RECORDS SET!!! Nigerian Kid Wins $2m Scholarship To Any US University And More

Rotimi Kukoyi, a smart and brilliant Nigerian-American kid, was admitted to all 15 of the top institutions in the country as a result of his exceptional high school achievement.

Rotimi, a graduate of Hoover High School in Glendale, Alabama, was named the institution’s top student. Being the son of immigrants from Nigeria, he claimed that he had always been motivated to complete high school in the United States.

“As a child of immigrants who came to the United States to secure a better future for themselves and their children through the American education system, I’ve always aspired to graduate from high school,” he wrote on Instagram.

“The past 13 years of hard work have paid off, and I’m incredibly optimistic for what lies ahead. I’m thankful to the close relationships that have supported me throughout this journey, and I’m excited to watch my friends continue to succeed from afar,” he added.

As a result of his outstanding performance, Rotimi was awarded admission into all the Ivy League including Harvard University, Yale Unversity, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt and Duke University, among others with a scholarship worth over $2 million per outlet.

Rotimi also set a new outstanding record for Blacks in the school after emerging the first-ever Black National Merit Scholar of the school.

He ultimately decided to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States where he will, study to attain a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Policy and Management using the school’s prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship.

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