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14-Year-Old Receives High School Diploma And College Degree On The Same Day

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May 31, 2018

 

All photos via: Marietta Daily Journal 

On May 10, 14-year-old Matthew McKenzie simultaneously achieved two of life’s biggest milestones when he earned both his high school diploma and associate’s degree on the same day. 

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“I graduated from Chattahoochee Tech with my degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and later that night got my diploma from high school,” Fox 5 Atlanta reports McKenzie saying.  

Homeschooled since the second grade, the Georgia teen started taking high school classes at age 8, and by 11, started a dual enrollment program at Chattahoochee Technical College. His mother, Monique McCord, decided to homeschool her son after school officials refused to allow him to advance to a higher grade.

“Educationally, he’s always been ahead,” McCord told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “I felt like it would be a disservice to stop him.”

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Now, McKenzie is this year’s youngest student to receive a degree from the Technical College System of Georgia. 


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McKenzie’s next stop is Kennesaw State University to study biochemistry, then he plans to pursue his Masters and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech. 

“I want to be a Cosmetic Chemist. I want to start my own line of chemical products, the beauty of things,” said McKenzie.

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Well it looks like this 14-year-old is well on his way to making his dream come true. Congratulations, Matthew! 

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