text: The son of a Bulgarian housekeeper has been accepted in to all eight Ivy League schools – and a further ten big league universities. Stefan Stoykov, a senior at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, moved to the US from Bulgaria as an eight-year-old when he could not speak a word of English. Now 18, he has been accepted into some of the finest schools on the planet – and admits he can hardly believe it. Scroll down for video . Top of the class: Stefan Stoykov has been accepted in to all eight Ivy League schools – and a further ten big league universities . Stefan told WTHR: 'It is an incredible feeling. I never knew that I would have a chance to choose from possibly the best schools from the world. I was hoping to get into at least one of the Ivy Leagues.' Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Yale and Princeton have all come knocking. He had only held out hopes of hearing from one of them but has also heard from 10 other prestigious institutions. The teen, who could not speak English when he joined the second grade at Nora Elementary school in Washington Township, has yet to make a decision. He revealed that hard work and the support of his parents had helped him achieve his goals. He added that the hard work of his mother, a housekeeper, had inspired him over the years . 'I still can't get over the fact all these schools accepted me,' he told WTHR. 'I can't describe it. I am still having trouble believing it. The teenager, a senior at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, moved to the US from Bulgaria as an eight year old when he could not speak a word of English . The 18-year-old has been accepted into some of the finest schools on the planet, including Harvard (pictured) 'My parents had done so much to put me in this position, to put me in the United States of America. And I had to take advantage of that. I had to do something with the opportunities they gave me.' Stefan's extracurricular activities include helping to tutor other students while he is also valedictorian and secured a perfect SAT score. He is not the first teenager to be accepted into all eight Ivy League schools. Just days ago it was revealed how North Carolina student Victor Agbafe had done the same. The 17-year-old, a student at Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington, was accepted into 14 schools in all including Stanford and Duke. Another high school student, Harold Ekeh of Long Island, was also accepted into all eight Ivy League schools. Ekeh, 18, was editor of his student paper and CEO of the Model UN. He  moved from Nigeria to Long Island at the age of eight, got a 2270 on his SATs and also has plans to be a neurosurgeon so he can find an Alzheimer's cure for his grandmother. Whiz kid: Harold Ekeh, from Long Island, was also accepted into every Ivy League college. He moved from Nigeria to New York aged eight and plans to be a neurosurgeon .
target: Stefan Stoykov couldn't speak English when he moved from Bulgaria to US .
  Indianapolis teen has been accepted into a total of 18 prestigious schools .
  Stefan, 18, says his mother's hard work inspired him to achieve his goals .