WATCH: 13-year-old tends to make history as youngest graduate from Oklahoma City Neighborhood College
Elijah Muhammad has accomplished some thing not lots of 13 year olds can brag about: He’s a college graduate.
The young teen not too long ago walked the stage at Oklahoma City Neighborhood College right after earning an associate’s degree in laptop science and cybersecurity.
Elijah told ABC News affiliate KOCO that he also has ten IBM certifications, one particular Google IT certification and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Oklahoma State University.
“My dad has a homeschool plan known as Pro A single Collegiate Academy and it fundamentally accelerates your understanding into issues that you are interested in,” Elijah told “Fantastic Morning America.” “So, because I was interested in cybersecurity, it accelerated me in that and I was in a position to go to college early.”
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Elijah mentioned he would generally catch the consideration of other students in his neighborhood college courses, with some considering that a further adult in the classroom was babysitting him.
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Elijah Muhammad receives his degree from Oklahoma City Neighborhood College.
“I told them that I was really in this class [at] my age — they have been shocked at initial,” he mentioned. “They believed I would just be quiet in class. But when I asked queries and I was interacting with the class, they have been a lot more shocked.”
Elijah’s older sister Shania Muhammad told KOCO her brother is “the smartest particular person I know.”
“And regardless of if you are older or not, it really is like I’ve by no means observed [anything] like him,” she mentioned.
Shania, who spoke with KOCO about graduating from Langston University at just 15 years old, worked with Elijah and helped inspire him to graduate early.
“I got two associate’s degrees at 14 years old, and I sort of did the very same procedure,” mentioned Shania. “That is why I just went on to do my bachelor’s. I completed every thing in two and a half years. So I was just sort of exploring and just getting entertaining, but it turned out rather incredible.”
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Elijah mentioned the siblings are “competitive,” but added, “When an individual else demands aid, we’re all there to aid each and every other out.”
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Elijah Muhammad standing at graduation with his peers.
As a lot as Elijah research, he also tends to make time for other activities, such as swimming and basketball. He is also a motivational speaker and hopes to aid other individuals reach their targets.
“If you want to place your thoughts to generating a four., you can do it,” Elijah told KOCO. “If you want to place your thoughts to winning a state championship, you can do it. You just gotta place in the function that it requires to achieve that.”