After researching giftedness, the family went on to have him evaluated and had their hunch confirmed. “You never think your kid is much different until people start telling you, and that's when we realized-oh, yeah, maybe he is different,” she says. It wasn’t until Michelle started posting Elliott’s achievements and received comments from other parents on Facebook that she realized he might not be like other kids his age. Since Elliott’s an only child, this was their norm. His parents decided to homeschool him full time so he could work at his own pace. At that point, his interests were already veering towards math and physics and away from the typical kindergarten curriculum. His parents enrolled him in a Spanish immersion program during kindergarten where he quickly grasped the material. “I suppose the only difference is I'm just going to a different school.” The Building Blocks of LearningĮver since Elliott was in preschool, he showed a hunger for knowledge. “I definitely feel like a normal kid,” Elliott says. While many young teenagers are preparing to enter high school, Elliott is about to start his PhD program in high energy theoretical physics. While many 13 year olds are just learning the fundamentals of algebra and physics, Elliott has already finished classes like Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics and Waves, and Cryptology and Number Theory. From there he enrolled in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, where he will graduate with a Bachelors of Science in physics and minor in mathematics this May. “That's a lot for little legs with a 15 minute passing period.”Įlliott made history as the youngest college graduate in the state of Minnesota when he received his Associate of Science degree in mathematics from Normandale Community College at the age of 9 (with a 4.0 GPA, if you were wondering). What is the biggest challenge about attending the University of Minnesota as a 13-year old? According to Michelle Tanner, the mother of UMN student Elliott Tanner, it’s making it from East Bank to West Bank between classes.
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