I’d seen an article about him in the past, but it was great to be able listen to him actually talk about his experiences in more detail:
http://www.collegeadmissionstoolbox.com/accepted-every-ivy-league-kwasi-enin/
Is it even necessary to apply to EVERY Ivy?
Harvard and Brown are completely different. What are the odds that someone would truly want to go to both? Seems more like just looking for prestige…
Or the applicant (like many immigrants), is willing to attend extremely divergent but great schools depending on the fin aid offered. For many people, applying to a variety of schools is a very viable plan.
@JimmyH555 if you listen to part two of the podcast he goes through how he decided on colleges. It seems like he applied to all of the Ivy League schools expecting to only get into a few, and then planning on choosing from there regarding financial aid. For his situation it seems like it did make sense to apply to all of them. I’m assuming you didn’t actually listen to the podcast because if you had you would have heard him discuss the differences of all the schools. He didn’t like that Cornell was in the middle of nowhere, he didn’t like the social scene at Princeton, and ultimately he found his best fit at Yale. I don’t think he was looking for prestige, he was looking for a great education. Once he was accepted to all the schools, he decided which was the best fit for him.