I remember this girl on the local news, written in 2004.
Fourteen-year old Alia Sabur, a Long Island, N.Y., native, has enrolled at Drexel to pursue a doctoral degree in mechanical and electrical engineering. She is the youngest Ph.D. student in the United States. A summa cum laude graduate of Stony Brook University with a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics, Alia will study and research nanophotonics, which she describes as �the study and creation of electronic devices using optics at the nanoscale.� Alia is expected to receive her degree in 2007.
I remember seeing her on the news and she was really well balanced, with friends. Had a black belt in Karate and plays Clarinet with the Philadelphia orchestra while doing her PhD. What was the argument against overscheduling the highly gifted child? It seems they can really thrive on the challenge.
Ren
