A Florida teen was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools -- and seven other universities

Florida teen Ashley Adirika has always dreamed of attending an Ivy League school. So in late fall, she applied to not just one -- but all eight of them.

On Ivy Day, the fateful spring day when the prestigious schools all announce their first-year admission decisions, Ashley opened eight tabs on her computer -- one for each's applicants portal. One acceptance letter popped up. Then another. And another.

Until she had them all: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale.

It was a surreal moment for the 17-year-old, whose mother emigrated to the US from Nigeria three decades ago. Ashley was surrounded that day by family members -- including her four siblings -- who joined her in squealing in delight at each new acceptance letter.

"I just decided to shoot my shot at all of them and see if it would land. And I had no idea that I would get accepted into all of them," she says. "On Ivy Day, I remember crying a lot and just being extremely surprised."

Ashley, who graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School this month, joins an exclusive group: Since 2018, each Ivy League school has accepted less than 12% of its applicants. This year Yale accepted 4.5%, Columbia took 3.7% and Harvard accepted just 3.2%, the lowest number in the university's history.

Ashley also got accepted to seven other top-rated schools, including Stanford, Vanderbilt and Emory. She picked Harvard, where she plans to major in government this fall.

She's been a force on the debate team
Ashley says she was conflicted between Harvard and Yale, but it all came down to her career aspirations. Her goal is to learn how government works and how policies can help fix economic disparities in communities.

OlawaleBammie:
Congratulations to her but..

Wetin make we do now??

No be she dem go first admit and she no go be last, nothing special in nothingness jare.

Even me, in 2012, dem admit me for federal polytechnic ado ekiti and heaven no fall

OyeofIkoTuN:


Gosh I can imagine the evil forest you are referring to 10 years ago..

OyeofIkoTuN:
Tribalists don't jubilate yet..

somebody must tell us the tribe.

Be patient

OyeofIkoTuN:
NCAN check status......Not completed

What is Adirika...?

I don't like all this kind of confusion at all

OlawaleBammie:


But we re not talking about Orlu or Abakaliki here na

OyeofIkoTuN:


I dare you to post pictures of Ado ekiti and abakaliki, let nairalanders judge..

TuEh

meobizy:
News from almost six years ago.

God1000:
it's a different one, but almost the same story.

This teen is from Florida and she graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School

The one you are probably talking about (ifeoma) she's from new Jersey, she graduated from Morris hills high school.


And they are of the same age as well

Unless the media is misinforming us by twisting the story

meobizy:
Which year?


I won’t put it past CNN. Na their work.

OlawaleBammie:
Lol, na pictures go kill una, a no even dey Ado again self so how a wan take snap. U can check the drones image online ursef cus a no get tym for developer's shenanigans


U should come develop Ado ekiti na

OyeofIkoTuN:
NCAN check status......Not completed

What is Adirika...?

I don't like all this kind of confusion at all