- Ayrton Little, 16, got the good news Tuesday at school in Opelousas, Louisiana
- Classmates at the private TM Landry College Prep erupted with joy at the news
- Little plans to study computer science and hopes to work on Wall Street
The moment a 16-year-old and his classmates explode with joy as they finds out he’s been accepted to Harvard University is melting hearts across the internet.
Ayrton Little, 16, was surrounded by classmates at the private TM Landry College Prep in Opelousas, Louisiana when he found out he’d gotten early admission for Harvard’s 2022 class.
Little erupts with excitement at the news, as his friends scream with joy and begin chanting ‘three-peat’, in reference to the school sending a grad to the Ivy League three years running.
Ayrton Little, 16, was surrounded by classmates at the private TM Landry College Prep in Opelousas, Louisiana when he found out he’d gotten early admission for Harvard’s 2022 class
‘Harvard has always been my dream school,’ Little told the Huffington Post.
‘Many of my classmates are also getting their decisions this week. I honestly don’t know when the excitement will die down at this point.’
Little said that his brother was accepted to Stanford University on Friday.
‘It still haven’t been calm since my brother’s acceptance Friday, but my brother and I realized that we have done the impossible,’ he said.
Little said that he plans to major and math and computer science and work on Wall Street
Little said that he plans to major and math and computer science.
He said he hopes to ‘find a job on Wall Street with the intention of opening a nonprofit to help children from my community get to the position that I’m currently in.’
Last year, Harvard admitted 5.6 per cent of students who applied.