High School Senior Didn't Have a Prom Date So She Took Her Harvard Acceptance Letter Instead
Boys, who needs 'em.
Especially when you've been accepted to Harvard, of all places, as Minnesota teen Priscilla Samey was. She was also accepted into six other Ivy League schools, including Yale, Princeton, and Columbia University.
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But she couldn't find herself a date for prom (what's wrong with people?), so she decided to take her acceptance letter and kiss it for a photo. And we love it.
"Couldn't find a man to accept me for prom so I took a college that did," Samey wrote on Twitter.
Couldn't find a man to accept me for prom so I took a college that did #Harvard2021 #prom2k17 💕🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/vIw2524wXu
— • (@prizxillas) April 30, 2017
Finding a date has been the least of her struggles. Samey was born to Togolese parents who came to the U.S. via Quebec.
Her family moved to Anoka, Minnesota, when she was eight years old, where she was forced to learn English from scratch.
In her college application essay, published in The Tab, she wrote about the difficulties of being in a low-income household and her father struggling to find work, despite being a qualified doctor.
"I was at the top of my class and had a nearly perfect GPA; English was my strongest subject. And yet my father, Dr. Yaovi Remi Samey, to this day spends his nights working a low salary security job because no one will employ him, simply because of his accent," she wrote in her essay.
"I was faced with the fact that prejudice was the biggest hurdle my dad faced in this country, the same one that seemed to be simultaneously allowing me to grow."
As we all know years on, prom is just one night. But a top education can set you up for life.
You won't have to cut this picture in half in five years so you winning https://t.co/OcBOwck6en
— Tressie Mc (@tressiemcphd) May 1, 2017
@prizxillas If it makes you feel better, prom is lame. We booed our DJ off the stage. Being somebody's boss isn't as lame. Congrats!
— Matt Barnthouse (@MattBarnthouse) May 2, 2017
@prizxillas Harvard > 18 year old boys. Good call. (I went to prom by myself, joined friends & their dates at their table, & had a great time!)
— Susanna Williams (@SusannaDW) May 1, 2017
@prizxillas Not really sure why you didn't get asked, but you are gorgeous. Good luck to you...
— Thomas Walker (@TwalkForever) May 2, 2017
@prizxillas @hibrynn I don't know you but I'm so happy for you, this just healed my soul and cleared my skin 💕 pic.twitter.com/GyxjtdwkG7
— tilila (@itsmriem) April 30, 2017
@prizxillas I wasn't invited to my high school prom either. I got over the haters, now have 3 degrees from Harvard. Success = the best revenge. Congrats
— Sally Hemings Kid (@SallyHemingsKid) May 1, 2017
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