10-year old college grad

[SandEagle]

smart kid

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/u...12&cl=6171405&src=news

 

[Aharami]

child prodigy

 

[moshquerade]

no childhood

 

[warmodder]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
no childhood

I knew a kid who ended up skipping most of his education and getting a college degree. He came back to middle school just so he could finish with the rest of his former class mates.

 

[MikeyLSU]

At work so I couldn't watch the video, but here are my thoughts.

Colleges are pandering to people like that because no normal person can go to college and graduate in under 2.5-3 years at best...they just don't allow it. You can't pass out of most classes and can't take more than so many classes a semester.

So unless he started college classes at 7, he got at least some special treatment.

High school is different since anyone can just take the GED or similar to get that degree.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
no childhood

She looks like she is having a great childhood to me.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
At work so I couldn't watch the video, but here are my thoughts.

Colleges are pandering to people like that because no normal person can go to college and graduate in under 2.5-3 years at best...they just don't allow it. You can't pass out of most classes and can't take more than so many classes a semester.

So unless he started college classes at 7, he got at least some special treatment.

High school is different since anyone can just take the GED or similar to get that degree.

yeah you could. 5 courses per regular semester and 2 courses per summer semesters. People do it all the time.

 

[imported_Dingster1]

I thought I heard she got an on line certification? But still

 

[MikeyLSU]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
At work so I couldn't watch the video, but here are my thoughts.

Colleges are pandering to people like that because no normal person can go to college and graduate in under 2.5-3 years at best...they just don't allow it. You can't pass out of most classes and can't take more than so many classes a semester.

So unless he started college classes at 7, he got at least some special treatment.

High school is different since anyone can just take the GED or similar to get that degree.

yeah you could. 5 courses per regular semester and 2 courses per summer semesters. People do it all the time.

5 courses at the normal 3 hours per class is 15 hours a semester, and 2 summer courses is 6.

2 years will get you 72 hours.

My degree took I think a little over 130 hours to graduate. I was taking 19-21 hours a semester to graduate on time.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
At work so I couldn't watch the video, but here are my thoughts.

Colleges are pandering to people like that because no normal person can go to college and graduate in under 2.5-3 years at best...they just don't allow it. You can't pass out of most classes and can't take more than so many classes a semester.

So unless he started college classes at 7, he got at least some special treatment.

High school is different since anyone can just take the GED or similar to get that degree.

yeah you could. 5 courses per regular semester and 2 courses per summer semesters. People do it all the time.

5 courses at the normal 3 hours per class is 15 hours a semester, and 2 summer courses is 6.

2 years will get you 72 hours.

My degree took I think a little over 130 hours to graduate. I was taking 19-21 hours a semester to graduate on time.

Colleges aren't uniform in the way they handle credits. The majority of classes at my college were 4 units, with lab classes being 5. Sure, there were some classes that were 3 credits or fewer, but not many, and not anything substantial (except for gym classes which were required and were a measly 1 credit). Full load was considered 16 credits, 19 was the max without advisor permission, 21 was the absolute maximum. 128 hours to graduate, 8 semesters at 16 credits a piece, 4 years. Now if you were doing 19 credit semesters and summer classes (a theoretical maximum of 8 or 12 credits in summer, I can't remember which), you could finish in 3 years.