Fighter Jets to Stanford & Knight-Hennessy: Jasper Burns
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Jasper Burns is a Stanford Law student and Knight-Hennessy Scholar. He served 8 years in the U.S. Navy, flying EA-18G Growlers, deploying aboard the USS Carl Vinson, and later supporting the intelligence community in D.C.
He also served as a White House Social Aide and concluded his Navy career as a Military Fellow at McKinsey & Company. He graduated from Boston University with a double major in Computer Science and Economics, interned at the White House, studied Chinese in Shanghai, and won the largest committee at World Model United Nations in Rome.
Chapters
1. Fighter Jets to Stanford & Knight-Hennessy: Jasper Burns (00:00:00)
2. Academic goals in High Schools (00:00:47)
3. Undergrad at BU (00:01:21)
4. Joining the US Navy (00:01:57)
5. Leaving the Navy (00:06:14)
6. McKinsey (00:07:33)
7. Law (00:08:42)
8. LSAT 176 (00:09:23)
9. Why Stanford (00:12:45)
10. Knight-Hennessy (00:14:25)
11. Essays (00:15:46)
12. Improbable Facts (KHS Prompt) (00:19:35)
13. Recommenders (00:23:15)
14. Application Interview (00:25:15)
15. Life at Stanford (00:26:20)
16. Professional Goals (00:27:47)
17. Definition of Success (00:28:48)
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