Portrait of 13-year-old Vietnamese boy accepted to more than 100 American universities

Sunny Nguyen, a 13-year-old boy from San Jose, California, has long been passionate about technology. He taught himself how to create websites and researched fields like software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) at home.

It is worth mentioning that when the public school curriculum and homeschooling were no longer suitable, the child's father, Tommy Nguyen, began applying to universities on his behalf.

"We were really surprised when Sunny received a warm welcome. Letters of acceptance, admission and scholarships were continuously sent to the house," Mr. Tommy recounted. According to Fox KTVU (USA), there are more than 100 universities offering admission to Sunny.

Among them are prestigious schools such as: University of California Berkeley, University of California San Diego (according to US News rankings, both schools are in the top 30 best schools in the US) and many other public universities in the state of California.

Mr. Tommy Nguyen said that universities have committed to award scholarships worth a total of more than 3 million USD to his son.

Sunny Nguyen.

Delighted that his son was accepted to more than 100 American universities, Sunny's father shared in an interview with Fox KTVU that his son has always had something special. Tommy proudly said of his first-born of five children: "Sunny really likes math. He learns math everywhere."

Mr. Tommy believes that his son can do anything he wants in life.

As for Sunny, he is particularly interested in the field of AI and hopes to apply AI to create something that helps people live longer.

Wherever Sunny chooses to study, she plans to major in computer science and hopes to make a difference in the world.

Not only outstanding in the academic field, Sunny has also been passionate about technology since childhood, self-studying website programming, software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) at home.

Like many of his peers, Sunny also enjoys video games. He also has a YouTube channel with nearly 60,000 subscribers.

Notably, Sunny could also set a world record for being the youngest person to achieve the feat, according to KTVU, a television station in Oakland, California.

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/chan-dung-cau-be-goc-viet-13-tuoi-trung-tuyen-hon-100-truong-dai-hoc-my-204250506151102225.htm