This is an update to a story we ran earlier this week. This young woman has a bright future.

Channel 7 in Los Angeles reported.

Chicago High School Valedictorian Accepted to 26 Universities

Kenwood Academy’s valedictorian, Arianna Alexander, wants to go to college to learn about business. As it turns out, she has a number of options.

“It was a lot to take in. I received emails, letters. It was just like, ‘Come here, come here!’ They were bombarding me with all this information,” Alexander said.

Alexander hails from Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. She graduated with a 5.1 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

She was accepted to 26 universities, including six Ivy League schools. Her scholarship offers total more than $3 million.

“I feel like it means I can afford college and I don’t have to worry about it. I feel like that’s an issue for a lot of people my age,” Alexander said.

Her father encouraged her, after another Kenwood student was offered more than $1 million in scholarships a few years ago.

“I planted the seed in Arianna’s mind that you can do the same thing. So when the process got started and a million was achieved, let’s go for two. I said let’s go for three and she did it,” her father Pierre Alexander said.

Arianna Alexander is the baby of the family. She has three older siblings.

“It was a big blessing, because I’ve already put three through college. Now I don’t have to worry too much about her,” Pierre Alexander said.