After completing secondary education, we all dream of getting admission to an elite university from where we can give wings to our careers and reach for the high sky of success. The 17-year-old teen made it to all Seven Ivy League Universities and a $4 million scholarship from Harvard. It is the story of Ashley Adirika, a Nigerian-American woman who got admission to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Her name was on the list of 3.2% of privileged candidates. Ashley Adirika, a Florida native and recent graduate from Miami Beach Senior High School, always wanted to study at an Ivy League Institution. She consequently submitted applications to all of the top institutions in the country. She opened her laptop to see the results on Ivy Day. To check the status, she opened all eight tabs of each Ivy college and was ecstatic when an acceptance letter popped up from each one.
She got an offer from Brown University, Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Harvard University, Penn University, Princeton University, and Yale University, along with a scholarship of $4 million. The level of excitement had reached the seventh sky. Ashley got additional offers from Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, and Emory University. She never expected to get acknowledgement from every college.
Having received confirmation from every college, she chose Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to study government as a major. She wanted to attend Yale University, but she changed her mind. She wants to research the workings of agreements on financial anomalies in networks. The likelihood of being accepted into one of the elite institutions varies between 3% to 8%.
The most exclusive universities in the US have only undertaken about 12% of applicants since roughly 2018. In 2022, Yale accepted 4.5% of its prospective students, Columbia received 3.7%, and Harvard only accepted 3.2%, the lowest proportion ever in the college’s history. However, during her explorations, Ashely found that Harward offers an advanced program for research into strategy, social theory, and similar topics.
She posted on Instagram and thanked everyone who helped her during her academics. She expressed gratitude towards her family, teachers, companions, guides, mentors, and friends. Congratulations to the Elite girl. We wish her to achieve more success in life and serve humanity. She is a living example of hard work and determination. She has raised the bar for all academicians.