Naomi got accepted into Stanford University (Computer Science), with Early Action. As customary nowadays, we video-recorded the immediate reaction to the message:

Stanford is ranked 2nd in the world - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities#Results And Stanford is the most selective among US universities - https://blog.prepscholar.com/ivy-league-acceptance-rates

Did all those years of world-level chess achievements pay off big time? As a Woman International Master, Naomi is the single highest-titled American female chess player applying to colleges in the 2020-2021 admissions cycle. Her being the World School Girls U13 Chess Champion, and North American Junior Girls U20 Champion, and many-times US Girls champion might have helped as well. Or maybe it's the perfect ACT test score 36? Plus GPA 4.0, SAT Math II and Chemistry 800, AP exams 5-s? National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar? Or being Head of Programming at FIRST Robotics Club; an intern at UW Computer Science Makeability Lab; knowing multiple programming languages? We'll never know for sure. Naomi's chess might have provided that "whompf" factor that tilted the scales. Especially in the era of "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix) chess glamour.