<p>[exerpt from long story about her background]</p>
<p>"Adenike was accepted to 13 schools, chief among them Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell. But it was Harvard’s esteemed biomedical engineering program that she desired, which none of the other schools offered.
“I liked Princeton, but they only had traditional engineering,” she said. “Biomedical engineering is a relatively new field. It’s where engineering and medicine meet. Like the technology of the pacemaker, matching the pace of the machine to the heart.”
Harvard-bound
Adenike was in class the day her thick envelope arrived from Harvard. Her parents, excitedly violating Sewanhaka school policy, called Adenike on her cell phone and shouted the good news. “It was unbelievable – it still is unbelievable,” she said.
Adenike must take two years of core classes before diving headlong into biomedical engineering, but it won’t be long before the third Adewuyi enters the medical field. “We’re very happy, very proud,” said her father, whose wife recently received her doctorate in physical therapy from Stony Brook. “We always told her, ‘You can achieve anything.’”
Adenike plans to be as busy at Harvard as she was at Sewanhaka. She wants to try out for the tennis team and join the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship. And she wants to get acquainted with the greater Boston area, her new home, one she’s traveled thousands of miles to get to.
“Think about it: She had a goal, worked to achieve it and is on her way to Harvard,” said Alfano. “Sewanhaka High School should be real proud of what she has earned and achieved. She is a leader that will make a difference in medicine. What a story, and what a fine young lady.”</p>
<p>I look for such articles, but seldom find them. The road this girl has travelled to get to where she is today is truly remarkable. You really should read the whole story.</p>
<p>So much bitterness on this board. And what does this girl getting into H have to with AA? Or are you implying that AA is the only reason that URM’s get into H?</p>
<p>I find it sad that because someone is accepted into a distinguished school that they automaticaly enter into the stereotype of “rich,” stuck up, or only accepted because of ethnicity. From personal experience I can say that this is not true in this case. The reason why the original article was even published was because no one from the particular high school this girl was from, had been accepted to Harvard in over twenty five years. From 15 she was already doing research in distinguished programs. </p>
<p>“Its always affluent kids. Never a poor kid…” She moved here from Africa. Being from overseas definitely does not make you automatically entered into the “rich and affluent” category. The high school she went to, if you had even read the article, was public, though this does not affect the quality of education. A truly rich and affluent family would more times than not, send their child to a private high school, or even a preparatory boarding school.</p>