“We always knew he was bright, but I don’t think we expected he would accomplish so much, so fast,” Erin Chilimigras toldHe was talking in full sentences at 2 years old and graduated from high school at the age of 12..
“When I did well at something, we kept moving up, so it wasn’t easy,” Jimmy said. “My parents did a good job keeping me challenged.”“Everyone has their smart areas and their trials, too,” John Chilimigras said. “He loves reading, but he had trouble with reading and reading comprehension. We had to have some outside help to help him diagnose and when they worked through a plan of figuring out how his mind worked.
Last year at age 14, he took the Law School Entrance Exam, scoring 174. He reportedly holds the highest score in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. “I’m going to law school in August. That’s going to be in person, so that’s interesting. I’m really looking forward to it, actually,” Jimmy said.Copyright 2023 WLOX via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.