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11-Year-Old Tanishq Abraham Graduates from American River College With 3 Associates Degrees

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Tanishq Abraham is off to a good start in achieving his lofty goals, graduating from American River College (ARC) with multiple degrees at the age of 11.

"I like to learn," he told FOX40 after Wednesday night's ceremony. "So I just followed my passion of learning, and that's how I ended up here."

The next day, he posted the bullet points of what he hopes to achieve in life and what he has already done to get there. For one, he wants to be a Nobel Prize winning doctor and researcher, before moving into the White House and taking over the @POTUS Twitter account.

"We did it as a family, as teamwork," Abraham's mother, Taji, told FOX40. "And I was just cheering, I was just crying there when I saw Tanishq walk down the stage."

The young Sacramento, Calif. native graduated with degrees in math and physical sciences, general science and foreign language studies, but still has a few courses to take at ARC. At 11, he is likely the youngest graduate in the community college's history, but officials could not be certain.

"The assumption is that he's the all-time youngest," Scott Crow, a spokesman for ARC, told NBC Bay Area. "But we don't have all the archives to completely confirm. He was definitely the youngest this year."

According to the Los Angeles Times, Abraham joined Mensa International, a high IQ society, when he was four and then graduated high school just six years later. He then entered college 42 credits ahead. His attention turned to earning a bachelor's degree, Abraham reportedly would like to attend Stanford University, FOX40 reported.

In the scope of what he wants to do in life, graduating with three associates degrees in one night is relatively pedestrian for Abraham, who told NBC Wednesday's ceremony "[wasn't] much of a big thing for me."

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