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Leadership Academy: The Chance of a Lifetime
Series and Specials  |  January 01, 2006
The school received thousands of applications.
A Flood of Applications

The academy staff sent out 5,500 applications, and an astounding 3,500 were returned. Each girl had to write an essay describing her dreams for the future and draw her dream house. Overall, 484 girls were chosen for interviews and academic testing. In the end, only 152 girls would make the cut.
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