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15-Year-Old Genius Becomes Youngest College Graduate With 5 Degrees

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Look out world, here comes Jack Rico, the youngest person to ever graduate from Fullerton College in California and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV).

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At only fourteen years old, Rico earned his associate's degrees in history, arts and human expression, social behavior, and social sciences from Fullerton College. At fifteen, he graduated with a bachelor's in history from UNLV.

Jack's impressive schooling journey began when he failed the newly set Common Core Standards in his public school in the third grade. Seeing a better way of learning for himself, he started homeschooling.

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After three years of learning from home, his mother realized she had nothing left to teach him. Hence, Jack enrolled at Fullerton College at eleven, passing the entrance exam with flying colors.

A studious and adept student, Jack maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his studies at Fullerton College and graduated with an impressive 3.78 GPA when he earned his bachelor's degree at UNLV.

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Jack loves to learn and feels extremely welcomed by his college peers, who treat him not as a kid but as an equal even though they are at least three years his senior.

Jack has expressed an interest in earning his master's degree, although he wants to audit a few courses to find out what to pursue. Keep an eye out for the name Jack Rico – this kid will go far!