This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2. He’s heading to NYU after finishing high school in just 2 years

Ashley R. Williams, CNN

(CNN) — Recent precocious schoolhouse postgraduate Suborno Isaac Bari, 12, plans to commencement studying mathematics and physics astatine New York University successful nan fall, but he’s already sewage his eager sights group connected opening a doctoral program.

“I dream to postgraduate assemblage astatine 14 successful outpouring 2026,” said Suborno, who precocious became nan youngest postgraduate from his Long Island precocious school.

“If I ever determine to do a 2nd Ph.D., it will beryllium successful physics, but chiefly I want to attraction connected math,” he told CNN.

The talented tween, who memorized nan periodic array astatine 2 years aged and has taught lectures astatine colleges successful India since he was 7, graduated connected Wednesday from Malverne High School successful Nassau County, New York.

Suborno, who says he skipped to 12th people aft completing ninth people studies, became nan youngest-ever student to postgraduate from nan precocious school, CNN connection WABC-TV reported.

His precocious schoolhouse uses a 100-point GPA standard alternatively than a 4.0 scale, says Suborno, who shared he earned astir a 96 GPA for his first twelvemonth of precocious schoolhouse and a 98 for his 2nd and last year.

Once he began nan 12th grade, Suborno took connected nondegree classes astatine respective universities astir New York including NYU, Stony Brook University, nan City University of New York and Brooklyn College.

“That was a full caller situation for me,” he shared. “You’ve sewage overmuch much homework, overmuch longer classes, (many) much caller subjects and worldly and it’s each condensed into a acold shorter clip than successful school.”

The agleam young student, whose family says he’s besides skilled successful painting, statement and playing nan piano, could besides beryllium making history astatine NYU erstwhile he originates pursuing his bachelor of subject degree.

A assemblage spokesperson informed nan Bari family “without NYU undertaking a complete reappraisal of its records, NYU is unaware of anyone younger than Suborno being admitted,” according to a transcript of an email shared pinch CNN.

Suborno was introduced to acquisition early connected by his parents, Rashidul and Shaheda Bari. His begetter Rashidul teaches physics astatine Brooklyn Technical High schoolhouse and his mother Shaheda is an simple schoolhouse teacher.

They noticed their youngest boy was exceptionally agleam successful 2014 arsenic they taught him basal math, according to Rashidul Bari.

“My woman was really his coach astatine nan time. One time … she was school him 1 positive one, and he would beryllium responding, ‘Mom, 1 positive 1 is two,’” Rashidul Bari said. “And past Mom would go, ‘then what is 1 positive two?’ And past he’d opportunity ‘three,’ and past he’d beryllium questioning Mom, ‘if 1 positive 1 is two, tin you please show me, what is n positive n?’”

The questions took Shaheda Bari by surprise, her hubby says. Rashidul Bari says he astatine first paid it nary mind because his eldest son, Refath Bari, 21, who attends Brown University, was besides smart.

“So I told my wife, ‘OK, location is thing astonishing here, he astir apt did it to seizure attention,’” Rashidul Bari said. “But it kept happening. Every mathematics concept, he started abstracting.”

Suborno’s dad, who was a mathematics student astatine nan time, shared nan fascinating find pinch 1 of his professors.

“My professor said, ‘no way, a 2-year-old cannot do that abstraction. You should salary superior attention,’” Rashidul Bari said.

Suborno continued attracting attention, which yet led to him getting invited to return college-level courses, his dada said.

In 2016, then-President Barack Obama sent Suborno a missive praising nan agleam student for his difficult activity and accomplishments. The family shared a transcript of nan missive pinch CNN.

In 2020 erstwhile he was 7, Suborno began receiving invitations from colleges successful India to teach, which he does 3 times a year, his dada says.

“That gives him tons of chances to person conversations pinch different levels of expertise, students, faculties, assemblage presidents, truthful galore people,” Rashidul Bari said.

The family says they were told by Mensa he must hold until he’s 14 years aged – astir nan clip Suborno says he plans to postgraduate from NYU – to person his IQ tested.

Suborno plans to proceed his family’s inclination of school by 1 time becoming a mathematics and physics professor.

“It’s perfectly insane,” he said astir starting astatine NYU successful nan fall. “I can’t hold for each nan opportunities I’ll have, I’ll beryllium capable to meet group who are really willing … afloat successful mathematics and science, and group who are besides majoring successful mathematics and physics and who want to find retired these mysteries down nan universe.”