THE references to Doogie Howser MD are inevitable - but Welwyn Aw-Yong just wants to be a doctor, not a star. The teenager, who turns 16 next month, is in his second year of his Bachelor of Medicine at Townsville's James Cook University and on track to be qualified by the time he's 20. The final two years of the six-year course consist of full-time hospital placements, meaning Welwyn will be working with patients by the time he's just 18. In the meantime he prefers to quietly concentrate on his studies, playing violin in his church band and leading as normal a teenage life as possible. But he's not the only boy genius to swell JCU's student ranks – local teen Calum Howard, 19, is in his fourth year of a combined law and business degree. Calum, who graduated high school at 15, also has battled a congenital heart condition, making his achievements all the more remarkable. Welwyn accelerated through school in Perth, graduating high school at 13 with a tertiary entrance score of more than 99 per cent – earning him a place in the exclusive "99 Club" for the top 1 per cent of students in the state. His love of learning started very early – Welwyn was reading flashcards at age one and attended a Montessori School from age three. By year 1, he knew his times tables while other children his age were still learning to count. Despite this, Welwyn did not score high enough on the undergraduate medicine and health sciences admissions test in WA, so he experimented with engineering and science for a year before being accepted into medicine in Queensland at JCU last year. Parents Brian, an engineer, and Jennifer, a teacher, moved the family – including a sister – to Queensland to support Welwyn. "Whatever we could teach him he just absorbed," Mr Aw-Yong said of his son's incredible thirst for knowledge Reference : http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26078411-3102,00.html?from=public_rss
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