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How could she get into Harvard without a high school degree?

January 4, 201931:07Jason
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David30:37
Um, did you see that there was this girl, I think in Kansas, she just, um, she just graduated high school. She's out here, she just graduated high school at the same time she's graduating Harvard.
Jason30:50
How's that work?
David30:51
She must have taken courses at Harvard while she was in high school. I mean, that's obviously, that's what she did, like online courses. Or maybe she, oh, you know what? Maybe she was doing, maybe she was in Harvard and she was doing online courses for high s…
Jason31:07
How could she get into Harvard without a high school degree?
David31:10
Oh, okay. Oh, sorry, it's not a girl, it's a boy. His name is Braxton Morrow, he's 16. And he may look like an average teenager, but he's graduating from both his Kansas high school and Harvard University. He can't even legally drink yet, obviously. He took o…
Jason31:32
Too much too soon.
David31:33
Yeah, he's going to— he's going to give the high school commencement speech, and then a few weeks later, he'll attend a graduation ceremony at Harvard University. Holy shit. That's fucking insane. Imagine being that guy's parents, how proud you must be. Or in…