11-Year-Old Genius Graduates From California College With 3 Associate Degrees
An 11-year-old boy made history at the American River College in Sacramento in California on Wednesday by becoming the youngest person to graduate from the school.
On May 20, Tanishq Abraham of Sacramento graduated along with 1,800 other students from the college. However, not only has he earned a college degree before becoming a teenager; he also graduated with three associate's degrees.
The boy genius told KXTV that it "feels good to graduate with three associate's degrees," which he earned in math and physical science, general science and foreign language studies.
Last year, Abraham graduated from high school when he was just 10 years old after taking college-level classes at ARC, according to NBC affiliate KCRA. Plus, he earned a 4.0 GPA in high school while being home-school by his mother.
"Even in kindergarten he was pretty ahead, a few years ahead -- and then it just went from there," Tanishq's mom, a veterinarian, told KCRA.
By no surprise, Abraham has an extremely high IQ and was inducted into Mensa International, an academic and social organization for people who were born with IQs in the top 2 percent of the population, when he was 4 years old.
Despite making history, Abraham said his graduation wasn't "much of a big thing for me," adding, "I just followed my passion."
According to a spokesman from American River College, "The assumption is that he's the all-time youngest. But we don't have all the archives to completely confirm. He was definitely the youngest this year."
Although he has three degrees, Abraham says he plans to take a Calculus II course over the summer. He also tweeted that he will continue to work toward his ultimate goals of becoming a medical doctor, winning the Nobel Peace Prize and become the president of the United States.
"3 Associate college degrees -Awesome feeling- completed my first few baby steps to my BIG goal- @NobelPrize med doctor/researcher & @POTUS," he tweeted.
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