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NY Teen Tech Star Rejected By All 8 Ivies Chooses His College–After Building $30M App Empire
He built a $30 million app, launched a website with 5 million users, and still got rejected by all eight Ivy League schools.
Now, 18-year-old Long Island resident Zach Yadegari, of Roslyn, is taking his talents to South Florida.
Despite a perfect 4.0 GPA, a 34 ACT score, and a resume that includes founding a wildly successful calorie tracking app, Yadegari says he was denied admission to 15 of the 18 colleges he applied to—including every Ivy League school, plus Stanford, MIT, Duke, and NYU.
“I didn’t expect to be accepted to all of these colleges,” he told The New York Post in April. “Ho…
Hitting It Big: Atlantic City Gambler Wins Stunning $241K Jackpot On Slot Machine
An Atlantic City casino guest won more than $240,000 on a $1 slot machine, officials said.
The player won a staggering $241,857.36 jackpot at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the resort said in a news release on Thursday, Nov. 21. The big win happened on the weekend of Saturday, Nov. 16.
The $25 bet hit the grand jackpot of $234,653.68 on an Aristocrat Emperor’s Treasure Dollar Storm slot machine, along with $7,203.68 in bonuses on the same spin. The wide-area progressive machine is part of a network linked to similar slots at multiple locations.
The winner, who chose …
