16 Year Old, Grace Bush, Graduates High School and College in Same Week

A 16-year-old Florida whiz kid graduated from high school and college in the same week; completing college first.  Grace Bush advised, “It’s kind of weird that I graduated college before high school.”  Grace, who lives in Hollywood, Fla., received her degree from Florida Atlantic University on Friday with a sparkling 3.8 grade-point average.   She will receive her “other” diploma on Friday from Florida Atlantic University high school.

The teen was participating in FAU’s special dual-enrollment program, which gives more talented students college credit for selected high school courses.  “My two older sisters are doing it and I’m the third to do it,” Grace told CBS.  She continued, “My oldest sister already graduated and my second oldest sister is graduating in the summer.”

Grace, who was reading at age 2, has some ambitious goals.  “I would eventually like to become chief justice of the United States,” she said.  She also told CBS, “I started when I was 13 at Broward College, and I also took my classes throughout the summer, so I was able to finish it before four years.”  Grace is just following a family tradition.  She is the third oldest of nine children, and her parents would like all their kids to do what Grace did to save tuition.  Currently, her other siblings  are home schooled as well.