

Demaine continues to teach at MIT and has earned several awards and honors for his continued research. After earning his PhD, Demaine joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), becoming the youngest professor in the school’s history. When he was 14, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the university.ĭemaine continued his education and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo by the time he was 20 years old. Despite not having an academic record, because his father home-schooled him while they traveled across North America, Demaine was accepted into Dalhousie University. Demaine, who was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, was home-schooled until he decided to enter university when he was 12 years old. Like the other child prodigies on this list who are now adults, Erik Demaine has continued to be successful later in his life. However, her classmates learned how young she was and unfortunately, turned on her and became hostile. Kathleen Holtz tried to hide her age while attending law school and she got away with it for awhile because she looked as old as some of her peers. The firm had recruited her when she was only 17 years old. While awaiting her bar exam results, Holtz was already working as a first-year associate at TroyGould in Los Angeles. She then entered UCLA School of Law when she was 15 and graduated three years later. Holtz started college when she was just 10 years old and earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from California State University. In 2007, when Kathleen Holtz was 18 years old, she made headlines after she passed California’s bar exam to become the youngest lawyer in the country. School: California State University, Los Angeles
