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Filipino student accepted to 5 US universities reveals school of choice

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Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Carl Audric Guia goes to Harvard. Photos courtesy of Guia " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/05/01/20230501-harvard.jpg"/><figcaption>Carl Audric Guia goes to Harvard. Photos courtesy of Guia </figcaption></figure></div> MANILA — Filipino high school student Carl Audric Guia, who had been <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/04/19/23/up-rural-high-school-student-gets-offers-from-5-us-universities">accepted to 5 US universities</a> -- of which 4 offered total financial aid -- revealed his school of choice on Sunday, April 30.The 17-year-old graduating student of the University of the Philippines Rural High School in Los Baños, Laguna said in a message to ABS-CBN News that he committed admission on April 23 to the world’s prestigious Harvard University, where he&#x27;s interested in taking up a course related to physics or astrophysics.&quot;We&#x27;re Harvard-bound!&quot; Guia said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carlaudricguia/posts/pfbid02hLRWXDgaiChMXcHjCYUUqQNWGasHYvzJq8UyVPG9YCvmEgyrjireAeFFqQ1vyqivl">Facebook post</a> on Sunday, tagging Filipino student Aryenne Ysabelle, who too had qualified to several US universities and picked the Ivy League school.&quot;[A] combination of reason and gut directed us to commit to Harvard.&quot;With 11 Nobel laureates in Physics, Harvard touts its Center for Astrophysics, established in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, as &quot;one of the world&#x27;s great centers for research in astrophysics.&quot;The center has a &quot;large staff of scientists,&quot; the university said on its website, &quot;and is among the largest institutions devoted to astronomy and astrophysics in the world.&quot;Guia said that picking one university was a hard decision. Aside from Harvard, Guia had qualified to Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and the University of Notre Dame.&quot;Coming from public high schools in the Philippines, we didn&#x27;t expect how difficult it would be to close some doors after trying so hard to find them in the first place,&quot; he said.Days before his announcement, Guia said that he had informed other universities about his decision to pursue college at Harvard, which was one of the 4 institutions that offered him a full scholarship.According to Guia, Harvard students are not required to declare a program until their sophomore year. His classes will start on September 5.Guia expressed his gratitude to people who helped them navigate US college admissions. &quot;Thank you to all who guided us in this journey,&quot; Guia said.&quot;As the first students from a Filipino public school to attend Harvard College, we raise our flag proudly. Go Crimsons!&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/04/19/23/up-rural-high-school-student-gets-offers-from-5-us-universities">Filipino student receives offers from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Notre Dame</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2602483" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Filipino student accepted to 5 US universities reveals school of choice

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published May 01, 2023 03:53 PM PHT

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Updated May 03, 2023 02:51 PM PHT

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