A Nigerian teenager has accomplished what few U.S. high school students can — getting accepted into all eight Ivy League schools. This will be the second year in a row of such achievement occurring.
Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria, has until May 1st to decide which of the prestigious U.S. universities she’s going to attend.
Another Nigerian last year, Harold Ekeh, chose to attend Yale University after having his pick of all eight Ivy League schools.
Coincidentally, Both students attended Elmont Memorial High School in a New York suburb.
Uwamanzu-Nna was also accepted to four additional schools to which she applied — Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Uwamanzu-Nna told a local TV station, “Though I was born here in America, I visited Nigeria many times. And I’ve seen that my cousins don’t have the same opportunities that I have. So definitely, whatever I do, I want to make sure that it has an impact on Nigeria.”
