Nigerian parents, has done a clean sweep of college applications,
racking up acceptances from all eight Ivy League schools.
Following her exceptional performance, she got admitted to Harvard,
Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton and
Stanford.
Ifeoma who attends Morris Hills High School in Denville, is now dealing
with a happier problem —figuring out which of the prestigious schools
she’d like to go to in order to further her education, which she thinks
will be focused on global health.
Her proud parents, Andre and Patricia White-Thorpe, said they will leave
the final decision up to the brilliant teen, granted with the letters
she has in front of her, there’s really not a bad choice she can make.
Patricia, nee Eluemunor, is a pharmacist, according to her records,
while the husband is a computer expert.
“I want to go into global health and study biology, and so many of them
have great research facilities, so I was like, I might as well just
shoot my shot and apply,” Ifeoma told WABC.
“I got into Harvard early-action, so I figured I’ll just go there, so
then I got into all the others and I was like, ‘Wait, now I don’t know
where I want to go’,” Ifeoma added.
When she got her acceptance letters, she almost couldn’t believe it.
“I was shaking, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, like this might be
eight out of eight,’ and I clicked it and it said ‘Congratulations,’ and
I was like, ‘Oh my goodness,’ and then I was like, ‘What did I say?’”
she recalled. “I think my love for poetry and writing just really stood
out.”
“At this point, none of the schools I’ve applied to said they give merit
scholarships, so I’m praying that they give me some more financial aid
or some money. Shout out to all of those schools, please give me
something,” Ifeoma said with a laugh.
Students getting into all of the Ivies is a commendable feat.
