I’ll be a doctor at 18, says 12-year-old child prodigy

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A 12-year-old boy who already has three community college degrees and has been accepted at two University of California campuses is planning to study biomedical engineering and become a doctor and medical researcher by the time he is 18&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tanishq Abraham has been accepted to UC Davis and received a regents scholarship to UC Santa Cruz&comma; but he has yet to make up his mind which university he will attend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I think I&&num;8217&semi;ll be 18 when I get my MD&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told Sacramento television station CBS 13&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tanishq&comma; from Sacramento&comma; started community college at seven and last year he received associate&&num;8217&semi;s degrees in general science&comma; maths&comma; physical science and foreign language studies from American River College&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Professors at the Sacramento college did not initially want him in their classes because of his age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But finally a professor agreed to let him attend if his mother&comma; a doctor of veterinary medicine&comma; also took the class&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There were times when I had to explain general relativity and special relativity to my mom&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Tanishq said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biology professor Marlene Martinez said he was never afraid to ask lot of questions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;In lecture he would always pop up with &&num;8216&semi;So&comma; does that mean&quest; &&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi; or &&num;8216&semi;What about this&quest;&&num;8217&semi;&comma; &&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tanishq&comma; who joined IQ society Mensa at just four&comma; has always picked up knowledge quickly&comma; his father Bijou Abraham said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We tested him and discovered that he was pretty smart&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told NBC News&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We were surprised when we started giving him advanced stuff and he was picking it up really fast&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tanishq says child geniuses are often seen as odd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When you think of a genius&comma; you think of a mad scientist kind of thing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But he insists he is just an ordinary boy who likes learning and microscopes &&num;8211&semi; and also playing video games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I just think learning is fun&comma;&&num;8221&semi; 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