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Jeremy Shuler, 12, with his parent Andy, left, and Harrey. Shuler will begin taking classes at Cornell University this fall.

(Texas Tech University Media)

Meet Jeremy Shuler: He's 12, he's from Texas, and he's smart--very smart.

He's so smart that this fall, he will enter Cornell University in Ithaca as a member of the class of 2020, the Ithaca Journal reports. That's right: this bright kid will become a freshman at an Ivy League school this fall--at age 12.

If he graduates on time at age 16, he will become the youngest graduate in Cornell history.

Shuler won't be the youngest college student ever, however. Michael Kearney graduated from the University of South Alabama at age 10. But Shuler would beat the list of Cornell alums who graduated at age 18.

Shuler, who will major in engineering, is the son of two aerospace engineers. In fact, his dad Andy--now an employee at Lockheed Martin--earned his engineering degree from Cornell in the 1980s. Jeremy's mother, Harrey, earned her doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas in Austin, the Ithaca Journal reports.

Shuler's brilliance was apparent early on, according to Texas Tech University. At 6 months, he began to speak. At 8 months, he began to name certain things. At 18 months, he could read Korean. At age 2, he learned both Korean and English languages--and he could read books on his own. At 8, he began working on high school curriculum while being homeschooled.

At 10, he placed in the 99.6 percentile for all college-bound seniors that year and aced Advanced Placement exams in calculus, chemistry, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistics, microeconomics and macroeconomics, the Journal reports. That means he matriculates with course credits for all seven of those subjects.

Among the classes Shuler plans to take at Cornell are multivariable calculus, physics in mechanics and spatial relativity.

Shuler plans to continue to work toward his doctorate. If all goes as planned, he'll earn that doctorate before the age of 21--when most are nearing the completion of their bachelor's degree.

Cornell Engineering Dean Lance Collins said in an interview with Texas Tech University that the school looks forward to working with Shuler. "While this is highly unusual, we feel that with the strong support of his parents - who will be moving here to provide him a place to live and study - and his unusual talents and thirst for knowledge, he will be able to thrive as an engineering student and take advantage of all that Cornell has to offer."