For many high school students, the most nerve-wracking time of their lives has finally come to an end. Most universities have alerted applicants about their status.

Now comes the hard part. Those who are accepted have to figure out where they're going and how they're going to pay for it.

For some the choice is more difficult than others. Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna might have a tough time picking between one of the eight Ivy League universities to which she was admitted.
Uwamanzu-Nna is the valedictorian at Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island. She is the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, and she wants to make sure that she never forgets her homeland.

"I’ve seen that my cousins don’t have the same opportunities that I have," she told ABC 8. "So definitely, whatever I do, I want to make sure that it has an impact on Nigeria.”

She's been able to succeed because of her refusal to give up. “I’ve struggled with numerous classes in the past,” Augusta told the station. “But I guess what allowed me to be successful, ultimately, in those classes, at the end, is my persistence and my tenacity.”
Uwamanzu-Nna was admitted to 12 schools in total, but has yet to announce her decision.
Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

5-year-old Cloe Woods knew exactly what to do when a stove in her home caught on fire in the middle of the night.

The Pre-K student from Kenner, Louisiana had recently learned fire safety tips on field trip to a local fire station. The knowledge, likely, saved her life.

Her mother, Shone Arceneaux, said Cloe ran to her grandmother's room when the smoke detectors went off. She told her grandma to put her hands on her shoulders and led her out of the house. Cloe also made sure that her dog was ok.
Once they'd exited the home, Cloe ran to neighbors looking for water. She told them to call 911.

Cloe's mother was carpooling her other children at the time of the fire.

Thanks to Cloe's quick thinking, her family is still in tact. A donations page to help the family rebuild is set up.

Malinda Williams, a teacher at Baldwin Hills Elementary School in Los Angeles, choreographs incredible dance routines for her students to classic songs. After posting a video to her Facebook of her young students performing in a Motown Revue she put on, the third, fourth, and fifth grade teacher has been receiving a lot of positive attention.

Little Pe’Tehn Raighn Kem's parents are clearly doing something right. She proudly recites Countee Cullen's "Hey Black Child," and fills our hearts with pride.

13-year-old Kyla Imani took some inspiration from King Bey and created her own version of "7/11."  Kyla's remake of the video is complete with beautiful balcony view and friendly fun.

4-year-old Calise Manning is a little hero after using what she was taught to save her mother’s life.

Calise's very pregnant mother, Centerria Manning, taughter her to call 911 if anything happened to her because Centerria is epileptic.

6-year-old Princess choreographed this dance that she and her dad, Ani, performed together. It's wonderful to see the talents of kids being nurtured early.

Little Zaya Crossley has a natural gift, and thankfully her mom, Shannon, has the ability to nurture it. Baby Zaya stars in this beautiful interpretive dance to Sia's "Chandelier." Zaya actually choreographed the dance, and the women follow her steps effortlessly.

via FCKH8.com: Six black kids from #Ferguson, MO bluntly and sarcastically educate white America about the racist reality in 2014. Recruited from the very block where unarmed black teen Michael Brown was gunned down by a white police officer, these kids ranging in age from 6 to 13 years old, use sometimes uncomfortable humor to show white people the continued racism their generation faces. Armed ONLY with statistics (hands up, don't shoot) these articulate and adorable kids are not having it while much of white America would rather pretend racism is over.

11-year-old Trinity Simone had some thoughts on the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the protests that followed to secure him justice. "I shouldn't be scared to attend school," she says."I shouldn't be scared for my little brothers to go outside because we are targeted."

Watch below:

Rashema Melson spent her junior and senior years living in a homeless shelter, and did not let that hold her back from rising to the top of her class with a 4.1 GPA.

Well I'll be darned if this wasn't the cutest thing I've seen in quite a while.

3-Year-Old Heaven King and her mom, Tiani, appeared on The Ellen Degeneres show for a fourth time yesterday. Heaven was her usual cute self, and she topped it off with an adorable duet with her mom to Pharrell Williams' "Happy."

Watch below

16-year-old Grace Bush is now among the youngest ever graduates of Florida Atlantic University. Grace received her bachelor's degree last week and will receive her high school diploma on May 9.

It looks like got two little Misty Copelands on our hands.

10-year-old twins Imani and Nia Lindsay have been accepted to The American Ballet Theatre’s prestigious and selective summer program on scholarship.

Sujari Britt has been playing music since she was 2-years-old and has been playing cello since she was 4. When she was 8, she performed for President Obama at the White House.

In this episode of PRODIGIES, watch as she tackles a piece of music even her instructors say is far beyond her years.

Many adults spend an undue amount of time wringing their hands about the lack of moral compass within today's youth, but teenagers like Maya Penn provide a much needed counter narrative to the predictions of cultural demise.

Maya sells her own knit scarves and hats online on a site that she created herself. Maya ensures that all of her creations are eco-friendly and donates a portion of the proceeds to charity.

She also runs a non-profit called Maya's Ideas 4 The Planet.

Maya is proof of the incredible successes kids can accomplish when equipped with the right resources and skill sets.

Watch her inspiring Ted Talk below:

This Black History Month, we'd thought it would be great to highlight some young people who represent an impressive Black future.

Sabrina and Landon Beevers attest that their daughter, Anala, learned the alphabet at only 4 months old, and it's hard to doubt them because Anala has an IQ over 145. The New Orleans toddler was invited to join Mensa, the high-IQ society for people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on the standardized intelligence test last June. Anala is in the 99th percentile.

That was more than half a year ago.  Surely, Anala is successfully multiplying fractions by now.