Literally, how does one accomplish something like this? There's requirements, a certain number of credits, that take time to earn, and it seems simply impossible. Maybe it's 5 undergraduate degrees, including AAs and other 2 year degrees? Did he start at 8?

Questions questions.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

went to look for the article, he started at 9, and went to CC (Fullerton College)

his degrees are:

five Associate of Arts degrees: History, Social Sciences, Social Behavior and Self-Development, Arts and Human Expression, and Science and Mathematics. His GPA was 3.92

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well now he better go to grad school because he's 4 to 6 years from being employable at most jobs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

*entry level jobs

[–] Son_of_dad 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Be born rich. Tons of little geniuses stay nowhere cause their parents didn't have the money to put them into the best programs and schools. But kids like this have rich parents who can afford to have their kids encouraged and discovered earlier.

[–] takeda 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He is. I mean in interview he mentioned that he wants to get a pilot license. That kind of hobby isn't cheap.

Side note, I also can't help but think that while he has this opportunity, it is also sad. His childhood is being destroyed to satisfy his mom. I mean he got 5 degrees, which sounds great, but those are associate degrees, and from majors that don't really matter. All this to have an article that he graduated with 5 degrees at 12 year old.

In another article that I found they didn't list what degrees he got and he talked about being an aerospace engineer or a pediatrist when he grows up (I'm quite sure mom watched The Good Doctor, and that's why he is "interested"). So I thought he really got engineering degree and also finished premed and was extremely impressed. I'm not saying that what he got isn't impressive, but the degrees he got was a pointless waste of his childhood years that he will never get back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

There's a really long tail on the distribution of intelligence. The smartest people in the world are to intellect what pro athletes are to physical ability.

You think Lionel Messi wasn't already super good at futbol at a young age?