(USA TODAY) A 21-year-old is about to become the youngest student ever awarded a medical doctorate by the University of Chicago.
Sho Yano, who was reading at age 2, writing at 3 and composing music at 5, will graduate this week from the Pritzker School of Medicine, where he also received a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Yano began college at age 9 and earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola University at age 12 - summa cum laude, the Tribune reports.
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