Ifeoma White-Thorpe, a Nigerian-born teenager, has been accepted to all eight Ivy League schools - She was accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth and Stanford - She now has a tough decision to make which one she will actually attend when she graduates in June.
Nigerian-born teenager Ifeoma White-Thorpe gets accepted into 8 Ivy League schools
Ifeoma White-Thorpe said she was shaking when she got the eighth acceptance letter.
"I was like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, like this might be eight out of eight and I clicked it and it said 'Congratulations' and I was like oh my goodness!" White-Thorpe told CNN affiliate WABC-TV.
Her high school principal, Todd Toriello, as saying, “She understands the importance of giving back to her school service and currently serves the student body as the student government association president…
As a senior, she’s challenged herself in rigorous course work. … In my relationship with her, she has always been a respectful individual and we are just so proud of her and her accomplishments.”
Ifeoma White-Thorpe is just your every day teen but her track record sets her apart from the bulk when it comes to dedicated hard work. White-Thorpe has won a national essay contest, at the age of 15.
The contest was run by the National Liberty Museum, John Templeton Foundation and Paramount Pictures.
Out of 800 overall submissions, White-Thorpe walked away with the grand prize winner of the contest. As the grand prize winner, she was given a $5,000 scholarship.
Over the past few years, a handful of teenagers have been accepted into all Ivies – Kwasi Enin in 2014, Harold Ekeh in 2015 and Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna and Kelly Hyles last year.
So where will she go?
Her parents said the choice is totally up to her; White-Thorpe said she just doesn't know yet.
She can add another elite school to the mix as well -- she also got into Stanford.
Source: CNN
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