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11-year-old student started classes this week at Southern University

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (KTRK) -- Elijah Precciely, 11, started classes this week at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The acclaimed child prodigy is a new physics major and Elijah was awarded a full scholarship to attend the university.



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His classmates are stunned by his knowledge while Elijah is already thinking about grad school.
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