Admissions: Impossible: A dive into Paly’s elite college culture Bridget Li and Riya Matta May 22, 2019
![LESSONS IN LEGACY Senior Nicholas Padmanabhan displays two of his acceptance letters. Padmanabhan will be attending Princeton University in the fall, following the footsteps of both his parents. "I think if they [his parents] hadn't gone to an elite school like Princeton that the expectations would not be there," Padmanabhan says.](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_7491-1024x683.jpg)