Long Island Teen Kwasi Enin Accepted to All 8 Ivy League ...

Kwasi Enin, a 17-year old student at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, N.Y., has accomplished a rare feat: he has been accepted to each ... Close Searchfor: Search News Community PrinceGeorge’sCounty National Politics Education Local World International AfricaNow PressRoom Business PersonalFinance Homeownership LocalBusiness Technology Lifestyle Arts&Theater Entertainment Books Food Fashion Faith&Religion Faith Religion Cars&Travel Cars Travel Health Coronavirus Sports HBCUSports LocalSports ProSports Opinion WIN-TV Op-Ed Columnists StacyM.Brown LaurenVictoriaBurke BenjaminF.ChavisJr. JamesClingman AustinR.CooperJr. CharleneCrowell MarianWrightEdelman BillFletcherJr. WilliamJ.Ford LyndiaGrant Rev.JesseL.JacksonSr. RaynardJackson GeorgeLambert ShevryLassiter JulianneMalveaux MarcMorial AskiaMuhammad Editor’sColumn Editorial LetterstotheEditor Viewpoints Blogs Cartoons Media Video PhotoGalleries WIBridge PDFEditions WeeklyE-Editions SpecialEditions Supplements SpecialTopics OurHouseDC Election2020 BlackHistoryMonth Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Close Skiptocontent KwasiEnin(Photo:WilliamFloydSchoolDistrict) KwasiEnin(Photo:WilliamFloydSchoolDistrict) KwasiEnin,a17-yearoldstudentatWilliamFloydHighSchoolinMasticBeach,N.Y.,hasaccomplishedararefeat:hehasbeenacceptedtoeachoftheeightuniversitiesintheIvyLeague. Hishardchoicenowistofigureoutwhichonehewillattend:BrownUniversity,ColumbiaUniversity,CornellUniversity,DartmouthCollege,HarvardUniversity,PrincetonUniversity,UniversityofPennsylvaniaandYaleUniversity Afirst-generationAmericanfromShirley,N.Y.,the17-year-oldviolistandaspiringphysicianappliedtoalleight,fromBrowntoYale.Thefeatisextremelyrare,saycollegecounselors—fewstudentsevenapplytoalleight,becauseeachseeksdifferentqualitiesintheirfreshmanclass.Almostnoneareinvitedtoattendthemall.TheIvyLeaguecollegesareamongthenation’smostelite.“Myheartskippedabeatwhenhetoldmehewasapplyingtoalleight,”saysNancyWinkler,aguidancecounseloratWilliamFloydHighSchool,whereEninattendsclass.In29yearsasacounselor,shesays,she’sneverseenanythinglikethis.“It’sabigdealwhenwehavestudentsapplytooneortwoIvies.Togetintooneortwoishuge.Itwasextraordinary.”[USAToday] EninranksNo.11inaclassof647atWilliamFloyd,whichputshiminthetop2%ofhisclass.HisSATscore,at2,250outof2,400points,putshiminthe99thpercentileforAfrican-Americanstudents. READMORE SuburbanNYStudentPicksYaleAmongAll8IviesMay1,2014In"National"Acceptanceby8IviesDoesn’tRemoveRaceStigmaApril7,2014In"Op-Ed"MinnesotaTeenAcceptedtoAllEightIvyLeagueSchoolsApril10,2015In"National" Leaveacomment CancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Requiredfieldsaremarked*Comment*Name* Email* Website Yes,IwouldliketoreceiveemailsfromWashingtonInformerNewspaper.Signmeup! Bysubmittingthisform,youareconsentingtoreceivemarketingemailsfrom:WashingtonInformerNewspaper,3117MartinLutherKingJr.AveSE,Washington,DC,20032,https://www.washingtoninformer.com.YoucanrevokeyourconsenttoreceiveemailsatanytimebyusingtheSafeUnsubscribe®link,foundatthebottomofeveryemail.EmailsareservicedbyConstantContact Δ{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Yoursubmissionfailed.Theserverrespondedwith{{status_text}}(code{{status_code}}).Pleasecontactthedeveloperofthisformprocessortoimprovethismessage.LearnMore{{/message}}{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Itappearsyoursubmissionwassuccessful.EventhoughtheserverrespondedOK,itispossiblethesubmissionwasnotprocessed.Pleasecontactthedeveloperofthisformprocessortoimprovethismessage.LearnMore{{/message}}Submitting… CURRENTNEWSPAPERVISITTHEWASHINGTONINFORMERCHARITIES