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Romeo Umana, an 18-year-old School for Advanced Studies high school and a Miami Dade College student, was accepted into three Ivy League colleges, plus two other top-notch universities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Umana was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford<\/span><\/a> and MIT, all of which are offering him a full-ride scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

After visiting most of the schools, Umana decided to attend Stanford for the upcoming fall semester. Umana said Stanford not only has a great program for his intended major, computer science, but he thought the campus was beautiful. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the campus that felt like home,\u201d Umana said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t really express it in words.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Umana will be the first in his family to attend college. When his mother heard the news, Umana said, she was extremely excited for her son. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really a blessing,\u201d Umana said. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity that no one in my family has ever had, and I\u2019m never going to have to worry about affording education. It\u2019s just a huge blessing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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