Nigeria is blessed with exceptionally talented and brilliant individuals who continue to blaze the trail in various aspects of life and 17-year-old Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, just made her debut on the list of trail blazers. The Daily Mail reports that the high school senior and valedictorian with a 101.64 weighted Grade-Point Average didn’t just get into one Ivy League university. She has been accepted into all eight.

Hard worker

Augusta credits her success to hard work, persistence, her parents who taught her the importance of education and her teachers. Her research adviser, Michelle Flannory, says the teenager is a natural talent, but she also acknowledges the fact that Augusta puts in a lot of work and strives for excellence. “She knows that you have to work … she definitely pursues excellence.”

Although she’s celebrated today, she does admit that the journey to her accomplishment was not a walk in the park, “I’ve struggled with numerous classes in the past,” she said. “But I guess what allowed me to be successful, ultimately, in those classes, at the end, is my persistence and my tenacity.”

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Science whiz

Augusta loves science and plans to pursue it in college. She has received numerous awards in New York science and engineering competitions. Recently, she was declared a finalist in an Intel competition for her research project on cement that could prevent underwater oil rigs from rupturing. Augusta says the research project taught her the importance of sustainable development, hence she would like to combine her bio-chemistry work with environmental policy.

She dabbles

“I get my hands in everything and that explains why I tend to stay late in school. But it definitely paid off because I learned that I’m interested in so many things.” Augusta is president of two extracurricular clubs and a member of several honour societies.

Invitation to the White House

On Monday April 4, Augusta received an invitation to attend the White House Science Fair, an event where young scientists and engineers from across America are hosted by the president to showcase their inventions, experiments and discoveries.


Tough decision

Augusta has three weeks to decide which one of the prestigious universities she’ll attend, including New York University, Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). But the young lady says she’s “still quite unsure” which school to choose. “… I know attending any of them will be such a great honour,” said Augusta who is still very excited about the news.

Impact her fatherland

The 17-year-old says her numerous visits to Nigeria has helped her realise that there aren’t as many opportunities, so she definitely wants to make sure that all her actions and decisions reflect well on her homeland. Thankfully, she’s already doing that.

Two years in a row

Last year, Nigerian teenager, Harold Ekeh, also got accepted into 13 American universities. Ekeh, who chose Yale among 8 Ivy League universities, was also a student of Elmont Memorial High School.

Caron Cox, the chairwoman of pupil personnel services at the school says that though the school has been under the radar, “… there are some really great things happening here at Elmont Memorial High School.”

Source: http://venturesafrica.com/a-17-year-old-nigerian-gets-accepted-into-all-eight-american-ivy-league-universities-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

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