As an athlete I spoke to multiple colleges, both Ivy League and public schools, narrowing it down to Princeton and Yale. In the end I went with Princeton, and applied through the early action option and was accepted! Being an athlete, whose application was supported by the rowing team of course helped my chances of being accepted, but I also put a lot of effort into my application. I studied maths, economics and history at A level in the UK (I am still waiting for these results) and at GCSE level I achieved all As and A*s. I didn’t know where to start with my college essay so I simply choose to do it on something I am interested in; will sport ever be free from performance enhancing drugs?