"He then plans to embark on a PhD program in electrical engineering while also studying for a medicine degree, his father told CNN."

This pathway would put him as a Dr. and a PhD by age 16. Woah!

Maybe then he can get his drivers license.

What a unique life!

Nine-year-old prodigy Laurent Simons quits university amid row over date of his graduation


By BRONWEN WEATHERBY, 10 hours ago

A nine-year-old boy prodigy who looked poised to become the world's youngest ever university graduate has dropped out of his course following a row over his graduation date.

Laurent Simons was on track to complete a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Eindhoven's University of Technology in the Netherlands.

The Belgian boy made headlines around the world when it was reported he was due to finish his studies before the end of the year - which would have made him the first person under the age of 10 to graduate from higher learning.

Laurent, who has an IQ of 145, needed to graduate before his birthday on December 26 to achieve the accolade.

But the university told his parents there were still too many exams Laurent needed to take before then.

"Until last week everything was fine, and now suddenly they see a delay of six months," say furious parents (REUTERS)
The parents removed their son immediately having refused an offer of a mid-2020 graduation date.

Alexander Simons, Laurent's father, told Dutch media the university had criticised him for frequently courting media coverage of his son.

"We were told that with the media attention we put too much pressure on our child, and that if we continued, a psychiatric examination would have to be made," he told Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.

"If a child can play football well, we all think the media attention is great. My son has a different talent. Why should he not be proud of that?"

"Until last week everything was fine, and now suddenly they see a delay of six months."

The father said the exact date of the graduation had never been confirmed but added he felt the university was reacting to their plans to move Laurent's education abroad.
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