High school senior Ethan Kim turned disappointment into an opportunity for creativity.
Harvard sent him a letter informing him his application for early admission into the Ivy League school would be deferred.
The Charlotte Observer reports it didn’t take long for Kim to begin working on a rap to submit to the university as part of his application.
Kim said his idea initially started as a joke, but people told him it was a good idea and encouraged him to do it.
“I’ve always been a very different person. Very extroverted — love being in front of people on stage,” said Kim to the Boston Globe. “I was very aware that the acceptance rate after deferral is very low. So I said, ‘Am I just going to sit there, or can I try to do something crazy?'”
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