Acceptance Stories: Class of 2020 (Part 3)

You never know where you’ll be when you find out you got into Harvard!

Anita Lee is directing her school’s orchestra at a music festival in Japan.

Anita Lee
Taiwan/Canada
Arts in Education
It was early Saturday morning, and I was about to rush off to work and take my students to an annual music festival in Japan. I was so excited about this big news, but I had to hold my emotions for the whole day until my students finished the performance. On the very same evening, my fiancé also received his dream offer from Stanford. It was definitely a day of mixed feelings knowing that we’re both going to our dream schools soon, but also it’ll be a long year of a long-distance relationship!

Prerna Subramanian

Prerna Subramanian
Higher Education
I was just getting ready to fly home when I saw the acceptance letter on my phone. I was so happy after reading the word “congratulations” that I burst into tears. The hardest part was waiting for the entire plane ride so that I could surprise my parents in person!