A California boy, 11, just graduated from college with three degrees. Tanishq Abraham says his dreams are to become a doctor, a Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher, and President of the United States.
Abraham graduated from American River College in Sacramento,
possibly the youngest graduate in the college’s 60-year history.
“The assumption is that he’s the all-time youngest,”
American River College spokesman Scott Crow told NBC Bay Area on
Thursday. “But we don’t have all the archives to completely
confirm. He was definitely the youngest this year.”
On cloud nine! 3 degrees after my name! #Graduation
news covered on @kcranews @News10_CA @FOX40 airing at 10 & 11 pm
pic.twitter.com/mvXeFo8dXS
— Tanishq Abraham (@iScienceLuvr) May
21, 2015
“I like to learn,” he told KTXL following the graduation
ceremony. “So I just followed my passion of learning, and
that’s how I ended up here.”
Tanishq was home-schooled by his mother Taji, a veterinarian who
reportedly took a break from her own PhD studies to teach him.
Last year, at age 10, he satisfied all the state requirements and
graduated high school.
“We did it as a family, as teamwork,” said Taji Abraham.
“And I was just cheering, I was just crying there when I saw
Tanishq walk down the stage.”
College #graduation
celebration with family pic.twitter.com/MIp8kta9R2
— Tanishq Abraham (@iScienceLuvr) May
21, 2015
Intellect apparently runs in the family. His father, Bijou
Abraham, had a perfect math score on his SAT. He is a Cornell
University graduate and software engineer. Tanishq’s younger
sister Tiara, 9, is also a prodigy; both children joined Mensa
International at the age of four.
“Even in kindergarten,” Taji Abraham said, Tanishq
“was a few years ahead. It just went from there.”
3 Associate college degrees -Awesome feeling- completed my
first few baby steps to my BIG goal- @NobelPrize med
doctor/researcher & @POTUS
— Tanishq Abraham (@iScienceLuvr) May
21, 2015
Tanishq started taking classes at American River College when he
was 7. According to KNTV, he had enough credits for associate’s
degrees in mathematics and physical science, general science and
language studies.
The boy’s summer plans include taking an eight-week Calculus II
course, and a family vacation. His long-term goals include
attending Stanford University, becoming a doctor, winning a Nobel
Prize in medicine, and becoming President of the United States.
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