Why Every Ivy League School Wants This High School Teen

The college acceptance process can be a pretty nerve-racking time for a teen. But for one high school student, the real pressure is not if he'll get into his college of choice, but how he'll choose which to attend.

Harold Ekeh, a student at Elmont Memorial High School in New York's Long Island neighborhood, was accepted into all eight Ivy League universities, many with nearly full scholarships.

Born in Nigeria, Ekeh — the oldest of five siblings — came to the United States when he was 8 because his parents wanted to provide him with better educational opportunities. He wrote his main college essay about the struggle to adjust, including being clueless in US history classes at school.

"I'm not a whiz kid, I'm not even smart," he said. "I just think that, through hard work and perseverance and dedication, you can accomplish anything you'd like to be."

So where will Ekeh, a salutatorian who scored 2270 on his SATs and hopes to become a neurosurgeon, be heading next Fall? Although he was also accepted to five other non-Ivy colleges, he's leaning toward Yale.

Not a bad choice considering that last year, another Long Island high school student, Kwasi Enin — who was accepted to all the Ivy League schools — made the same decision.