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High school senior Harold Ekeh didn't just get into one Ivy League university. He was accepted into all eight. Now comes the really hard part: Deciding where to go. He actually got into all 13 schools he applied to, including MIT and Johns Hopkins. "I am leaning toward Yale," he told CNNMoney. "I competed at Yale for Model UN, and I like the passion people at Yale had."
Some of the Yale students he met became his friends and mentors, offering advice on the college application process. Now Ekeh is trying to do the same thing. Ekeh, 17, founded a college mentoring program at his school, Elmont Memorial High School on Long Island in the New York city suburbs. His goal is to get more students into top universities.
Harold Ekeh is a senior at Elmont Memorial High School in Elmont, New York.

AMERICAN DREAM: Ekeh was born in Nigeria and came to the United States when he was eight. He wrote his main college essay about the struggle to adjust, including being clueless in U.S. history classes at school. He said he would ask his parents repeatedly why they moved. "We had a fairly comfortable life in Nigeria, but they told me we moved to America for the opportunities like the educational opportunities," he recalled.
The salutatorian is quick to credit his parents, school and community for his success. "I am very humbled by this," Ekeh said. "It's not just for me, but for my school and community. We can accomplish great things here."

A PASSION FOR SCIENCE: He wants to major in neurobiology or chemistry in college and later become a doctor and, ultimately, a neurosurgeon. He was named a 2015 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist earlier this year for his research on how the acid DHA can slow Alzheimer's.
For Ekeh, the cause is personal. His grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when he was 11. One of his proudest moments was running home to tell his mother and aunts about the breakthroughs he was finding with DHA.
"When other kids would say, 'I want to be a superhero or police officer,' I would say, 'I want to know what is on the inside of us,'" he said.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS: Outside of the lab, Ekeh directs a youth choir at his church, plays the drums, is part of Key Club and Model UN and was elected to the Homecoming court. He speaks Igbo and Spanish and has a 100.5% GPA. He's proud of acing the AP History Exam despite his early struggles with the subject.
Elmont High School is 99% minority. Ekeh is the second student in recent years to win a prestigious Intel Science award.
Principal John Capozzi calls Ekeh "one of the most humble young men I've ever had the opportunity to meet." The lab where Ekeh did his award-winning research is modest and only staffed part-time by a passionate chemistry teacher, but the community makes the most of what it has.
Ekeh will spend the coming weeks visiting all the schools before making his final decision.
His advice to other high school students is simple: "Like my parents always told us, the secret to success is unbridled resolve."


Source:http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/04/pf/college/immigrant-accepted-all-ivy-league-schools-harold-ekeh/

Cc:Lalasticlala, Seun, Obinoscopy, etc.

Sunexy, petrok oil and gas

Loyal or not.... As a man u have to know how to rein them in.... U gats control d baes, bitches and hoes to..

Nice fiction, miss Esther blog.. Nice.

Coz if Nigerian students made enough money from working, dropping out of school would be the next rave in the country. What's palm guess. Are u a witch?

Why evils, they could have just asked me for sallah money, instead of... colluding with our dullardized security agency to deceive us they're the kidnappers.
Mr fake kidnapper, you let yourself out, when u said u moved Falae around on a bike. The man repeatedly cried out that he was made to trek like a herdsman.. (I think tied to a cow). What do our security agencies take us for... Dumb cows?..

Yea, nice

LMFAO! at this news, for naija police to reject #1.5mil, they've already taken #3mil from that room..

Na wa o

Oya, Mr Metuh, pick the phone, call Papa and mama peace, let suits and countersuits of libel and defamation fill our land.

Nawa o

PointB:
23 And the wandering shepherds and tribesmen of King Bubu Son of Hari the cattle rearer, who had forge unholy alliance with She-cow and his band of brigands, invaded the fields of a retired Chief Scribe – Fala, the son of Aye in the land of Yoruga, who had allied with King Bubu Son of Hari the cattle rearer. Thereupon, these wandering shepherds laid waste to his fields, and destroy his crops. They took Fala, the son of Aye captive for several days and would not let home go until several bags of cowries in ransom had been paid. And they warned him sternly not to speak about them least they will come again for him!


Acts of King Bubu
https://www.nairaland.com/2647257/acts-king-bubu-son-hari

I hope they don't come back to trouble the old man again.

Guy, I still dey wait for ur next update o.. No leave guys hanging o..

Finally, d police is waking up... Hope they don't return to sleep too quickly..

Man, this has got to be d funniest shit I've read on nairaland... LMFAO... Wtf@ fash d son of olar who used more cowries to tell d world what he did... O. P u're a creative genius sent to assuage the pain and through the gift of ur written scrolls relieve us from d gnashing of teeth, which bubu son of Hari and his legion of perverted scribes have brought upon us.

Wow, cool

O. P, stop thinking of getting a gf too much. Since it's love u want, why not focus on other things, keep an open mind and let the love find you.

P. S The love might not have sufficient technology to find u by d way. That's ur problem.

estheremma:
pls read that question again!ur question sounds like u want them to change their sex

That's one way to see the question. But you understand what I'm asking.

Rukkydelta:
It seems you have carried out lots of research to prove this

OK, I'm wrong to make such conclusion, and so are u in ur conclusion..

Rukkydelta:
A child being stubborn doesn't depends on the gender but the upbringing. As for me any gender is okay after all a child is a child

I disagree with u, I think gender has influence on a child's stubbornness.

adedayourt:
nd wen dey all get married d family name vanishes like cigerret smoke

nid a guy in der midst 2 kip d fire burning

Yea, that's another reason, strong men are needed to carry d family name along

Apologies to all gender activists, feminists and all. This might not be a politically correct topic, but I'm sure most people have thought of this before.
Personally, I preferred female kids, but some recent happenings have made me change my mind. Right now, I think I'll prefer more male kids... I feel male kids might be stubborn when young, but as they grow, they tend to be more cool headed and less troublesome.
What do u think?.... Once again apologies to whom it may offend..

Apologies to all gender activists, feminists and all. This might not be a politically correct topic, but I'm sure most people have thought of this before.
Personally, I preferred female kids, but some recent happenings have made me change my mind. Right now, I think I'll prefer more male kids... I feel male kids might be stubborn when young, but as they grow, they tend to be more cool headed an less troublesome.
What do u think?....

Lord, help this country..

@O.P, which other countries use TSA a art from Nigeria, and what has been it's impact on their economy/real sector?

Hustle blessings.. . but nawa for naija and our definition of mansion.. How is dat a mansion kwanu?

Are u sure our president is not confused. ... Buhari this is the federal Republic of Nigeria not the Sharia Republic of Daura... .

remsonik:
I see the sun in your eyes.I see the stars in your eyes I see the colors of the rainbow in your smile

.. . Lesbian alert...

Is this the sort of change we should expect under... APC, immediate transfer or "shut up" once u step on their tails. I weep for the nation under this regime of fake change..
If I were the victim, I'll take crisp pictures of the illegal documents, with Oyegun's signature and flood the Internet and public space with them..... Let's see if they'll transfer our Internet data.. .

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Dat kizito guy.... After serious drillings and interrogations.... u don't mess with the Nigerian police... . Dem go treat ur bleep up well!