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Wiley Coyote, super genius!
So get this - there’s this 18-year-old kid in Virginia, David Banh, who’s all sorts of smart. He just graduated from college, the University of Virginia, with a double major of physics and math. In one year. Sure, he came in to the school with 72 credits from high school AP courses. But he still pounded through a 23 credit semester, a 37 credit semester (11 classes!), and a 3 credit summer semester. Having just barely obtained a physics degree after a full four years of college, I can’t even begin to imagine gunning through 63 credits of mostly advanced math and physics in a year. Lordy lordy.
Anyway, the law part of this story comes from his future plans. Right now he’s still at UVA, doing more math work. But he’s apparently considering going to law school. I’m sort of torn on this. On one side, while there’s a plethora of lawyers out there, there are not enough truly smart lawyers, so he’d be a welcome addition to that group. But on the other side, our country is severely lacking in professional mathematicians and scientists, so I’m all for him staying on that track. But if you do go the law school route, Mr. Banh, I beg and plead that you spend more than one year doing it. You’ve already missed out on the fun of undergrad life - give your liver a chance to enjoy the debauchery that is the second and third year of law school.
