Good news for this kid, he got into ALL 8 Ivy League Schools.
In the next month, Kwasi Enin must make a tough decision: Which of the eight Ivy League universities should he attend this fall? A first-generation American from Shirley, N.Y., the 17-year-old violist and aspiring physician applied to all eight, from Brown to Yale. The responses began rolling in over the past few months, and by late last week when he opened an e-mail from Harvard, he found he'd been accepted to every one.
Assuming this kid is legit and not some elaborate April Fools Day Prank, what advice would you give him in choosing a college from among all 8 Ivy League Schools?
After all the noise dies down and the novelty wears off how should he approach his selection?
What does he need to know about each school to make the best decision?
turn them all down and go to the rhode island school of design.
Go to Harvard unless you don't like Cambridge or want to experience bigger athletic events.
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Should have applied to Stanford.
Back in the day I applied to exactly two Ivy League schools and went 1 for 2. Surprisingly, the Ivy League school that rejected me was less selective/lower ranked than the one that accepted me (e.g. being rejected by Cornell but accepted at Princeton)
Note: I mentioned these schools purely as an example. They may or may not be the ones I actually applied to.
At the time, my reasoning was that the school that rejected me thought I would not accept if they offered me a spot, so they gave my spot to a candidate who would be more likely to matriculate. Now, I am no longer under such illusions. Though most people are quick to discount it, there is a significant amount of luck involved in the process.
Aside from the truly exceptional candidates (e.g. Gold medalist at the International Math Olympiad, a musician who debuted at Carnegie Hall at 7 years old, etc.) who are virtually guaranteed spots, how do you differentiate among the huge pool of candidates with seemingly identical profiles (valedictorian or nearly top of the class, 2300+ SAT scores, etc.)? It comes down who has the more impressive "whole package" in terms of personal statement and extracurricular activities, but that is highly subjective and enitrely up to the whims of the ad com.
Great post. I have a friend on the ad com at Emory here in Atlanta which is a fairly selective school here in the south. Sometimes it all comes down to which person on the committee was picked to read your app. Scary.
Can't figure out for the life of my why this kid is such major news?? I understand that it's a big accomplishment and sounds ridiculous to almost everyone in the country, but I know a girl who applied only to Harvard, MIT, CalTech, and Stanford and was admitted to all, as well as a kid who applied to 6 ivies and was admitted to them all.
Not taking anything away from this kid.. no doubt he's definitely very smart and an incredibly strong student, but have no clue why it's getting national coverage....
because his stats are crazy ridiculous. 11 AP courses, admission to all the Ivies, 99th percentile SAT score. good for him. and good for you for knowing smart people too. the news can cover whatever they want. but it actually makes me feel bad for the kind of pressure being put on kids in high school these days to live up to this kind of stuff.
I cannot imagine being in high school now. It's been 15 years since I graduated and it seems like these kids don't have time to do anything but a pre-programmed set of classes and extra-curricular activities designed for college admission. I wonder if they do all this not because they are truly interested in the activities and classes, but because someone said they have to do this to get in to a good college.
To prove my point re: lazy journalism: "The feat is extremely rare, say college counselors — few students even apply to all eight, because each seeks different qualities in their freshman class." That's not even true. Every single high-achieving Asian kid is pressure to toss in 10-15 college apps (usually the entire Ivy League + 1 state safety school + the Ivy equivalents like Stanford, MIT, etc.) That's definitely not "few students" applying to all eight. It's not a rare thing.
what sort of kwasi-journalist would pick this story up?
Same kind that misspells "quasi-".
Just messing with you though; completely agree with your point.
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