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12-Year-Old Boy Graduates From OC College With 5 Degrees

Clovis Hung left his second grade classroom in 2019, on the hunt for a bigger challenge at a college campus.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — One Orange County boy is making his community proud with his amazing academic success, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Clovis Hung is only 12-years-old and about to graduate with five degrees from Fullerton College.

“I’m going to graduate with 5 degrees," Hung told NBC Los Angeles. "Associates degree in History, Associates degrees in Science, Associate degrees in Social Science, Science and Mathematics, arts and human expressions, social behavior and self-development."

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Hung told the news outlet that he wanted to be in college because he was "really curious" at a very young age.

“They ask me questions like ‘How old are you and what are you doing here?' So I just answer them, I’m 12 and I’m taking classes with you,” Hung said.

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