Nigerian-American Teen Ashley Adirika Admitted to 8 Ivy League Schools

17-year-old Nigerian-American Ashley Adirika accepted to study in Harvard After Earning Acceptance To All U.S. 8 Ivy League Universities. In an interview with CNN, Ashley admits that it has always been a dream for her to study in an Ivy League school.

"I just decided to shoot my shot at all of them and see if it would land. And I had no idea that I would get accepted into all of them," she says. "On Ivy Day, I remember crying a lot and just being extremely surprised."

Ashley, who graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School this month, joins an exclusive group: Since 2018, each Ivy League school has accepted less than 12% of its applicants. This year Yale accepted 4.5%, Columbia took 3.7% and Harvard accepted just 3.2%, the lowest number in the university's history.

Credit: CNN/ Ashley Adirika