10/09/2019 14:17

When I was applying for US colleges, a convenient moniker summed my aspirations: HYPS, short for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford. If you’re shooting for elite schools with <10% acceptance rates, going through the American college applications process isn’t fun. However, it could be worse. As some of my Korean-American friends helpfully enlightened me in high school, Korean students also have a catchy abbreviation for their dream colleges: SKY.