14 brilliant kids who started college by the time they were 12
Michael Kearney, now 32, became the youngest college grad in history when he earned an anthropology degree at 10. He taught college classes before he could drive.
Jeremy Shuler, 12, just started his freshman year studying engineering at Cornell University. He could read English and Korean before he was 2 years old.
Source: AP
Sho Yano earned his bachelor's degree at Loyola University at age 12 — and it only took him three years. Then, at 21, he earned his MD from the University of Chicago.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Alia Sabur enrolled at Stony Brook University in New York at age 10. By 19, she had a job as university professor in South Korea.
Source: BBC
At age 11, Tanishq Abraham had earned 3 associate's degrees. Now, at 12, he's jumped straight into his junior year as bio-engineering major at UC Davis.
Source: NBC News
Ronan Farrow (son of actress Mia) was accepted to Bard College at Simon’s Rock at age 11, then went on to Yale Law School at 16.
Source: Bard College at Simon's Rock
At 12, Moshe Kai Cavalin began studying math at East Los Angeles College. As of his sophomore year, the AP reported that he was maintaining an A-plus average.
Sujari Britt, 14, is a cellist prodigy who recently wrapped up her second year at the Manhattan School of Music. She's even played for Obama at the White House.
Source: Ottowa Citizen
Erik Demaine started at Canada's Dalhousie University when he was 12, despite having no previous formal education whatsoever. He became an MIT professor in 2001.
Source: New Scientist
Gregory Smith began studying French, calculus, and physics at Randolph-Macon College when he was only 10. He went on to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times for his work in children's rights organizations.
Source: Washington Post, Huffington Post
Colin Carlson became a full-time UConn student (with majors in environmental studies, ecology, and evolutionary biology) at 12. He's now a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley.
Source: New York Times, LinkedIn
Mikaela Fudolig was the valedictorian of her class at the University of the Philippines — and she was only 16. Fudolig now has a master's and a PhD in physics and was even accepted to law school.
Source: LinkedIn, Philippines Inquirer
Thessalonika Arzu Embry, 16, got her bachelor's in psychology at 14, then picked up an MBA 2 years later. Now, she's pursuing a PhD in aviation psychology.
Source: Daily Herald
Tristan Pang, 14, is a math prodigy who started at New Zealand's University of Auckland at 12. Later, he founded Tristan's Learning Hub, a site that provides free lessons to other curious kids.
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Source: New Zealand Herald, Tristan's Learning Hub
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