BATON ROUGE -- A homeschooled 11-year-old has received a full scholarship to Southern University, according to The Advocate.
When Elijah Precciely steps foot on campus this coming fall, he will have already published a book and submitted five patents for his inventions, the Advocate reported.
Elijah started taking classes at Southern when he was 8 years old and was offered the J.S. Clark Presidential Scholar award.
"I wasn't looking, 'Hey, I want to come up here to Southern University.' I didn't even know that I was going to get into a college," Elijah said Friday. "I was just being myself.”
“When I reflect on this Joseph S. Clark Presidential Scholars Award it means absolute legacy, nothing but legacy to me,” Elijah said during his acceptance speech. “Those that have paved the way, I want to thank you for paving the way in my education, and I will absolutely pave the way for others to do the impossible. I am elated.”
