Awesome Story Of A 12-Year-Old, Dorothy Jean Who Recently Graduated With A 2nd Degree Will Leave You Gobsmacked

A young student residing in Chicago, Ill., who recently graduated with a second degree at the age of 12, is a rare show of astonishing brilliance.

According to ABC News 10, Dorothy Jean Tillman received her (second) bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College in Chicago which also graduated a 72-year-old that same day (July 13).

The precocious student previously held an associates degree when she was only 10 years old. She has graduated from college with a degree in technology!

She also plans to continue her pursuit of leveling up to a masters degree in environmental engineering, but she’ll take some time away from the classroom before she attains another diploma.

“With environmental engineering, it’s all about helping people, the environment, and that’s just what I love to do, that’s what makes me happy,” she said.

The pre-teen’s mother, Jemelita Tillman who nicknamed her Dorothy Genius, says she noticed her daughter’s gift when she began memorizing “double digits by age three” adding that she made an effort to nurture her love for learning since then.

Jemelita says her daughter “is one of the greatest” things to come out of the south side of Chicago.

DJ says while she is a scholar, she’s still a normal kid as she still manages to sketch in time for leisure activities.

“It’s not that I just lock myself away from the world,” she said. “I still have friends and we go to the movies.”