For any student getting admitted to an Ivy League university is a dream. But imagine getting accepted into all eight prestigious schools. It might seem unthinkable, but that's a reality for Ashley Adirika.?
Adirika, 17, from Florida, U.S., was spoilt for choice after making the cut in all Ivy League schools - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale - but has decided to call Harvard University her home for next four years.?
¡°The tears just started to come out. Like they started to flow out,¡± she told ABC News.?¡°My siblings and I were just really excited, like screaming, jumping around. It was crazy."
In addition to all Ivy League schools, Adirika was also accepted into Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Emory.
¡°I just decided to shoot my shot at all of them and see if it would land ¡ª And I had no idea that I would get accepted into all of them.?I remember crying a lot and just being extremely surprised,"?the 17-year-old student told CNN.??
Adirika ended up choosing Harvard, which only accepted 3.19% of applications for the class of 2026.
¡°Before the college application process, Yale was actually my top choice. But when I did further research for what I want to do specifically, which is explorations in policy and social policy and things of that nature, Harvard just had a better program,¡± she said.
Adirika will start her Ivy League education in the fall and plans to go to law school after obtaining her undergraduate degree.
¡°I am really passionate about policy and using policy to empower communities. And so in the short term, for me, that looks like becoming a lawyer,¡± she told?CNN.?"But in the long term, I want to use that as a platform to do work in policy."
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