Hi,
Quick one today.
An admissions officer at a top school reads thousands of applications a season. Same GPA bands, same AP classes, same clubs. After a while, they blur together.
The students who get pulled out of that pile have one thing the others do not: real work experience at a real company. Not a summer program. Actual work where you produced something that mattered.
That single line on your application does more than another AP class ever could.
More soon on how to actually get experience like that.
Alex
Matchtern Founder, matchtern.org
P.S. If you are a sophomore or junior, this is the window to start. Reply if you want to know why.