Kingston, Ont. Grade 12 student gains admission to prestigious university – Kingston | 24CA News
The dream of getting accepted into an Ivy League college has develop into a actuality for one Kingston, Ont., highschool pupil.
With the college yr winding down, many college students are counting down the times.
For Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational School pupil Addison Wu, the top of the time period will imply the top of his 4 years at LCVI.
The Kingston teen’s subsequent chapter will unfold at some of the prestigious faculties on the planet.
“I would have never imagined getting into Princeton in a million years,” stated Wu, who is about to move to the Ivy League within the fall.
Wu will develop into one of many few college students from LCVI to ever enrol within the personal Ivy League college.
While Wu won’t have seen this coming, there’s a minimum of one one who did
“I wasn’t that surprised because Addison probably ranks in the top 1 per cent of students I’ve ever taught,” stated LCVI instructor, Jo-Anne Riley.
Riley has been educating Wu math since Grade 9, an expertise the veteran instructor isn’t taking without any consideration
“Kids like Addison are amazing to work with. They’re fun, they’re passionate about mathematics and they love to learn,” she added.
Wu shared an identical admiration for his instructor, going so far as to credit score her for serving to to ignite his love of math.
“I will always say I was a bit of a math kid but RJ, Ms. Riley, she really made me see the passion in mathematics with her really engaging teaching style,” stated Wu.
He has already visited the campus in New Jersey and is happy to start out in Computer Engineering come the autumn.
His Ivy League acceptance is simply the most recent Princeton connection for LCVI.
“Some of our teachers here are Princeton alumni. I think I’m probably the second student but all in all we have a very unique connection with Princeton given our school’s pretty small size,” he added.
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