The boy, 11, is the youngest freshman in the history of the school. He’s taking a full load, including physics, calculus, history and religion — and his mom Claretta is going to class with him.
At the tender age of 11, Carson Huey-You likes video games, movies, wrestling with his younger brother – and quantum physics.
He’s a pint-sized prodigy who just started his freshman year at Texas Christian University.
He’s the youngest college undergrad in the school’s history.
He was only 10 when he applied, leading to some interesting challenges.
He’s now taking a full course load that includes physics, calculus, history and religion.
He scored a 1770 on his SAT, was co-valedictorian of his high school senior class and speaks Mandarin Chinese, TCU’s student newspaper reported.
Him mom told the paper he was reading chapter books at age 2 and could multiply and divide a year later.
Dad Andre Huey-You, a former pilot, said he was “not pushing” Carson to try college so early, rather he was trying to “hold on” to his exceptionally gifted son.
It was Carson’s choice, he said, and the family took pains to find the school that fit him best.
Carson hopes to graduate with a Ph.D before he’s 20 and claims calculus relaxes him.
“Whenever you are like ‘Oh, that makes sense now!’ Just kind of after going at it, going at it, it’s just kind of like that one moment of thought,” he explained to CBS 11.