Nigerian immigrant accepted by all 8 Ivy League schools

[chrisnumbers]

Is he unique in some way? What has he done so far?

[Waaldo]

Haters going to hate.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...rsity/7119531/

The feat is extremely rare, say college counselors — few students even apply to all eight, because each seeks different qualities in their freshman class. Almost none are invited to attend them all. The Ivy League colleges are among the nation's most elite.

"My heart skipped a beat when he told me he was applying to all eight," says Nancy Winkler, a guidance counselor at William Floyd High School, where Enin attends class. In 29 years as a counselor, she says, she's never seen anything like this. "It's a big deal when we have students apply to one or two Ivies. To get into one or two is huge. It was extraordinary."

For most of the eight schools, acceptance comes rarely, even among the USA's top students. At the top end, Cornell University admitted only 14% of applicants. Harvard accepted just 5.9%.

But Enin has "a lot of things in his favor," says college admissions expert Katherine Cohen, CEO and founder of IvyWise, a New York-based consulting firm.

https://youtu.be/D0yv-nFheug?t=19s

He's only going to one of them, why does it matter that he got accepted into all 8? If he got into Cornell and not Harvard would he be considered mentally retarded?

Oh, he only got into 1 Ivy League school? What a chump! I bet he is going to enjoy flipping burgers.

[Zantos]

Good for him? Like what is there to actually discuss. He managed to get into all eight of some of the most prestigious colleges. Cool. Is that really news worthy? I wouldn't even be able to afford to attempt to get into one of them. Just don't see where the discussion is supposed to go / revolve around here.

[TrumpIsPresident]

He seems extremely smart, well dressed and well spoken, he will do well no matter what.

His suit jacket appears to be from Macy's, he will have to consider applying for their in-store credit card.

[Kaleredar]

An intelligent, hard working individual got accepted into eight of the most prestigious colleges in the world.


Sounds about right. What are we discussing?

Are we to expect some form of outrage about "affirmative action" getting this individual, who seems quite capable on his own merits, into these schools?

Because while I'm sure those people exist and may even exist on this forum, that would really be an intellectually dishonest, obstinate and intentionally self-victimizing argument to make.

[Independent voter]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/us/new...-selects-yale/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...leges/8466345/

http://time.com/83203/kwasi-enin-ivy-league-yale/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...every-ivy.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/student...y-9229963.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/kwasi-enin/

[Zantos]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/us/new...-selects-yale/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...leges/8466345/

http://time.com/83203/kwasi-enin-ivy-league-yale/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...every-ivy.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/student...y-9229963.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/kwasi-enin/

We get it, but what exactly is it that you're trying to discuss here?

[Waaldo]

We get it, but what exactly is it that you're trying to discuss here?

Maybe how he got accepted into all of the brightest schools while only being in the top 2% of his class.
Racism, racism everywhere.

[Rhine101]

Maybe how he got accepted into all of the brightest schools while only being in the top 2% of his class.
Racism, racism everywhere.

Not sure what you mean. I think he was just lucky to be honest. Top end schools have a metric fuckton of super bright people applying all the time. I am sure there are a couple people with 4.0 GPA's and extraordinary extra curriculars that get rejected.

More power to the kid, but I think this would be equally lucky had some white kid got accepted to all the schools.

[Zantos]

More power to the kid, but I think this would be equally lucky had some white kid got accepted to all the schools.

Lets be real, if he wasn't some immigrant or black, this probably wouldn't have made the news. Sounds bad sure, but atm, those are some of the things the news seems to narrow in on now a days.

[Milchshake]

The opportunity-cost of applying to all 8 Ivies doesnt make sense. Applying to more than 3 or 4 schools just seems to be a waste of time.
Maybe this feat is more rare for not being hard to achieve. But that most people with intelligence and common-sense dont pursue it.

[Ayla]

So congratulations? Seems more like something that's being bragged about. Did he really need to apply to all 8? I applied to 3 (normal universities). Its not like its free to apply. He probably spent $600 on applications, most of which he probably didnt care about.

Good for him, but I dont think I could care any less.

[Deleted]

Yeah, but he won't know the joys of drinking treble trebles at some shite former poly and then going to his exams on three hours sleep. So who's the real winner here?

[drwelfare]

I'd be more impressed if it was a white guy who went to a low quality highschool and had no money

[oxymoronic]

shiiiit... he came to this country at a younger age than i did. dont really get the hype, hes one out of a few hundred million. diamond in the rough. what was the point of the thread again?

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Lets be real, if he wasn't some immigrant or black, this probably wouldn't have made the news. Sounds bad sure, but atm, those are some of the things the news seems to narrow in on now a days.

yep, another day for an asian family

[Tragedia]

I've always wondered why some immigrant groups do extremely well and some do poorly. Insecurity, a sense of superiority and impulse control is what one article said. Why do Cubans do better than Mexicans?

Let's not forget both groups come from different backgrounds. Many Mexicans who cross the border come because they want to provide for their families since their economic situation in Mexico is pretty dire. Cubans immigrants on the other hand came from the educated middle and upper classes seeking to escape communism.

Also the US is more friendly to Cuban immigrants and so they can have more resources at their disposal.

[oxymoronic]

Are we to expect some form of outrage about "affirmative action" getting this individual, who seems quite capable on his own merits, into these schools?

Because while I'm sure those people exist and may even exist on this forum, that would really be an intellectually dishonest, obstinate and intentionally self-victimizing argument to make.

and comes from left field - cause nobody even thinks that

even the racist white people like this kid.

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I've always wondered why some immigrant groups do extremely well and some do poorly. Insecurity, a sense of superiority and impulse control is what one article said. Why do Cubans do better than Mexicans?

never knew they were better... other than baseball pitchers i dont see either being in a better position.

[Deleted]

What a racist post. Just because his black he can't be smart?

[GennGreymane]

Good job to him! May he not waste his education on art!

[Doctor Amadeus]

shiiiit... he came to this country at a younger age than i did. dont really get the hype, hes one out of a few hundred million. diamond in the rough. what was the point of the thread again?

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yep, another day for an asian family

That Element that will never change, and why racism and racist should never be taken seriously about anything.