Virginia Commonwealth University mistakenly sent out emails telling applicants they had been accepted for the fall semester. Admissions decisions had not been made for all the email recipients.
i got in. reporter: and scholarship offers, coming one after another. i got into princeton! i just got accepted into all eight ivys. and the tears just started to come out. it was crazy. reporter: that s right, all eight ivy league schools, including princeton, yale, columbia. what! i got into harvard! reporter: but it was harvard that won her heart with a full ride in the fall. her life journey just getting started. i didn t expect it, but i was so happy and so grateful. way to go, ashley. i love that reaction to those acceptance letters. thanks so much for watching. i m whit johnson in new york. see you on gma in the morning. linsey davis back here tomorrow night. have a great night. next on abcg
the teen making her college dreams come true. ashley adirika. reporter: that s 17-year-old ashley adirika accepting her diploma from miami beach senior high school. one of my biggest dreams was to get accepted into an ivy league. reporter: a vision ashley would soon make a reality. an exceptional student and standout on the speech and debate team. the teacher just believed in my potential. reporter: but ashley also faced challenges, commuting to high school two hours each way. a first generation nigerian american, ashley says she grew up in a house full of strong women, inspiring her to start the nonprofit, our story, our worth. had this idea to empower young women of marginalized groups. reporter: setting the stage for ashley s next chapter, college. hey, you guys. welcome to ivy date. reporter: here she is on acceptance day. acceptance letters. yay!
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the rest of america and another tweet says obama is relieved not to be president any longer, millions of others, i do my happy dance over that fact frequently. to be fair i m sure democrats miss him. someone else is doing a happy dance, the family and student, to 20 top colleges. you are about to hear the pure joy as a high school student from texas found out he received an acceptance letter from his dream school, stanford university. [screaming] he received, michael brown received 20 acceptance letters. what an amazing story. great for him.