Meet the 12-Year-Old Graduating High School and College in the Same Week
martyb writes:
Meet the 12-year-old graduating high school and college in the same week:
A 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school.
Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college -- in the same week.
Wimmer completed four years of school in one year -- two years of high school and a two-year associate's degree. He will graduate from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College on May 21, and from Concord Academy High School on May 28, where he is valedictorian.
But this wasn't always Wimmer's plan, he said.
The student was taking dual enrollment classes and realized that at the pace he was going, he just needed a few more classes to get his associate's degree by his high school graduation.
He said his GPA at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 4.0, while his high school GPA is 5.45.
[...] He learned almost all of his programming and robotic knowledge through trial and error and online videos, according to his website, Next Era Innovations .
He also created his own startup, called Reflect Social, which "combines popular social media platforms with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, providing a new dynamic social experience," according to its website.
Seems to have his head on straight and made the most of the situation. I suspect he's not the only one. Here's wishing him, and all other like-minded students, well in the years to come!
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