Meet Michael Brown, a 17-year-old senior at Lamar High School in Houston, who applied to 20 colleges and universities, including four Ivy League schools. The results are in and he’s been accepted by every one of them. All 20…with a full ride to each and more than $260,000 in scholarships.
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According to the Houston Chronicle, Brown, who comes from the city’s economically challenged Third Ward, was able to make it happen thanks to a 4.68 GPA and inspiration from his mother, Berthinia Rutledge-Brown, who finished her degree while he was in elementary school. he has more options than he ever imagined.

“After she got divorced, she decided she needed to get a better job,” he said. She enrolled at Houston Community College and worked hard to become a licensed counselor when Brown was 8 or 9 years old.

And the reaction from a Fox affiliate:

Here’s a new one: Local Fox anchors criticized this Black teen for working TOO hard pic.twitter.com/kka8fvgJrj

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 7, 2018

The take-away from the video is that he applied to too many and is denying some other kids a chance.