Caleb Anderson Is Only 12 And He'll Be The World's Youngest To Study Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering is an advanced subject, and the age group is generally between 18 and 25 if not more. Now, what if you heard of a 12-year-old can study it at the highest level? Unbelievable right?.

Well, you better believe it.

Caleb Anderson is set to become the world's youngest student to study aerospace engineering at a university, as per a TNN report.

Caleb shall soon be joining the course at Georgia University. He says he can grasp information fast and thus is a quicker learner than others.

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This unique ability started to show signs pretty early. He could do sign language at 9 months and at the age of 2, he knew how to do fractions.

Child prodigy

¡°I have this distinct memory of going to a first-grade class and learning there, and everyone was way taller than me, because, you know, I was two. I could barely walk,¡± he said.

Reports say he'll be admitted to Georgia Tech once his studies are done at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta.

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But it was not a smooth ride. Middle school was tough as his classmates saw him as an 'anomaly'. Now, his parents want him to go where he is accepted and not just tolerated.

Reports say he'll be admitted to Georgia Tech once his studies are done at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta.

"He¡¯s a perfect candidate to come into our program and be very successful¡­ I would expect that he would be admitted, for sure," Professor Mark Costello, chair of Georgia Tech¡¯s School of Aerospace Engineering, told CBS News.