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Flossmoor Teen Accepted into 13 Colleges—4 of Them Ivy League

Meet the Flossmoor resident and H-F High School grad who was wanted by more than a dozen schools.

A Flossmoor teen was thinking he'd have trouble getting into college—turns out he would have more than a dozen to choose from.

Desmond Amuh was nervous about his chances at acceptance, so he threw his name into many different piles, and was left with a different kind of conundrum. 

Too many from which to choose.

Amuh was accepted to 13 schools, including four Ivy League. A graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, the 18-year-old plays classical piano, in addition to clarinet in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, ABC7 reports.

Yale won him over, for its strong economics program and the opportunity to continue playing music. He plans to major in economics and political science. Staring down a price tag of $60,000 to attend Yale, Amuh is pursuing scholarships to help offset the cost. 

He points to President Barack Obama as a role model. 

"Maybe one day I'll be the first African American chairman of the Federal Reserve," Amuh told ABC7. 


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