A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was
16 at home by his father, Neil, will
17 a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to
18 the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student
19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.
Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the
20 . I have started the first-year books
21 and it is all right, not too
22 . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge,
23 I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me--
24 I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing
25 with other people who go there.”
But
26 his age he will not be able to
27 many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally
28 to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out
29 . ”
Arran,
30 plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he
31 the youngest person to be
32 a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the
33 to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he
34 with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.
Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to
35 his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.
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