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Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8.
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EEVblog:
In related news, Huxley will be going to Kindergarten next year, he'll be the youngest in the year by several months. Majority of kids will be 12 to 22 months older. Sagan, born the same month, was the 2nd or 3rd youngest.
Seems that everyone is holding their kids back now so they'll be "smarter" than the other kids.
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 12, 2019, 11:13:51 pm ---The issue with child prodigies like this is that people kinda expect they'll change the world or do something incredible with their life. The reality is they are most likely to just end up like everyone else, as there are other factors at play that determine if they'll be the next Einstein, Gary Kasparov, or Mozart.

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Definitely.
m98:

--- Quote from: Augustus on November 12, 2019, 09:52:03 pm ---Nine months later... He'll graduate as an electrical engineer at age 9...  :scared:

https://interestingengineering.com/first-9-year-old-to-graduate-from-university

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How is it even possible to cram a whole EE degree into 9 month? No mandatory labs, projects, dated assignments, presentations, etc.? How could he even sign up for every single exam in one or two exam periods?
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on July 02, 2018, 05:48:38 am ---
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--- Quote from: Halcyon on July 01, 2018, 09:16:01 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2018, 07:34:54 am ---but I think it would actually be illegal to a hire a 13yo kid in Australia as a full time employee for example. Maybe would have to do it as a contractor or something.

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There is no minimum age (at least in NSW).

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Well I'd LOVE to start paying Sagan a full time wage, nothing at all to do with tax...  8)

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I'm sure someone has already tried that on at some stage.

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Actually, come to think of it, what's to stop a company paying for a child content creator, just like child actors and models etc. Sure the money would have to go into a trust fund or something, but this has to be possible...
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: m98 on November 13, 2019, 11:30:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Augustus on November 12, 2019, 09:52:03 pm ---Nine months later... He'll graduate as an electrical engineer at age 9...  :scared:

https://interestingengineering.com/first-9-year-old-to-graduate-from-university

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How is it even possible to cram a whole EE degree into 9 month? No mandatory labs, projects, dated assignments, presentations, etc.? How could he even sign up for every single exam in one or two exam periods?

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Yeah, seems dodgy. There must be special treatment afforded, and special tests given upon request. Kid memorises past exams, practices, and passes.
Standard practice at university is to not allow you to take on too many subjects at once.

Seems it's only a 3 year degree, not 4 years:
https://www.tue.nl/en/education/bachelor-college/bachelor-electrical-engineering/
and you need 60 credits:
https://www.tue.nl/en/education/bachelor-college/bachelor-electrical-engineering/course-structure/
https://studiegids.tue.nl/opleidingen/bachelor-college/majors/electrical-engineering/
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