An 18-year-old boy named Craig McFarland has emerged as the best graduating student of Stanton College Preparatory School, United States with a 4.98 grade point average. He earned acceptance from 17 universities across the states.Â
Craig from the Philippines graduated as the valedictorian of his class at Stanton College Preparatory School, in Jacksonville, United States. He graduated from the school with a weighted 4.98 grade-point average.
He is an exceptional student who enjoys writing and because of his interest in languages, his course load in his senior year included classes in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Craig’s outstanding performance earned him acceptance from 17 universities and colleges.
What is more exceptional about all of Craig’s acceptance was that he was accepted into all of the eight Ivy League universities in the United States.
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Some of the universities Craig was accepted to are Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Yale University, and Harvard University.Â
“I was just yelling in shock when I heard the Yale acceptance video, I was alone with my sister in my room and opened all the Ivy League schools one by one. When I opened Harvard as the last one, my sister and I ran to my dog and danced around,” he said.
“I’m very much self-motivated and driven. I never wanted to add any additional stress to her life as she’s already had to sacrifice so much, so I learned to be really independent at a young age,” she said.
He also bagged several full scholarships, including to Florida State University and the University of Florida. Craig stated that he and his siblings were raised by his mother who had to sacrifice a lot for them to be comfortable.
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Craig stated that he plans to attend Yale University for his bachelor’s. Before choosing Yale University, he was considering Florida State University, Harvard, and Stanford University where he wanted to study biochemistry and linguistics, but was not sure whether he wanted to go into law or medicine.
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