13-year-old San Jose boy accepted to more than 100 colleges

SAN JOSE, Calif. – At simply 13 years outdated, Sunny Nguyen of San Jose is perhaps near reaching a world report as one of many youngest folks to get accepted into probably the most schools.

“My mother and father advised me about going to varsity and I agreed with it and I’m right here now,” he advised KTVU in a latest interview.

His father, Tommy Nguyen, mentioned Sunny was the primary of his 5 kids, and he is all the time been particular.

“He actually favored math,” his father mentioned. “He studied math all over the place he went. He may see math in every little thing, all over the place.”

His dad mentioned that he believes his son will have the ability to do no matter he needs in life.

The teenager has all the time liked expertise – making web sites and finding out topics like software program engineering and synthetic intelligence at house.

Like most teenagers, Sunny additionally mentioned he likes to “play a number of video video games.”

He additionally has a YouTube web page booming with almost 60,000 subscribers.

So when public college and home-education weren’t slicing it, Tommy Nguyen tarted submitting functions for his son.

“To our shock, folks simply welcomed him like loopy, like letters saved flying into our house about admission and admittance and scholarships,” he mentioned.

A few of these faculties embrace UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, together with a bunch of California state universities.

Sunny is particularly fascinated with AI and hopes to make use of it to create one thing that may assist folks reside longer.

“I believe probably the most thrilling half is seeing what’s going to occur subsequent,” Sunny mentioned.

Tommy Nguyen mentioned his son has been awarded greater than $3 million in scholarships.

“Each college is giving him one thing,” his dad mentioned. “Some faculties are giving him over $100,000 in scholarships.”

Wherever Sunny decides to go, he plans to main in pc science and alter the world.