"better chance" -- when i first applied to independent schools in the seventh grade, better chance was the program that helped me go about that process. that's how i ended up at hewitt, which was my school, in new york. and through that, i was given so many opportunities that i wouldn't have gotten at another school and also i stayed in contact with "better chance." i did different new scholar orientations. now i'm in the "better chance" alum. they were there for me throughout every year of my high school career, making sure that i had something to do and putting me in contact with other scholars. >> and then you took off like a rocket is what happened there. how many hours did you study every day? 20, 22? >> that's a hard question. it varies, depending on whether or not i have a test that i procrastinated for. >> be honest with me, how many hours? three hours, are you a whiz or does it take you 30 minutes to learn everything? >> no, no, no.