SINGAPORE – Nineteen-year-old Megan Yap is a top scorer with an aptitude for computer science and a thriving Instagram business where she designs and sells cute stickers and washi tape.
Despite this evidence of her academic and creative talent, the Malaysian student based in Singapore still signed on with an external consultant to help apply to top universities in the United States.
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