassic on Instagram.

Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast that delves into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools, is back with a new season. In season 3 episode 5, senior and Class of '23 Sarah Rabb reads her essay and discusses her journey to being accepted to Stony Brook.

Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

In season 3 episode 4 of ADMITTED, senior and Class of '23 Justin Linzan joins hosts Katherine Lian and fellow Columbian Elliot Heath to read his essay and discusses his journey to being accepted at Columbia.

Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast that delves into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools, is back with a new season. In season 3 episode 3, senior and Class of '23 Axyl Frederick reads his essay and discusses his journey to being accepted at Princeton.

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Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Featuring Axyl Frederick

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast that delves into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools, is back with a new season. In season 3 episode 2, senior and Class of '23 Madeline Cannon reads her essay and discusses her journey to being accepted at Princeton. 

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Hosted by Kate Estevez and Katherine Lian

Featuring Madeline Cannon

Produced by Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

ADMITTED, The Classic's premier college admissions podcast that delves into the essays and strategies Townsend Harris students use to get into their dream schools, is back with a new season. In this episode, senior and Class of '23 Rebecca Ortiz reads out her essay and discusses her own journey to being accepted at the University of Chicago via the Questbridge application. 

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Hosted by Elliot Heath and Katherine Lian

Featuring Rebecca Ortiz

Produced by Allen Babakhanov and Ryan Young

Edited by Ryan Young

Special Guest Appearance by Mr. Sweeney

The long-awaited season finale of ADMITTED is here. Three Harvard-bound Townsend Harris seniors, Jasmine Palma, Julia Maciejak, and Zuzanna Kowalski, discuss the writing and strategies that got them into the most prestigious university in the world, with a current acceptance rate that is its lowest in its near-400-year history. Divided into three parts, this episode contains the Common Application and Harvard supplemental essays, in addition to the brainstorming processes as a whole, behind their success. 

We thank you for your support of this season's ADMITTED podcast, and we are excited to continue the series in the 2022-2023 year. 

Special thanks to graduating Editor-in-Chief and ADMITTED host Jasmine Palma.

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In this episode of ADMITTED, listen as senior Victoria Siebor sits down with us and recounts how a wooden bench in her neighborhood of Greenpoint offered a grounding space to explore her Polish identity and family history, an anchor of serenity amid the busy bustle of city life. 

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Unable to crease the delicate paper into the correct origami structure, senior Joel Ibabao, then a kindergartener, realized he preferred to engage his mind over his hands. In this episode of ADMITTED, listen as Joel unfolds how this understanding of himself forged his passion for philosophy while he meditates on his relationship with his dad.

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Though having studied Japanese since her freshman year, it wasn’t until senior Amelia Harrington uttered the words jibun wo ukeireru koto ga deki hajimete imasu — “I have started to accept myself” — in a speech competition that she claimed a space for herself to thrive. Listen to Amelia discuss her journey going against the grain and translating her passion for Japanese into something uniquely hers as she reads her personal essay on the eleventh episode of ADMITTED.

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Hear how his grandfather’s suggestion to plant a fig tree turned a boring day off for senior Dionisios Diamantis into a moment of introspection and growth. In this episode of ADMITTED, Dionisios discusses his Greek identity as he reflects upon his family’s immigrant story.

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For senior Eliza Josephson, everyday experiences are imbued with her passion for words. It all started when inspiration spontaneously struck at day camp and 7-year-old Eliza constructed her very first poem, what became adopted as the camp’s mani-pesto. Since then, words have accompanied her everywhere: Subway advertisements, her neighborhood of Jackson Heights, and The Phoenix. Through the lens of Isabel Allende’s short story Dos Palabras, Eliza reflects on how words have authored a special place for her in her community in this first episode of ADMITTED’s new season.

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For our final episode on this season of ADMITTED, senior Antonella Abreu reveals the secret ingredient to both her infamous hot sauce and her successful college personal essay. What started with a ghost pepper plant named Hades has since then become a rooted symbol for how Antonella blends her own Dominican and American identities.

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An escape from reality for most others, music is embedded in senior Michelle Stern’s day to day. Hearing it in places others usually would not— in poetry, math, and physics—Michelle talks about how music strings through her life in her personal essay on episode seven of ADMITTED.

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Few artistic journeys begin with Cheetos. For senior Jasmine Chang, however, this kindergarten snack was her earliest inspiration. Between palate and palette, Jasmine shows how her love for visual arts has grown and evolved through S!NG, as she reads her personal essay on the sixth episode of ADMITTED. 

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Senior Ruqaiya Mithani spent her Tuesday afternoons in Room 531. During her time there with MSA, she has gained a better understanding of what being Muslim means to her, and where she stands in the bigger picture. Tune in as Ruqaiya reads her personal essay on episode five of ADMITTED.

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From a slicked-back bun to free-flowing curls, senior Ariana Vernon has let herself go in more ways than one. Listen to Ariana read her personal essay and share how accepting her frizz allowed her to conquer other challenges on the fourth episode of ADMITTED.

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How are you? Senior Ife Adedokun's response to this question is that she's tired. Find out how the rants of her younger self evolved into speaking up at open forums and protests and taking action, as Ife reads her personal essay on the third episode of ADMITTED.

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On the second episode of ADMITTED, senior Julia Wojtkowski shares her personal essay and how it came about from a spontaneous conversation on covid city closures. Come along as we learn how one faithful third-grade trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art taught Julia a new lesson about herself.

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Welcome to SEEKING NORMALITY, a podcast segment from The Classic where Zuzanna and Ryan discuss Covid-related topics and what it means for the future of our schooling and society. Our hope with this podcast is to find the little things that would make our community and schooling feel as much like society before the pandemic, while also considering the safety and general well-being of everyone. This episode of SEEKING NORMALITY covers the new endorsement of the 3-foot rule by the CDC, and what it could mean for the future of our safety and schooling.

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This is HAWK'S EYE VIEW, a podcast that discusses issues here at Townsend Harris and how they are reflective of larger ones in society. Every week, Audrey and Isabella are going to explore how solutions to these issues require the reform or abolishment of structures already in place, and how that change can start at our school. For this episode, they’ll be exploring the last Election Simulation by discussing flaws with the two party system, electoral college, and how everyone loses when the winner takes all.

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This is the official start of The Classic Podcast. On our first series, ADMITTED, we've invited senior Rachel Lin to read her personal essay and answer one very important question: What does One Direction have to do with higher education? Or rather, gaining access to it?

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