BALTIIMORE (WBFF/CNN) – A Baltimore 15-year-old is preparing for law school after completing fours of college in record time.
Monday, Ty Hobson-Powell became one of the youngest students to graduate The University of Baltimore.
“I mean I don’t consider myself a genius, I just say that I’ve capitalized on my experiences, I’ve made the most of everything with the help of educators,” Ty said.
“I just knew that he was just more advanced for children his age. You know, I could sit down and have a conversation with him at 2-years old,” said Liz Hobson-Powell, his mother
Liz said she is not surprised by her son’s accomplishments because he was studying Chinese at age 3. He graduated from high school at age 13, and attended Howard University.
Powell remained focused, transferred to The University of Baltimore and completed four years of college in two years. He is now preparing for law school.
“My siblings, my parents would tell you that I always love to argue, and I’d figure that I’d make a career out of it,” Powell said.
Liz said since the age of 4 he always said he wanted to be attorney general, but first he must get his driver’s license.
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If he’d killed someone, robbed a bank or been busted for using or selling drugs, this young man’s face would be plastered all over the news. This is only the second story I’ve seen about this African-American teen who defies the stereotypes and shows that intelligence and excellence has no race.
This is super-amazing stuff. I’m a second year student here at U.L and yesterday i was browsing through the net with the hope of finding inspiration because my course load is stressing me out and i came across this website. It’s like a breath of fresh air. My dream is to become a doctor so i need to finish this degree with beautiful marks so as to get accepted by Wits University here in S.A to study towards becoming a doctor. Ty’s story really rekindled the spark in me. I’m young, black ready to make it thanx to the site and Ty.