Quadruple Blessing: Ohio Quadruplets Accepted Into Ivy League Schools, Harvard & Yale

by CHANDELIS R. DUSTER and REHEMA ELLIS 4/8/17

Four Liberty Township, Ohio brothers, Nigel, Zach, Aaron, and Nick Wade, known as the "Wade Quads" are now being called, the "Ivy League Quads" now that they have all been accepted to two top elite colleges in the country.

Quadruplets, from left, Zachary, Aaron, Nigel, and
 Nick Wade pose at Lakota East High School
 in Liberty Township, Ohio, on April 5. Greg Lynch / AP

"I was just stunned," Nigel said. "I was speechless because I didn't think, I couldn't believe that it was actually happening and I actually got in."

The 18-year-olds were in track practice the moment they received acceptance emails from Yale and Harvard University. When their parents got the word they had been accepted, they were overwhelmed.

"I was at work like always when they texted us with the news and then I was home, like, when the last one came in, you know," said their mother Kim Wade. "And I remember I think reading that, "Oh, my goodness. All of them, you know, got in?" There was no surprise the boys would have a bright future ahead of them. Being taught the importance of education, the boys never neglected their studies while playing sports such as football and soccer. Their father Darrin, the "Wade" of the household, hasn't checked their grades since they were in 3rd grade. He has full confidence in his son's abilities because of resources and support they were given along with hard work. The lowest grade the boys ever received in school was a 'B'.

Nick, Zach, Nigel, and Aaron Wade, quadruplets,
and seniors at Lakota East High School were
accepted into Ivy League schools. Kim Wade

"It's not so much about, you know, the numbers as it is, I'm going to, you know, try and actively learn this," Aaron said. "And I feel like that's been the goal for all of us, is to be active learners, not just, you know, grade chasers."

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