Nigerian Student, Ifeoma, Gets Admission into 8 Ivy League Universities in US

Ifeoma Thorpe-White, 17, a teenager born of Nigerian parents, has been admitted into all eight Ivy League schools in United States including Stanford.

Ms Thorpe-White, a senior at Morris Hills High School in Rockaway New Jersey got accepted into Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton and Stanford.  

"I was shaking, I was like, 'Oh my gosh, oh my gosh,' like this might be eight out of eight and I clicked it and it said 'Congratulations' and I was like, 'Oh my goodness...'" Ifeoma told WABC-TV.

Principal Todd Toriello told ABC News that Ifeoma has been a student leader throughout her four years at Morris Hills High.

"She understands the importance of giving back to her school service and currently serves the student body as the student government association president," Toriello said. "As a senior, she's challenged herself in rigorous course work. ... In my relationship with her, she has always been a respectful individual and we are just so proud of her and her accomplishments.

"Whatever school she decides to go to, she will continue on doing great things and will leave her mark on this world and make it a better place," he added.

She is the daughter of a Nigerian mother, Patricia, nee Eluemunor and Andre Thorpe-White.

Mrs White-Thorpe told ABC News that she was not surprised by her daughter's feat.

"She has always been a hardworking girl," White-Thorpe said. "Last month, she was one of the 2017 Coca-Cola Scholars and that is one of 86,000 students in the United States. They choose 150 students and she was one of them.

"As a little girl, she was a great writer," she added. "I remember when she was in kindergarten. She spoke on behalf on behalf of the kindergarten class and it blew our minds away."

Ifeoma has joined the leagues of other Nigerians flying Nigerian flag higher in the United States.

Last year, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a student of Elmont Memorial High School was also accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. In 2015, a salutatorian Harold Ekeh from the same school got admission to the big eight.

According to her mother, Ifeoma will be studying biology and hopes to become a cardiologist.