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University of Virginia Student Graduates in One Year
An anonymous reader writes "18-year-old David Banh of Annandale, VA recently graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Physics and Mathematics, and an education paid for almost entirely by scholarships. What's truly amazing is that he did it in one year, bringing in 72 Advanced Placement credits, then taking 23 credits his fall semester, 37 credits his spring semester and 3 credits in the summer. His brief undergraduate career didn't leave him much time to explore college, so he's now working on his master's degree. He says he may eventually pursue law school as a part-time student in hopes of becoming a patent lawyer."
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"We are all geniuses when we dream"
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.. he rushed through the technical stuff, and wants to jump into patent law.. sounds like a dig at the USPTO :) .. "I want to rush through stuff JUST LIKE THEM!".
There is A LOT more to college than the degree, hell - for most people thats an afterthought.
meh
Meanwhile, he had mastered bridge -- yes, the card game -- competed in tournaments all over and ran the school club, which doubled in size.
Yeah, the other guy in the bridge club was excited to finally get someone to play with.
Meanwhile, in the time it took you to write all that (and me to read it!), David Banh completed dental school!
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Wow, they now have a whole new class of schools just for people taking performance enhancing drugs? Do you have to take them via IV, or are other ways acceptable too?
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A patent attorney.
In a Swiss Patent Office, perhaps? I think I heard of that one before...
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Dr. Peter Venkman: Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk!
Dr. Ray Stantz: Do you know how much a patent clerk earns?
Dr. Peter Venkman: No.
Apparently he didn't have enough time for a minor in female anatomy.
In a world of acronyms, the words are the real victims.
About one of my friends with a Math/Comp.Sci./Pol.Sci. who went on to be a very good patent attorney. "How anybody who understands math would go into law!"
No doubt this guy has made some lucky meth dealer rich enough to retire.
It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
Maybe he can do the lawyer thing in a year and then become an astronaut, and train driver after that.
He obviously doesn't play World of Warcraft.
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NERRRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!!
Just imagine how fast this guy will blow through the McDonald's training materials! He's got Assistant night shift supervisor written all over him...
What a waste of a genius. A lawyer.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
Half the fun? In my experience college would have been a whole lot more fun without all those courses getting in the way.
Shut up, nerd!
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Yeah well, you know the old saying: "All work and no play makes Jack die frozen and alone in a giant hedge-maze."
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Bitch, I said interoverted, not unassertive!
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Nonsense. The only worthwile genius is evil genius.
And for everything else..there be statues.
So who the fuck are you to pass judgement on him for passing judgement?
Patent lawyer, no less. The kind of person who makes sure to cram as many patents into the system as fast as possible, regardless of their worth.
It's rare that you're presented with a knob whose only two positions are Make History and Flee Your Glorious Destiny.
No, we're all evil. The bad ones are just the ones who get caught. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a fist full of client's trust money and a hot tip on a horse.
Anyways, I finished law school in just two years (it's usually a 3-year program) and thought I was pretty hot shit. I've got nothing on this kid though.
I bet he did it without the benefit of a Time Turner from Professor McGonagall.
I have noticed that more and more bright kids want to be lawyers or MBA's.
Maybe because they're bright enough to notice that those are the people who make the most money, while incurring the least risk?
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
If he becomes a lawyer he'll be screwing people daily! And getting paid for it!