CNN News:美國一少年同時被常青藤八所學校錄取

In the U.S., the Ivy League consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Pennsylvania. This is true. Ivy League colleges and universities are known for academic excellence and social prestige.

在美國，常青藤盟校包括哈佛，耶魯，普林斯頓，哥倫比亞，布朗，達特茅斯，康奈爾和賓夕法尼亞大學。這是真的，常青藤高等院校以其杰出的學術(shù)和社會聲望聞名。

They are also known for high tuition. At Harvard, costs of attendance, which includes tuition, fees, room and board is $60,000 a year. Can you say scholarship? It`s also selective. Last year`s acceptance rate was less than six percent. So, Ivy League acceptance is an accomplishment in itself, especially if it`s to the whole league.

同樣巨額學費也眾人皆知，在哈佛，報道費包括學費，雜費，食宿費總共60,000美元每年。你在說獎學金嗎? 獎學金的頒布也是有選擇性的。去年的錄取率不到6%。所以能被常青藤聯(lián)盟學校接受本身就是一種至高的成就，尤其被整個盟校要求錄取來講。

Kwasi Enin is a 17-year old student a William Floyd High School who now has the biggest decision of his life ahead of him. Enin applied to and was accepted to all eight Ivy League Schools.

Kwasi Enin是一個來自威廉佛洛依德高中17歲的學生，目前正面臨著人生重大選擇。Enin申請了常青藤所有八所學校，結(jié)果都被錄取了。

My dream came true, basically.

我的夢想基本上實現(xiàn)了。

Kwasi says he hasn`t picked which one he wants to attend yet. As expected, he says he`ll do his research and select the one he really wants to go to. He says his parents have been the driving force behind his academics.

Kwasi表示現(xiàn)在還沒有決定要去哪所學校讀書。他表示會按計劃做研究并選出一個自己真正想去的學校。并說他的父母是他學術(shù)研究的動力源。

They are very proud because the whole journey, I mean, of childhood here and hoping for the best and then the best becoming like this level.

他們對我從小到大的整個學習生活感到驕傲，打小想讓我上最好的學校，現(xiàn)在希望成真了。

Kwasi got a 22-50 out of 24-50 on his SAT score, which places him in a 99 percentile for all students taking the exam. But for him, it`s not just about SAT scores.

總分24-50Kwasi拿到了22-50的優(yōu)異成績，這讓他在所有參加考試的學生中獨領(lǐng)風騷。但是對于他自己來講，這僅僅代表著SAT的成績。

I think I have the newly well-rounded - when it comes to academics, music, sports and just like - doesn`t always been like the very best in all of them.

我想我應(yīng)該全面發(fā)展，當涉及到學術(shù)，音樂，運動和其他專業(yè)時，我并不太擅長。

His principal Barbara Butler says his accomplishments have inspired other students in the school.

他的校長芭芭拉巴特勒說他的成就極大的鼓舞了其他在校學生。

He`s been an inspiration for other kids, even just walking down the hall today. Kids have said things like I want to do that. I want to try that.

他對其他學生來講就是精神領(lǐng)袖，盡管他今天已經(jīng)離開了學校。他們說我也想要這樣，我也想試一試。

In addition to his achievements, Kwasi just has a great attitude towards life.

在他取得成就之余，Kwasi有的就是對生活積極樂觀的態(tài)度。

I mean knowing that I`m going to have a happy day because of the things I`m doing in this day. Because I love doing all of them. So I think that`s what really pushes me.

我是指我知道我現(xiàn)在所做的一切是為了將來可以過得更好，因為我喜歡做這些事情。這是我認為對我最大的推動力。