16 Year Old Nigerian American Girl Among World’s Smartest 50

Nigerian girl, Saheela Ibraheem, whose name has been buzzing in the headlines lately as a promising talent, that has reserved a place among “The World’s 50 Smartest Teenagers” list.
The young girl, only 16, made it in the headlines earlier this year when she was accepted into Harvard University, making her one of the youngest students ever to attend the school.

Making a record in the US, Saheela was accepted at 13 other colleges, including prestigious MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Brown, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. In the end, Saheela chose Harvard, based on her seven-year-old brother’s advice who also dreams of being admitted to Harvard.
Saheela believes the key to success is knowing what you love to learn as early as possible, a knowledge she says she achieved at age five.
Known as polite and humble, the Muslim prodigy said that her Nigerian parents, totally supportive of the young scholar, sometimes taught her subjects the schools didn't offer.


Source:http://www.stelladimokokorkus.com/2013/10/16-year-old-nigerian-american-girl.html