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American teen is set to graduate from Harvard University 11 days after finishing high school

Braxton Moral is scheduled to receive a high school diploma from Ulysses High School and a bachelor's degree from Harvard. "It's not as hard as you think; it's just an efficient use of time," he says.

American Braxton Moral graduated high school last Sunday (19.05.19) and in a few days, he will be graduating from Harvard University.

Braxton walked across the stage a few days ago at his high school in Ulysses, Kansas, as a newly-minted graduate now less than two weeks later, the 17-year-old will on May 30th 2019 mark another milestone, receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

Moral’s parents enrolled him at the world-renowned institution when he was just 11, he told CNN. “My parents noticed I was bored in school and needed something to inspire growth, so they ended up finding the Extension School,” he said.

Harvard Extension School is mostly for nontraditional learners, be it someone with a job or who’s not in the age range of a typical college student, Moral said.

Most courses can be taken online, but Extension School students also must earn 16 credit hours in person at the iconic campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said Moral, who majored in government with a minor in English.

Studying for both high school and Harvard at the same time wasn’t easy, Moral reportedly said. But officials at his high school took a lot of the load off, allowing him to spend a couple of hours each day working on Harvard’s coursework, he said.

Moral has always been drawn to law and politics, and he’s now hoping to go to law school, preferably at Columbia University, he said. “I am, of course, excited to end this chapter of my life and anxious to begin the next,” he said.

Moral’s older sister, 29-year-old Brittney Jo Seger, told CNN her brother has always been talented. “When he was little, his vocabulary was extraordinary,” she said. “Something my mom, sister and I noticed early on was his memory. That’s one of the things that makes him incredible. But he can look at anything or read anything, and he will instantly remember it forever.”

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Watching her little brother Moral walk across the stage during his first graduation was bittersweet, Seger said because their parents couldn’t be there due to their mother’s health issues.

Moral is also publishing a book, ‘Harvard in the Heartland,’ about his experience as “an intellectually gifted boy from a small farming town in Western Kansas,” according to the book synopsis.

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