Vitor Belfort is currently preparing to face Ronaldo Jacare for the May 14th UFC event where the two middleweights will face each other in Brazil, in a still to be confirmed location.
In a surprising announcement, Belfort, who will be turning 39 in April, told his fans that he had been accepted into the prestigious Stanford University.
Belfort stated on Facebook
I am very proud to announce that Stanford has accepted me to join them. I have learned that education and sport are the foundation for everyone, but education comes in the 1st place. Never is too late to achieve your dreams. You just need to work hard and believe in yourself #teambelfort
It is still unknown what ‘The Phenom’ will be studying and when he would be starting.
Stanford University is one of the world’s most prestigious institutions.
Stanford is a “holistic” school with no minimum GPA, class rank, or standardized test score requirements. They accepted a grand total of 5% of all applicants last year.
Stanford faculty and alumni have founded many companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, Instagram, Snapchat, and Yahoo!, and companies founded by Stanford alumni generate more than $2.7 trillion in annual revenue, equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world. It is the alma mater of 30 living billionaires, 17 astronauts, and 18 Turing Award laureates. It is also one of the leading producers of members of the United States Congress. The University has affiliated with 60 Nobel laureates and 2 Fields Medalists.
Stanford is ranked 4th (tied with Columbia University and the University of Chicago) among U.S national universities for 2016 by U.S. News and World Report. Notably, Stanford occupies the number one position in numerous domestic college ranking measures, leading Slate to dub Stanford “the Harvard of the 21st century,” and The New York Times to conclude that “Stanford University has become America’s ‘it’ school, by measures that Harvard once dominated.” From polls done by The Princeton Review in 2013, 2014 and 2015, the most commonly named “dream college” for students was Stanford; separately, parents, too, most frequently named Stanford as their “dream college.” Just 12 years ago, a 2003 Gallup poll had Stanford only tied for second as the most prestigious university in the eyes of the general public.
The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings placed it third in the world in 2015, while the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), has ranked Stanford second in the world for many years.
