Decisions, decisions. Kwasi Enin, a 17-year-old high school student from New York, has a serious one coming May 1, when he’ll need to select where he’ll be going to college. The catch: Enin has been accepted by all eight Ivy League universities (Harvard, Princeton, Yale).
It’s not easy to be accepted by one Ivy League college, much less all eight, but Enin’s high school record is pretty solid. Ranked 11th in his class, Enin scored 2250 on his 2400-point SAT tests, enough to put him in the 98th percentile.
As Rachel Rubin, an admissions expert says, good grades and test scores only open the door. “It’s their extracurricular activities, leadership experience, exceptional talents, recommendation letters and personal essays that will move a student from a pile of ‘maybes’ to a pile of ‘accepted.'” With Enin playing three instruments in orchestra, singing in an a cappella group, competing on the track team, starring in school plays and participating in student government, it was enough.
Enin hasn’t made a decision yet, but says he’s leaning toward Yale. “I really liked their sense of family, relationships between undergraduates and professors, and the residential college,” he said. (CNN)
Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.