Florida Teen Receives Acceptance Letters From All 8 Ivy League Schools
In Jacksonville, Florida, one teen has received acceptance letters from 17 schools, including the eight ivy league universities: Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell.
Craig McFarland, an 18-year-old student at Stanton College Preparatory School, who’s set to graduate as the valedictorian of his class, has never received a “B,”and has secured a 4.98-grade point average throughout his entire high school career. Now that he’s got approvals from the big schools, he’s unsure which university he’ll lock in with; especially, as coronavirus pandemic halts campus visits.
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Speaking on the moment he opened his letters, McFarland says, “I was alone with my sister in my room and opened all the Ivy League schools one by one. When I opened Harvard as the last one, my sister and I ran to my dog and danced around.” McFarland, who took French, Spanish and Arabic classes his senior year, affirms, “I’m very much self-motivated and driven.”
Furthermore, other schools who sent acceptance letters include: Duke University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Emory University; and both Florida State University and University of Florida, who offered him full scholarships.
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