A teenager secured a place at Yale University after writing an essay on how much she loves Papa John's pizza.

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Carolina Williams, 18, applied for the Ivy League university and during the process she had to write an essay on 'something that you love to do' and the teenager immediately thought of the greasy cheesy grub, the Mirror Online reports.

But it wasn't just her adoration for the pizza chain that got her the spot at Yale - which has an admissions rate of just 6.7 per cent for the class of 2021.

But it played a significant role in her winning the place.