A formerly homeless teenager from South Los Angeles who later became valedictorian of his high school while earning a jaw-dropping 4.4 GPA is headed for the Ivy Leagues. Lamont Newell, 17, who said he received 65 college acceptance letters , will attend Columbia University on a full scholarship to study industrial engineering. “I felt proud,” Newell told ABC 7. “I never thought I’d make it that far, to be able to go into Ivy League, especially New York City.” Lamont Newell, 17, who said he received 65 college acceptance letters, will attend Columbia University on a full scholarship to study industrial engineering. His family struggled with homelessness before they found a home in LA’s South Park, where Newell learned how to code as a child. “There were times where we didn’t have a roof over our head, but we had a car. We didn’t have a place to stay so we would come and sleep in this parking lot,” Newell’s mother, Antanika Barnes, told ABC 7. “It was a hard road. I was a single mom.…