9-Year-Old Montco Boy Taking College Classes, Makes History: Reports

COLLEGEVILLE, PA — A 9-year-old Montgomery County boy is making history after enrolling in classes at Ursinus College this fall, according to media reports.

Aiden Wilkins, a Royersford resident, is fascinated with neuroscience and the study of the brain, and wants to help out kids his age who have neuro-disabilites, according to reports in the Inquirer and NBC Philadelphia.

"Ever since I was three, I'd watch an anatomy video and was always fascinated when I saw the brain," Wilkins told NBC.

His mother said that she knew Wilkins had a phenomenal intellectual gift when he was as young as three, according to reports.

Ursinus says he's the youngest student they've ever had on the books.

Several days a week Wilkins takes courses online at Reach Cyber Charter School, where is studying as a sophomore in high school, the reports state. Which is advanced enough for a 9-year-old.

But he wanted a new challenge.

Right now, Wilkins says his goal is to become a pediatric neurosurgeon.