# Super-students -- fact or fiction?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-students-fact-or-fiction/265931 "2004-09-24T19:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-students-fact-or-fiction/265931/26 "2004-09-25T05:00:19Z")

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I started college when I was 12. To me, it wasn’t that big a deal. There was the occasional story in the local paper. I was and am humbled by the many people who were ahead of me still (though not at my school), starting at eight or ten. I also hate being called Doogie.

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