Ashley chose Harvard University. (representative image)
17-year-old Ashley Adirika, whose mother immigrated from Nigeria 30 years ago, founded an organization to help girls of color.
According to a CNN report, a teenager from Florida, USA, was admitted to all eight Ivy League colleges. Ashley Adirika, whose mother immigrated from Nigeria 30 years ago, was accepted into the universities of Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Yale, Princeton and Brown. The 17-year-old said she couldn’t believe she was accepted into all of them. I had decided to shoot my shot at all of them, an enthusiastic Ashley told CNN. After much thought, he decided to join Harvard University in Massachusetts. She shared her real moment with her four siblings, who were each sharing their happiness on the acceptance letter. However, Ashley was already a promising teenager in college. She is known for her debating skills. She also started an organization called ‘Our Story Our Worth’ which provides mentorship to girls of color. The organization matches middle school students with high school students for tutoring and personal development sessions, through partnerships with local schools, with high school students. Ashley also enjoys playing football and writing music. She was also accepted into seven other top-rated schools. Ashley is passionate about learning policies that empower communities.
In April this year, 18-year-old Jonathan Walker from Florida went viral after he enrolled in 27 colleges and universities. In addition, a scholarship of $4 million (Rs 30 crore) has been offered to the student. Walker now has to choose from 27 colleges that have accepted his application. And these colleges are no ordinary, the list includes Ivy League universities like Harvard, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s so insane to think that I applied to all these colleges and I got into it,” Jonathan Walker told ABC7. He credits his success to his family. “I really look up to him because he showed me what it’s like to be passionate about something,” Walker says.
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