<p>Great story online today: He's</a> admitted into entire Ivy League - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com</p>
<p>Interesting that he did not apply to Brown, but applied to all 7 other Ivys, plus Stanford, NYU, and 10 other schools...how can you explain that?</p>
<p>And he wants to go into politics...thank you god. I think we can agree we could use a kid like this in Washington.</p>
<p>I'm just curious why he picked the colleges to apply to that he did. And I find it mildly amusing that he was rejected by MIT.</p>
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Schools in Poland are very rigorous, as you can imagine, he said. When taking my first exam, I was constantly turning to the girl next to me because in Poland, [testing] is very collaborative. Here, its the opposite.
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Really? In Poland testing is very collaborative?<br>
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In addition to holding such high grades, Zbylut is co-captain of his schools United Nations team; founder of its debate team; president of its mock-trial team and editor of the school newspaper. And, just for kicks, he plays soccer.
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And, just for kicks, Poland just got eliminated from Euro 2008.</p>
<p>It would've been so sad if turned out that MIT was his ultimate dream school, the one he wanted to go to most.</p>
<p>How much of a factor do you think luck played into this? Just wondering.</p>
<p>um, when I did United Nations, we didn't have "captains" or "teams."</p>
<p>We weren't actually competing to win anything either...</p>
<p>^Doesn't MUN have a captain or president and don't teams go to conferences to compete?</p>
<p>I wonder why he didn't like Brown...</p>
<p>We just went to some "UN conference"
and then voted on some issues and stuff.</p>
<p>there were some awards and stuff, but we weren't really competing actually</p>
<p>Haha, look at that smile. What a jerk. A smiling jerk!</p>
<p>Ok, thats amazing.. Genius guys, my hats off to this great candidate. Hopefully, I can get accepted into 2 Ivy league schools.</p>
<p>haha i was just about to post this story!</p>
<p>also, he should have applied to brown; it's the best ivy.</p>
<p>maybe he was afraid he wouldn't get in : )</p>
<p>Brown is considered to be the more artsy/alternative ivy. Some even look down upon it in comparison to the other ivies. Maybe he hates Rhode Island. Who knows.</p>
<p>Hahaha he chose Harvard, so we're both going to Boston. Maybe I'll see him at a party and I'll be like "Hey you're that Polish whiz kid!" and he'll be like "Yeah!" and we'll laugh and have a jolly good time.</p>
<p>Aww, don't be so mean (z). He looks harmless!</p>
<p>"It's very exciting, quite nervous, and confusing... to an extent."</p>
<p>I love the way he says that. I hope he gets eaten by a bear.</p>
<p>But seriously. I hate this whole "apply to seven Ivies plus Stanford and MIT" mentality -- it values empty prestige over any semblance of character. </p>
<p>And speaking of emptiness: Lukasz Zbylut, everybody!</p>
<p>why is he anymore amazing than someone who only got into say just Harvard and Penn. Yes he is smart, but not worthy of a news story. I know people who got into all of the Ivies they applied to including HYP and they didn't get to be on Good Morning America or whatever. :( lol. Buut yeah, just cuz he applied to all of these schools and got in doesn't make him better or more amazing than someone else who got into similar school but didn't just apply to the USNWR top 10. He achieved a lot, no doubt but getting into just Harvard is no less amazing than getting into Harvard, Yale PrincSMCPCDGNYUBUCSURPICITQSASCZXTWQ. Awsome, cool, wow, but not really.</p>
<p>or a cougar</p>
<p>One of the things that perhaps makes him "more amazing" than other students who had similar admissions results is the fact that he did not speak a word of English until his family moved here from Poland just 5 years ago. From his interview this morning, it is clear that he is extremely articulate and comfortable when conversing in English now.</p>
<p>^^I have a half brother who immigrated from Russia when he was 14 and learned to speak English pretty darn well, so it's not that amazing. I have plenty of other friends who are in the same situation. And the article did not say that he didn't speak a word of english, but that he didn't speak it well. Many schools in Europe offer/require students to take English classes when they are young so he may have had some experience with the language before hand. He is a smart kid, but the media always tends to make a big deal out of everything.</p>
<p>I think what alarms me is that he applied to what, 17 or 18 schools?</p>