At a time she should be preparing for middle school, an 11-year-old from Arizona has graduated from high school and has her future set on the Ivy Leagues.
Ria Cheruvu was the top student of this year's graduating class of Arizona Connections Academy, KPHO reported.
The academy is a free online school in Arizona that offers what the school calls "a uniquely individualized learning program."
Cheruvu is now getting ready to major in neural cryptography and studying artificial intelligence at none other than Harvard, KPHO reported.
Ria mother Sunitha said she knew her daughter was gifted when she was only 9 months old. When she was only 7 and in fourth grade, the school's principal told her family that they should enroll her in accelerated online classes, KPHO reported.
Her mom will go with her to Harvard, and she told the station that she's not worried about being so young with other students much older than she.
"My mom has taught me, you can make friends regardless. Connections are out there; you just have to grasp out," Cheruvu said.
Read Ria Cheruvu's school biography here.
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