這真的是一個相稱勵誌的故事。富勒頓高中卒業班門生費爾南多·羅賈斯勝利被大學登科，他的怙恃是墨西哥移民，教導程度只有八年級。而他們的兒子，這個十七歲少年，博得了使人驚奇的“大滿貫”——八所常春藤高校都拋來橄欖枝。
羅賈斯在接收橘郡記事報采訪時說：“我本認為一所黌舍都去不了。這八封登科關照書，既是幸事也是不幸，由於我不能不從中作出選取。我很高興也很恐怖，統統都在統一個時候產生。”
仲春，羅賈斯收到第一封來自耶魯大學的登科關照書。幾周內，登科關照書、郵件、信件紛至沓來，分離來自達特茅斯大學、布朗大學、賓夕法尼亞大學、康奈爾大學、哥倫比亞大學、哈佛大學和普林斯頓大學。
羅賈斯還收到了來自斯坦福大學和鄰近兩所黌舍的約請，分離是加州大學歐文分校和富勒頓的加州州立大學。
59歲的勞爾·羅賈斯和56歲的老婆瑪利亞一共有四個孩子，他們在二十世紀八十年月初從墨西哥的哈利斯科搬至富勒頓。勞爾是機床工人，瑪利亞是名女成衣。
羅賈斯以為，作為天下爭辯賽冠軍，假如他申請常春藤高校，應當能進入個中一所。
羅賈斯的爭辯指點先生帝那傑羅表現，羅賈斯倔強堅固，自動踴躍，在競爭中快速發展。“他最大的動力便是想讓他的怙恃看到他們的辛勞支付是有回報的。”
在觀光了幾所大學後，羅賈斯選取了耶魯大學。連帶留宿在內一年6.4萬美元，羅賈斯付出6千美元，耶魯獎學金和聯邦補助承當別的用度。
“我愛好普林斯頓，”羅賈斯說，“校園異常俏麗，然則感到很壓制。斯坦福很大很壯觀。”
“耶魯的同窗都很熱忱，從那邊開端另外一段人生應當很不錯”，羅賈斯彌補道。
借助於羅賈斯的翻譯，他的媽媽說她起先沒有意想到本身的兒子這麽精彩。媒體采訪接踵而至，讓她意想到這件事非比平常。
羅賈斯說他的勝利得益於本身的盡力，和哥哥們的指點。“我進入高中就已曉得應當怎樣做了。”
在進入耶魯前，羅賈斯想要過一個輕松高興的炎天。他斟酌主修拉美研討，以後成為國際事件方面的狀師。
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It would have been a success story if Fullerton High School senior Fernando Rojas, the son of Mexican immigrants whose schooling stopped in the eighth grade, was accepted to college. But the 17-year-old achieved a surprising clean sweep — he was accepted to every Ivy League school。
"I didn't think I would get into any," Rojas told The Orange County Register on Saturday. "When I got all eight, it was a blessing and a curse because I had to choose. I was excited and scared and everything at the same time."
The first call came from Yale University in February. Within weeks calls, emails and letters followed from Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University and Princeton University。
Rojas also was accepted by Stanford University and two nearby schools, the University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Fullerton。
He is one of four children of Raul Rojas, 59, and wife, Maria, 56, who moved to Fullerton from Jalisco, Mexico, in the early 1980s. Raul is a machine operator, and Maria is a seamstress。
A national speech and debate champion, Rojas reasoned that if he applied to the eight Ivy League schools, he might get into one。
Sal Tinajero, Rojas' speech and debate coach at Fullerton, told the newspaper that Rojas is a tenacious self-starter who thrives on competition. "His biggest motivation was his parents to know that their hard work meant something," Tinajero said。
After visiting several campuses, he settled on Yale, which costs $64,000 a year with room and board. He is responsible for $6,000; Yale scholarships and federal grant money cover the rest。
"I loved Princeton," Rojas said. "It was a beautiful campus, but it felt very stressful. Stanford was too big and overwhelming."
"The (incoming) Yale kids were a little bit more enthused to get started and get going," Rojas added。
With Fernando Rojas translating, his mother said she didn't initially realize the magnitude of her son's accomplishment. But once the media outlets started calling, she knew it was a big deal。
Rojas attributes his academic success to hard work and the guidance of his older siblings. "I went into high school knowing what I was supposed to do," he said。
He'll mostly take it easy during the summer before heading to Yale in late August. He's considering majoring in Latin American studies and perhaps a career as a lawyer or in international affairs。
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