{"id":29275,"date":"2026-08-07T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/?p=29275"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:30:08","slug":"sij-talks-my-story-of-growth-entering-harvard-at-16-by-chenyi-harvard28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/en\/archives\/29275","title":{"rendered":"SIJ Talks: My Story of Growth: Entering Harvard at 16 (by Chenyi &#8211; Harvard&#8217;28)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chenyi-CE-cover-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Clean-White-Wall-Background-Edit-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for coming to my cultural exchange presentation! 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