REPORT: Moshe Kai Cavallin, 11, became the second youngest American to ever graduate college this week, after completing an Associate of Arts degree with full honors to boot. Moshe Kai Cavallin (also known by his Chinese name Kai Hasiao Hu or “obedient tiger”) began his studies at East Los Angeles College at the age of 8. When he was not turning heads at ELAC, he also took time to help his fellow students with their studies. One would be advised not to cross the pint-sized college graduate, as he has won gold medals in 26 martial arts events and is very handy with a broadsword.
According to his Web site, Moshe began studying martial arts at the age of 5 with his father, an ex-special operations commando.
Don’t expect to find the martial-artist and future astrophysicist playing video games this summer, which he avoids “because it’s not helping humanity in any way.”
The youngest American to ever graduate from college was Michael Kearney, who finished the University of South Alabama in 1995 at the age of 10.
As a younger child, Moshe Kai Cavallin was identified with “Attention Deficit Disorder,” but his parents refused to use “Ritalin,” the official drug for ADD.
He spoke his first words while he was just 4 months old. He told his pediatrician, “I have a left ear infection” when he was just 6 months old. At the age of just 10 months, he learned to read. Moshe accomplished a perfect score on the multiple-choice diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program when he was just 4-years-old and his accomplishment came without studying.
Moshe graduated high school at the age of 6 years. He joined Santa Rosa Junior College when he was just 6-years and 7-months old. He finished his graduation from junior college with Associate of Science in Geology at the age of 8-years.
Moshe Kai Cavallin won $25,000 in the program “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on Friday, April 25 2008 and April 28, 2008.
He graduated from East Los Angeles College with 4.0 GPA. He became the youngest student in U.S. History with an A.A. Degree, when he finished all the requirements for the degree in Jan, 2009 at the age of 10.
