PHILADELPHIA - A Paul Robeson High School senior is stunned and elated to learn she has been accepted to Harvard University for fall 2023 and she happily credits her family as well as the high school for getting her ready for her elevation to the Ivy League university.Alyssa Perren and her Robeson principal, Richard Gordon IV, joined Thomas Drayton and Alex Holley on Good Day to chat about the incredible opportunity and how the hard work Perren did gave her the ability to achieve her dream.Initially, Perren was asked about the moment she received the exciting news."I was actually out front with the horses and I sat down and I thought, ‘It’s 7:03, let me check.’ So, I went and I checked and it said, Congratulations.
And, that’s all that I read and I started screaming. And, I ran back into the barn and my friends hugged me and those screams just turned to tears," she described the moment she found out she had been accepted to Harvard University.Which led to Good Day anchor Thomas Drayton asking Perren what led her to choose Harvard."An alumni from the Work to Ride program is actually the assistant coach up there, so me and my dad took a spur of the moment trip up there last October and I kind of just fell in love, like with the place, with the scenery and it was, like, I knew I wanted to call this place home," Perren explained."And that switched, cause that wasn’t originally your number one pick, was it?" asked Good Day anchor Alex Holley."No, originally, I really liked Cornell and I really liked Princeton," Perrin replied.Drayton then wanted to hear from Principal Gordon and his reaction."She’s been amazing since the day she walked on campus," explained Principal Gordon. "And her family’s been amazing, as well, so she’s.