A 17-year-old girl bet on her desire to excel and won. On the contrary, he succeeded before starting his professional life.

It is Karla Cortés, a Spanish student from the United States who shares the success and joy with the world of the long-awaited acceptance in no more and no less than 13 universities!

What happened to this girl is “incredible”: she applied to 25 colleges, including Stanford University in California; and that of Yale, in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Cortés smiles and looks surprised to be interviewed. She told Univision News that she is the first member of her family to attend college.

Her relatives, like her, have wept with so much joy when they saw that the effort was worth it. On March 31, news reached her that she had been accepted at 13 universities.

When asked which one she will decide on, Karla Cortés answers without hesitation: Yale’s

The same institution offers you a scholarship. He tells that he had the opportunity to speak with students from different universities and analyzed the scenarios in the privacy of his home and the decision was made to attend Yale University, founded in 1701.

In the “House of Culture”, as they call this famous institution, a reference in the world, Karla Cortés has decided what she will study.

He would study ethics, politics and economics with a double master’s degree in Global Studies to pursue a career in business, journalism or diplomacy, he told the Univision newscast

“We would like to have you as a colleague,” the interviewer told him.

In the news, she was reminded of the cascade of congratulations the girl has received and she was asked for advice for all young people, of humble origins but eager to get ahead, and Karla said confidently: “Your circumstance does not determine the future that you can create for yourself.”

There is maturity in his young age. And he adds that in life you need perseverance and the support of family and friends. “That was crucial for me in this process and I know it will be for everyone.”