Fargo North High School senior Martin Altenburg is an outlier among the class of recently accepted college students.

The 17-year-old North Dakotan went into admissions season unsure how many Ivy League schools might accept him.

He already had an inclination that good things may be ahead after he applied early to Stanford and was accepted. Next came likely letters — an early notification of acceptance for regular decision students — from Harvard, Columbia, and Brown.

So as he began opening his remaining five Ivy League decision letters on a bus ride back from a science Olympiad tournament last Thursday, anticipation began read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com