In 2019, a Mexican girl named Adhara Pérez went viral for having an IQ of 162—two points higher than the estimated IQs of famous physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Adhara, 10, was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome when she was three years old. This developmental disorder is on the autism spectrum and can influence a …
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You’ve probably heard of Jack Rico—the whiz kid who made headlines two years ago for earning four associate’s degrees from Fullerton College at 13 years old. Now 15, Jack is the subject of national news once more for being the youngest graduate in the 64-year history of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Naturally, …
Last year, we shared the story of Caleb Anderson, a 12-year-old child prodigy attending college as a sophomore at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta, Georgia. Now 13, he’s making headlines once again for ticking off another achievement on his list—getting into the Georgia Institute of Technology. From attending college at Chattahoochee Technical College to earn …
Parents always tell their children to dream big, and a 12-year-old girl from Arizona is taking that to heart. Alena Wicker is set to attend Arizona State University this summer. Her goal? To land a job at NASA as an engineer by the age of 16. While that may sound like an impossible feat, Alena is …
Dorothy Jean Tillman II is just like your average 14-year-old in many ways. She loves dancing, using TikTok, and hanging out with her friends. But on paper, you’ll find that she’s actually quite extraordinary. In fact, this teenager’s latest feat is earning a master’s degree! The teenage prodigy, nicknamed DJ (as in Dorothy Jeanius) by …
At the tender age of nine, this boy is set to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering after completing the program in a space of nine months. Laurent Simons, the half-Dutch half-Belgian child prodigy from Amsterdam, is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE). It’s considered one of the toughest courses, …
“Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” This might have been the motto of the young inventors, Ashton Cofer, and his team when they made their groundbreaking invention- turning styrofoam waste into a purifying agent! The brilliant minds of Ashton, Luke, and Julia proved to the world how someone with a …