Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a high school student from Long Island is celebrating the rare feat of being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. Watch her story below.
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N.J. teen accepted to 7 Ivy League schools
High school senior Nik Bostrom has a major decision to make. It's not where to spend spring break or who to take to prom. Bostrom is deciding between the seven Ivy League colleges he's been accepted to.
The Verona teenager has always been a good student and a well-rounded member of his school community, but he said that when he decided to apply to seven of the eight Ivy League schools earlier this year, he didn't think that he would get into any of them.
"I really didn't anticipate getting in," he said. "I didn't expect this to happen. It doesn't seem real; it's a dream."
Bostrom is not only boasting an impressive GPA and taking advanced classes, but also heavily involved in his school's music program and marching band. He was also on the Verona track team until a back injury forced him to step down last year.
Even with the impressive record, Bostrom said he and his family were extremely surprised when he acceptances kept rolling in — Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania all accepted Nick. He didn't apply to the eighth Ivy, Dartmouth.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Tiana Walters of Princeton NJ is missing!
[ SOURCE ] Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 17-year-old girl.
Tiana Walters was last seen at the Princeton Shopping Center at 2 p.m. today, police said in an alert.
Walters, who is 5-foot-3 and weighs 175 pounds, was wearing a gray American Eagle T-shirt and black yoga pants, while carrying a multi-colored Coach backpack, police said.
Anyone with information that could help police find Walters is asked to contact police at (609) 921-2100 ext. 0.
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Teen accepted to all 8 Ivy League schools
A high school senior on Long Island thought he'd give it the old college try and apply to all eight Ivy League schools. Now, 17-year-old Kwasi Enin, of Shirley, has a tough decision ahead of him after he was accepted at all of them. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania all said yes. Watch this inspiring story below: