17-Year-Old Receives Master's Degree From TCU, And His Younger Brother Is Following In His Footsteps

Jan 11, 2020 by apost team

"How old are you?" That's the question that so many ask 14-year-old Cannan Huey-You as he makes his way through electrical engineering classes at Fort Worth's Texas Christian University. However, they shouldn't be surprised as his brother, 17-year-old Carson, received a master's degree in physics from the institution on Dec. 21, 2019. Unsurprisingly, he's believed to be the youngest person to ever achieve those impressive honors at TCU.

"Outside of just school and academia, I'm really just a normal 17-year-old kid," Carson told Fox News. He and his brother enjoy playing video games and spending time with their dog. However, there is nothing typical about how mentally gifted these two students are and the incredible things that they've done with their skills at such young ages. In fact, Claretta Kimp, their mother, told Fox that "it's obvious they are nerds."

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Of course, there is nothing wrong with having a strong mental skill set, and Claretta admits that she is stunned at just how much her children have accomplished. She added that they and other nerds will rule the world at some point. Moreover, they had set into motion what was to come from an early age. Carson had begun reading chapter books by the time he turned 2 and started eighth grade when he was 5. At the age of 10, he enrolled at TCU. And he's not done. He's already set on earning his PhD from TCU.

"There is no limit," Magnus Rittby, a physics and astronomy professor who has taught both of them, said, according to Fox News. He added that mentoring Cannan and Carson has been the highlight of his career, and he is so curious about what they will accomplish in their lives. What do these talented children have in their sights? Cannan's looking to be an astronaut while Carson is keeping his options open.

What's kept them so driven? For Carson, it's due to being so fascinated by the how and why of science, how everything comes together and what causes various types of systems and equations to work. They've also been thankful for all of the efforts that their mother has put in to help them get to where they are now and where they hope to be. One simple and time-consuming sacrifice that she's made is driving both of them to and from school nearly every day.

What would cross your mind if you saw a young teenager in a college class with you?