Wade brothers – 18-year-old quadruplets who have been accepted to 59 colleges between them, including Duke, Harvard and Stanford, will ALL attend Yale
Four brothers Aaron, Nick, Nigel and Zachary Wade have all decided to study at Yale University
The 18-year-old quadruplets from Liberty Township, Ohio had offers from 59 schools in total
Some of the colleges they turned down included: Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Stanford, Duke, and Harvard
‘The school treated us like family,’ Nigel said, explaining why they chose Yale after being offered ‘extraordinary’ financial aid pack
Nigel, Aaron, Zachary and Nick show their Yale colors
Quadruplet brothers who made headlines last month after being accepted into 59 of the best colleges in the country have made their choice.
Aaron, Nick, Nigel and Zachary Wade, from Liberty Township, Ohio, are packing their bags and heading to Yale.
The 18-year-olds announced they were headed to the Ivy League during a short Skype interview with NBC on Monday morning.
The Connecticut college helped sway the boys by offering them an ‘extraordinary’ financial aid package, but all four said their decision was not made because of money.
Quadruplets Aaron, Nick, Nigel and Zachary Wade, from Liberty Township, Ohio are all attending Yale together this fall
Quads Ray, Martina, Ken and Carol Crouch were the first set of quads to attend Yale University, in 2010
‘The school treated us like family,’ Nigel told the network.brothers
Aaron, who was accepted to Stanford, then added: ‘I absolutely enjoyed the people and the social environment and appreciated the strong arts and humanities at Yale.
‘But there was a part of me that didn’t want to like the school because it would make my decision easy. Alas, that didn’t happen. I loved it as well.’
Their dad Darrin Wade, said: ‘Yale won… they made the best offer, and it was the benchmark for my sons.’
He also explained what analogy he used to help his sons make their decision, in reference to other schools he considered lesser making more substantial financial aid offers.
‘You have a beautiful girl to go to the prom with and there is another girl who is kind of cute who made a pitch at the last minute.’
He added: ‘It was other pieces, like the softer stuff. They wanted to make sure they felt comfortable… the alumni reached out and made themselves available to us as a family, I had people I didn’t know calling and saying we want your sons there and they are going to be sure they are taken care of.’
The Wade brothers as Kids
All grown and ready for the world, the four Wade brothers announced they will all be going to Yale
The statistical odds of all four brothers making it to Yale are incredible. More than 32,000 people applied for Yale this year, of which 2,272 were accepted.
The decision comes after the boys said last month they were thrilled and shocked to receive offer letters from so many of the country’s most prestigious schools.
‘We’re still in shock, honestly,’ Aaron told the Washington Post at the time. ‘I don’t think it has sunk in yet.’
Student athletes: Stars in the classroom and stars also in track and field
The Wade brothers will be taking classes in Yale, this fall
‘We didn’t go into this thinking, “Oh, we’re going to apply to all these schools and get into all of them.”
‘It wasn’t so much about the prestige or so much about the name as it was – it was important that we each find a school where we think that we’ll thrive, and where we think that we’ll contribute.’
In addition to Aaron getting an offer from Stanford, Nick also had the chance to go to Duke or Georgetown, Zach was accepted into Cornell, and Nigel got into Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt.
The brothers are also award-winning track and field stars.
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