Major, screaming w00tage of the first order

[gridlore]

madelineusher graduated from high school last night.

She graduated near the top of her class at an elite school, garnering two awards for academic excellence. She was featured in an LA Times ad touting the top achievers at this school.

Among the schools she was accepted at: Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA. All offered some level of scholarship. (That's the part of the list my mom could remember, there were more schools on that list. A lot more)

I'm afraid to see what her SATs were.

Oh, the best part?

She's 16 years old. She skipped eighth grade. she is going to take over the world.

Congrats, Norster! Now the real fun begins!!! Penguin dances for you and all your fellow grads!

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to her! I hope she gets to do what she loves now. Whatever that is.

(One of the guys I graduated top of my school with was 16 when he graduated. It made me feel positively ancient at 17 ;)

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Well, she starts Soka University of America (http://www.soka.edu/) later this summer, and wants to study communications/linguistics. She already speaks pretty fluent Japanese, so she's on the right track.