AKIPRESS.COM - A New York high school student, Kwasi Enin of Shirley has been accepted by the eight Ivy League schools - Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Princeton and Cornell, and then some. He will have his choice as the decision deadline of May 1 approaches, the CNN reported on April 2.

Enin scored a 2250 out of a possible 2400 on his SAT, placing him in the 98th percentile across the country, according to The College Board. He's also ranked 11th in his class at William Floyd High School, a public school on Long Island, according to his principal, Barbara Butler.

Butler said Enin is not only a model academic student but also plays three instruments for the chamber orchestra, sings in an a cappella group, throws shot put and discus for the high school's track and field team, participates in student government and has had a lead role in school plays since the ninth grade.

Dr. Rachel Rubin, the founder of Spark Admissions in Massachusetts who also previously served on admissions committees at selective universities, said the feat is extremely rare.

Standardized test scores and good grades will get a student in the door to have their application read, Rubin said. But it's their extracurricular activities, leadership experience, exceptional talents, recommendation letters and personal essays that will move a student from a pile of 'maybes' to a pile of 'accepted', he noted.

Harvard's acceptance rate, among the most selective in the country, was just 5.9% for the applicants to the class of 2017, according to its admissions site.

Enin was also accepted to Duke University and three State University of New York campuses, according to Newsday.

Although Enin has yet to make a decision, he shared with his thoughts to choose Yale university.