Kelly Hyles at the teaching lab for first-year medical students
Kelly Hyles, who just completed her senior year at the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York—and who, as a junior, participated in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE) Biotechnology and Medical Research program—was accepted for admission to all eight Ivy League universities. The CEYE offers enrichment programs to help underrepresented minority students prepare for careers in science and health care. “I worked in a research laboratory at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and it gave me the opportunity to explore my interests and show colleges that I was a serious candidate,” says Ms. Hyles. She plans to attend Harvard University in the fall—determined to become the first college graduate in her family and eventually, a neurosurgeon.