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Experience | Serena Lin | TEDxHarriton High School
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-24 16:08
Hi everyone, I'm Serena and two days ago I graduated this school as you can see from my visitors badge. I'm really proud of it. Thank you.Um so when I graduated a lot of students actually came up to me and asked me how did you do it. How did you feel. And how do I do it.And so if there's one thing I'm going to tell all of you here today, it is that you are not unique. You are not original. And you are not you.Let me explain. 5 months ago, I had the absolute joy of experiencing the most life-threatening mome ...
This 18 yo Asian American genius got rejected from 16 colleges because of racism
Garry Tan· 2025-06-02 16:30
In February 2025, Nanzong and his son Stanley filed a lawsuit against the University of California system alleging racial discrimination against Asian-Americans in the college admissions process. Stanley Zong was no ordinary applicant. By age 18, he had demonstrated such exceptional coding prowess that Google hired him at an L4 position, typically requiring a PhD or equivalent experience.After rigorous technical interviews with five Google engineers, he created Rapid Sign, a free e-signing service built on ...