13-year-old 'prodigy' accepted to more than 100 US universities

At just 13 years old, Sunny Nguyen from San Jose surprised many people when he was accepted by more than 100 universities.

"My parents told me to go to college, I said yes, and now I'm here," Sunny said in an interview with KTVU. According to Tommy Nguyen, Sunny's father, he is the first child, with four younger siblings. Since childhood, Sunny Nguyen has always shown special qualities.

"He loves Math. He learns Math everywhere. He sees Math in everything, everywhere," he said.

Sunny Nguyen loves math and is self-taught in building websites and learning about artificial intelligence at home. (Photo: Cut from KTVU video ).

Mr. Tommy Nguyen believes that his son can do anything he wants in life. Sunny especially loves technology. He often makes websites by himself and learns about software engineering and artificial intelligence at home.

Like many teenagers, Sunny admits to being a gamer. He also has a YouTube channel with nearly 60,000 subscribers. When Tommy Nguyen decided that public school and homeschooling were no longer a good fit for his son, he decided to apply to college for Sunny.

"We were really surprised. Schools kept sending acceptance letters and scholarships home like rain," he said.

Sunny has been offered admission to several prestigious universities, including UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and many public universities in California. He has expressed a special interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and hopes to use this technology to create tools that help people live longer.

"I think the most exciting thing is to wait and see what happens next," Sunny said.

To date, Sunny has received a total of more than $3 million in scholarships from schools. "Every school gives her a scholarship. Some schools even give scholarships of more than $100,000," said Tommy.

Wherever she chooses to study, Sunny plans to major in Computer Science and has dreams of changing the world.

(Source: Vietnamnet)

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