14-year-old Alabama college student could earn degree before turning 16

Image: Calhoun Community College Van-Houston McMillion is fourteen years old, an age when most children are settling into their first year of high school, yet he has just begun his sophomore year at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Alabama. He enrolled at twelve, becoming the youngest student in the college's history, according to Calhoun Community College, and he is now pursuing his passion for chemistry. As reported by WAFF 48, McMillion expects to complete his degree around this time next year, which could see him finish before turning sixteen. Here is how his journey began, how his first year unfolded, and what comes next.How Van-Houston McMillion's early love of learning led to college at age 12Long before he set foot on a college campus, McMillion was showing signs of unusual ability. According to Calhoun Community College, his mother, Emma-Sara McMillion, noticed his exceptional ability to learn around the age of two, when he began identifying letters and sounding out words. By the time most children were learning their alphabet, he was reading street signs aloud, watching science documentaries and asking questions well beyond his years. After years of individualised...