Black excellence is all around us and as we enter college admissions season, high school seniors around the country are holding their breath, awaiting word on whether or not they will be admitted to their school of choice. Meanwhile, two black girls are out here flourishing and collecting college acceptance letters like it's a hobby.
New Jersey resident and Morris Hills High School Senior, Ifeoma White-Thorpe has already been accepted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton and Stanford. Yep, that would be all eight Ivy League Schools.
New Jersey teen accepted into all 8 Ivy League schools: https://t.co/PzdspGI03W pic.twitter.com/BMxdlPrOwA
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 4, 2017
Despite acing all of her AP classes, the student government president and national Selma speech and essay competition winner was surprised and elated to find that she had been accepted to all the schools. "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?" Ifeoma shared in an interview with ABC7 Chicago.
While still undecided on which college she will attend, her decision will be made easier once she begins to access financial packages. "At this point none of the school's 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.
In the meantime, a Chicago-area teenager is racking up the dollars thanks to the Common Black College App. According to ABC7 Chicago, Ariyana Davis, a senior at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, was accepted to 22 colleges and awarded $300,000 in scholarships. The app, which allows aspiring college students to apply to up to 50 HBCU's at one time for just $35, has helped more than 100,000 students.
So proud and blessed to receive this opportunity!!!! https://t.co/MyNm4Orsql
— Ariyana Davis (@Royallovequeen1) March 29, 2017
Davis, who plans to major in accounting, will be heading to Mississippi’s Alcorn State University in the fall. When asked what advice she would give to other students as they navigate this process she said, "Do what you have to do so that you can do what you want to do.”
And there you have it. Flourish girls, flourish!