Caleb Anderson is continuing his educational journey — and leaving his mark along the way.At just 12 years -old, Calebimpressed folks around the nation when he started his sophomore yearat Chattahoochee Technical College to earn his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.But now, Caleb has something else to be proud of: he was recently accepted to his dream school, the Georgia Institute of Technology.The collegeannounced the exciting news in a post on TwitterThursday, explaining that Anderson would attend the school in the fall and continue studying aerospace engineering.“Caleb Anderson was just 3 when became the youngest Black American male to qualify for MENSA,” the college wrote. “Now 12, Caleb has been officially accepted to Georgia Tech and will join us on campus this fall to earn a degree in aerospace engineering.“Caleb learned sign language when he was 9 months old and kept improving after that. He started reading a few months later, then was able to solve math problems around his second birthday,CBS Newsreported.He was just 3 years old when he qualified for MENSA — a non-profit organization for people who score in the 98th percentile or higher in a standardized intelligence test. It’s essentially a club for exceptionally smart people, with members including actressGeena Davis.Though his knowledge is well beyond that of his seventh-grade classmates, Caleb recently insisted toFox Newsthat he isn’t that “smart.““Number one, there are a lot of people who are smarter than me,” he explained to the outlet. “And there are a lot of people who work harder than me, so compared to them, I’m definitely not smart.“Caleb’s parents, however, knew early that their child was one of a kind, especially when they talked to other parents.“He’s always had this hunger and thirst for knowledge,” Caleb’s dad, Kobi Anderson, pointed out to Fox News.“As we started to interact with other parents, and had other children, then we started to realize how exceptional this experience was because we had no other frame of reference,” Kobi continued to NBC affiliateWXIA.“He said, ‘Mom I’m bored. This is not challenging,'” Caleb’s mom, Claire, added to the outlet. “‘It’s really not helping me grow in my learning, and I think I’m ready for college.'“RELATED VIDEO: 9-Year-Old Boy Graduates High School and Starts CollegeIn his second year at Chattahoochee Technical College, Caleb said he’s been taking courses in physics, chemistry and world and American literature, Fox News reported.“He has far surpassed me in math, so I can’t help him anymore,” his dad joked to WXIA.As he looks ahead to his future at Georgia Tech, Caleb said he hopes his educational experiences will land him an internship with Tesla and SpaceX founderElon Musk.And though Caleb admitted to Fox News that he feels pressure to live up to his potential, he confirmed that he is taking it in stride.“I’m a pretty big risk-taker. I’m taking the fast track but it’s going to be very hard,” he explained to the outlet. “That’s what drives me cause I know that if I don’t do this now, this chance is never going to happen again.”
Caleb Anderson is continuing his educational journey — and leaving his mark along the way.
At just 12 years -old, Calebimpressed folks around the nation when he started his sophomore yearat Chattahoochee Technical College to earn his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.
But now, Caleb has something else to be proud of: he was recently accepted to his dream school, the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The collegeannounced the exciting news in a post on TwitterThursday, explaining that Anderson would attend the school in the fall and continue studying aerospace engineering.
“Caleb Anderson was just 3 when became the youngest Black American male to qualify for MENSA,” the college wrote. “Now 12, Caleb has been officially accepted to Georgia Tech and will join us on campus this fall to earn a degree in aerospace engineering.”
Caleb learned sign language when he was 9 months old and kept improving after that. He started reading a few months later, then was able to solve math problems around his second birthday,CBS Newsreported.
He was just 3 years old when he qualified for MENSA — a non-profit organization for people who score in the 98th percentile or higher in a standardized intelligence test. It’s essentially a club for exceptionally smart people, with members including actressGeena Davis.
Though his knowledge is well beyond that of his seventh-grade classmates, Caleb recently insisted toFox Newsthat he isn’t that “smart.”
“Number one, there are a lot of people who are smarter than me,” he explained to the outlet. “And there are a lot of people who work harder than me, so compared to them, I’m definitely not smart.”
Caleb’s parents, however, knew early that their child was one of a kind, especially when they talked to other parents.
“He’s always had this hunger and thirst for knowledge,” Caleb’s dad, Kobi Anderson, pointed out to Fox News.
“As we started to interact with other parents, and had other children, then we started to realize how exceptional this experience was because we had no other frame of reference,” Kobi continued to NBC affiliateWXIA.
“He said, ‘Mom I’m bored. This is not challenging,'” Caleb’s mom, Claire, added to the outlet. “‘It’s really not helping me grow in my learning, and I think I’m ready for college.'”
RELATED VIDEO: 9-Year-Old Boy Graduates High School and Starts College
In his second year at Chattahoochee Technical College, Caleb said he’s been taking courses in physics, chemistry and world and American literature, Fox News reported.
“He has far surpassed me in math, so I can’t help him anymore,” his dad joked to WXIA.
As he looks ahead to his future at Georgia Tech, Caleb said he hopes his educational experiences will land him an internship with Tesla and SpaceX founderElon Musk.
And though Caleb admitted to Fox News that he feels pressure to live up to his potential, he confirmed that he is taking it in stride.
“I’m a pretty big risk-taker. I’m taking the fast track but it’s going to be very hard,” he explained to the outlet. “That’s what drives me cause I know that if I don’t do this now, this chance is never going to happen again.”
source: people.com
