University of Virginia Student Graduates in One Year 796
An anonymous reader writes "18-year-old David Banh of Annandale, VA recently graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Physics and Mathematics, and an education paid for almost entirely by scholarships. What's truly amazing is that he did it in one year, bringing in 72 Advanced Placement credits, then taking 23 credits his fall semester, 37 credits his spring semester and 3 credits in the summer. His brief undergraduate career didn't leave him much time to explore college, so he's now working on his master's degree. He says he may eventually pursue law school as a part-time student in hopes of becoming a patent lawyer."
Moo (Score:5, Informative)
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Basically, it's a neat feat that took years to prepare for, like going through a process to be "pre-qualified", but he isn't quite Doogie.
The punchline (Score:3, Informative)
A patent attorney.
Many schools no longer accept AP credits (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Moo (Score:5, Informative)
I am surprised they all counted. You can take a ton of AP classes, but a lot of it will never help you to a degree. Any idiot can sign up and take the AP exam even if the AP class is not offered at a high school.
I recently had a student come in with 60, but 72 is amazing. I encouraged her to take more electives and get into undergraduate research.
The other thing, most places limit you to 23 hours per semester. He must have gotten a waiver for 30+. With night classes, you oculd easily do 37. I did 23 one quarter at GT, it wasn't that bad.
Re:3 Credit Summer? (Score:3, Informative)
When I attended college, the university typically would offer the first class of a series only in the Fall quarter, the second class in the series only in the Winter quarter and the third class only in Spring quarter. If you could not take the first class in the chain in Fall (either because it conficted with another class, or because the class size was too large and you were denied the opportunity), then you'd have to wait an entire year to try again.
I ran into that situation as a "senior" (during my 4th year) and ended up having to come back for two quarters of a 5th year, taking one class each quarter, because I needed them to graduate.
Re:Congratulations, Mr. Banh... (Score:5, Informative)
One of them stuck in my mind because of a quote contained in it that basically said without Bacchus, Apollo grows cold.
Whether you like it or not, one of the really important parts of college are the experiences and bonding.
Re:Missed opportunities. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Moo (Score:5, Informative)
Re:37 credits? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Where's the Masters? (Score:3, Informative)