Being the high school valedictorian is an incredible academic accomplishment — and Mike Wimmer recently did it at just 12 years old.The North Carolina preteen told "TODAY" on Monday that he had decided to increase his academic workload during the"I didn't have to commute to school, so that actually gave me a lot more time to be able to pick up extra classes," he said.
Wimmer finished his high school requirements in December and said that he focused on his community college work during the spring semester. He also said that he's always been an advanced student. Wimmer said his love for learning made academics easy, but as he grew up it was sometimes difficult to be taken seriously and get access to the classes he wanted to take.
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