

In May 2006 he received a Master of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Virginia, at the age of 16.

Smith received a full scholarship from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, at age 13, with a cum laude BA in mathematics. The family moved to Florida, and when he was only 10 and after two years of attending high school, he graduated Orange Park High School in Jacksonville ab. His IQ is within the upper 0.25 / 0.5 percent, beyond what can be measured by normal tests. For the first six years he went to school with his peers, but was so mentally ahead of them that school was just boring for him.

At 18 months he could add and subtract, at two he knew all known dinosaurs by heart. By 14 months Greg was able to quote / reproduce the content of books. The goodness that comes from his heart, his compassion and his helping to bring about change.Smith is the only child of microbiologist Robert Smith and Janet Smith, a former director of the Academy of Performing Arts, both of whom have an IQ of around 140 (dial type not given Washington Post ). “Proud of his academic achievement but most proud of his human spirit. “I’m very proud of him,” his mother said. Gregory went public with his lofty goals on “60 Minutes” when he was just 9. “He wants to have a very strong background in a number of fields so when he enters the political arena, he will be very versed in those areas,” his mother said. Gregory has said he wants to have three Ph.D.s by the time he’s 27, the better to prepare him for a run at the presidency. He bought his first car.”Įssentially, she said, he’s doing the things that all 17-year-olds do, and then some. “He’s 6 feet tall, still blond with blue eyes, very healthy, and he loves sports. It could help researchers combat pandemics and better understand global warming, she said, reading from an explanation he had written. It combines math and biology in a way that someday might allow scientists to model how antibodies are produced or cancers metastasize. His doctorate, his mother said, will be in a new field called computational biology. They remained in Virginia while he earned his master’s at the University of Virginia. They moved to Ashland so he could attend Randolph-Macon College, from which he graduated cum laude at age 13 with a bachelor’s in mathematics and minors in history and biology. He jumped from second to fourth grade in a couple of weeks, skipped junior high and entered high school at 7, graduating with honors a few days after his 10th birthday. They went from Pennsylvania to Florida when he was in second grade after a national search for a school system that would let him progress at his own rate. His parents have moved several times to enhance their only child’s education. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
