Clovis Hung, who started college when he was just 9 years old, said his decision to enroll was motivated by a sense of friendly competition. He said he heard about Fullerton alum Jack Rico, who at 13 years old“I also wanted to be the youngest graduate,” HungOn Saturday, Hung walked across the stage in a cap and gown alongside fellow Fullerton graduates, most of them at least a decade his senior.
Adjusting to an in-person college experience was daunting at first, Hung said, but he found a support system in his new professors and classmates. Everyone welcomed him with open arms and was glad to have discussions with him about course material, he said. Some of his professors worried about how he would relate to his older classmates, the release said, but soon found that he fit in seamlessly.“Clovis has been a great mixture of ‘kid’ and college student,” Fullerton biology professor Kenneth Collins said. “He is mature enough that the other students take him seriously, but enough of a kid that they look after him like a younger brother and cheer him on.
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