14-year-old graduates from college after starting classes at 11 [Video]

ROGERS, Ark. (KHBS) – A 14-year-old girl from Arkansas graduated from community college with an associate degree three years after she started taking classes.

Rayana Holikova, 14, moved to Arkansas in August 2020. Shortly after, she started taking classes at Northwest Arkansas Community College – before she even started high school.

At just 11 years old, Holikova started out with classes like college algebra and composition.

“The individualized, self-paced nature of this college is so incredibly important, and it taught me a lot about how to regulate my own study habits,” she said.

Holikova adds that she was inspired by her younger brother, who has a genetic disorder.

“He was born when I was 7 years old, so I wasn’t quite old enough to grasp the realities of the condition he had. But as I got older and as my education progressed, I realized how much gravity his condition had. …