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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-teen-100-scholarships-article-1.1365140
A California teen who grew up penniless after his father abandoned his family has been offered free rides at nine prestigious universities.
Lloyd Chen, 17, chose Harvard, his dream school for nearly a decade, and will never forget the moment he opened the envelope with his acceptance letter.
"It was the happiest moment of my life," Chen told The Sacramento Bee.
His others options? Yale, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Diego and U.C. Davis. Not too shabby.
Being admitted into the Cambridge, Mass., juggernaut, which has an acceptance rate of just 5.8 percent for its class this fall, entails overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds - but that rate is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Chen was raised in the city of Elk Grove in abject poverty. His father left the family when he was 1 year old, shortly after they emigrated from South Korea. His mother, Susie Yun, cannot work because of an autoimmune deficiency and her battle with clinical depression.
Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-teen-100-scholarships-article-1.1365140#ixzz33Cxk8Z3Q
A California teen who grew up penniless after his father abandoned his family has been offered free rides at nine prestigious universities.
Lloyd Chen, 17, chose Harvard, his dream school for nearly a decade, and will never forget the moment he opened the envelope with his acceptance letter.
"It was the happiest moment of my life," Chen told The Sacramento Bee.
His others options? Yale, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Diego and U.C. Davis. Not too shabby.
Being admitted into the Cambridge, Mass., juggernaut, which has an acceptance rate of just 5.8 percent for its class this fall, entails overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds - but that rate is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Chen was raised in the city of Elk Grove in abject poverty. His father left the family when he was 1 year old, shortly after they emigrated from South Korea. His mother, Susie Yun, cannot work because of an autoimmune deficiency and her battle with clinical depression.
Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-teen-100-scholarships-article-1.1365140#ixzz33Cxk8Z3Q
