{"id":488,"date":"2017-04-17T02:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T02:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gifted.one\/?p=488"},"modified":"2021-10-31T21:34:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T02:34:26","slug":"17-year-old-girl-gets-accepted-by-all-8-ivy-league-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gifted.one\/index.php\/2017\/04\/17\/17-year-old-girl-gets-accepted-by-all-8-ivy-league-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old girl gets accepted by all 8 Ivy League schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"moz-reader-content\" class=\"line-height4\">\n<div id=\"readability-page-1\" class=\"page\">\n<div id=\"article-entry\" class=\"entry\" data-use-autolinker=\"true\">\n<div data-page=\"1\" data-page-hidden=\"0\" data-use-autolinker=\"false\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gifted.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-05-at-12-31-59-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"http:\/\/gifted.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-05-at-12-31-59-pm-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gifted.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-05-at-12-31-59-pm-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/gifted.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-05-at-12-31-59-pm.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ifeoma White-Thorpe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many college-bound high school seniors will have difficult decisions to make as summer approaches, but few can compare to the choice facing New Jersey teen Ifeoma White-Thorpe &#8212;\u00a0she was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<p>White-Thorpe was accepted into Stanford University, too.<\/p>\n<p>At first, she was solely focused on Harvard \u2014 the first school to officially give her the green light. But acceptance letters from other prestigious schools across the country soon flooded her mailbox, and now she\u2019s back to square one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got into Harvard Early Action, so I was like I\u2019ll just go there. And then I got into all the others and now I don\u2019t know where I want to go,\u201d White-Thorpe told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2017\/04\/04\/nj-teen-gets-accepted-by-all-8-ivy-league-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Philly<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager already has quite an impressive \u201cresum\u00e9.\u201d She\u2019s student government president, ranks high in her advanced placement courses and is a talented poet and writer. She recently won\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibertyMuseum\/photos\/a.10152734029466423.1073741836.48847666422\/10152734031451423\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first place<\/a>\u00a0in the National Liberty Museum\u2019s Selma Speech &amp; Essay Contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation is essential for change, and I aspire to be that change,\u201d White-Thorpe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyMuseum\/status\/589837238013448192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> after winning a $5,000 prize in the national essay contest.<\/p>\n<p>She says she wants to major in global healthy policy, and plans to look into what programs each school offers in her field. But that\u2019s not the only factor that will help make her decision.<\/p>\n<p>It will likely come down to whichever university provides the best financial aid package, White-Thorpe said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\u00a9 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many college-bound high school seniors will have difficult decisions to make as summer approaches, but few can compare to the choice facing New Jersey teen Ifeoma White-Thorpe &#8212;\u00a0she was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges. And that\u2019s not all. White-Thorpe was accepted into Stanford University, too. 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