May 21, 2012
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15 Year Old Springs Native Heads to University of Pennsylvania

Kids her age are still underclassman in High School, but a Palmer High School graduate is years ahead, starting college at an Ivy League school in Philadelphia.

"I've been three grades ahead since sixth grade," Exline said.

At 15, Exline is the youngest African American female ever to be accepted into an Ivy League school.

"All of the Ivy League decisions come out on the same day. So I found out I was rejected from Harvard and wait listed at Columbia, but then when I got into Penn it was really exciting," said Exline.

At the age of two, the Colorado Springs native was reading. She scored 1400 on her SAT's and won scholarships and grants to pay her full tuition at Penn.

"I'm in a dual degree program called Liberal Arts and Technology," Exline said. "There are so many things I'm interested in that's it's really hard to narrow down what I want to study now."

Brittney's also fluent in German and with her brains and beauty has won several pageant crowns.

But going Ivy League at such a young age certainly tops Brittney's list of accomplishments. And the young genius admits college isn't just about hitting the books.

"I'm pretty social but I don't want to push myself into anything that would be unhealthy for me at this age."


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