The Daily Populous Thursday March 27th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by atlantanewsfirst.com and submitted by dlkapt3

CONYERS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A 13-year-old Conyers boy has been accepted into 27 colleges and received seven full-ride scholarships.

From the time he was 4, Joshua Suddith II had a dream.

“I know Martin Luther King went there and there is a whole bunch of notable alumni and I want to follow in their footsteps,” Suddith said of Morehouse College.

He saw himself at Morehouse and nine years later at 13-years-old, he has been accepted. Morehouse isn’t the only school he was accepted to. His mother said Suddith was accepted to 27 colleges and got seven full-ride scholarships.

“It is kind of surreal because you see it and you think, ‘Wow, that is me,’” said Suddith.

“Joshua is a low-key type of kid. He doesn’t want a lot of the shine,” said Bryan Hilburn, head of school at Hills Academy.

This is just the beginning of the story, though.

“I plan to study international affairs and become a developmental engineer and help people. Just help people,” said Suddith.

Suddith goes to Hills Academy in Conyers. It is a faith-based school.

Suddith said that it is important to him. He has been a standout student since he was a baby. In fact, he became a published author right before he turned 4. He is currently an intern at the district attorney’s office.

“It is called ‘Brother Explorers, Go Fish,’” said Chaundra Suddith, Joshua’s mother, “He is still just like, Josh to us, this is the way he has always been.”

Joshua has two younger brothers — both have skipped grades.

“Honestly, it is an honor to have my namesake, my first-born, do something better with our shared name than what I have done coming up,” Joshua Suddith, Sr., his father, said.

“To spread the message. I feel like if someone watches this and then sees me, sees what I can do, then they believe that they can do it too,” said Suddith.

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Recidivous on March 27th, 2025 at 03:41 UTC »

I'm happy for him. However, I hope he has a good support network to aid him when he attends school. I actually started university myself at 14. Despite how well I did in my classes, I was incredibly lonely when it came to socializing because a lot of my classmates couldn't connect with someone so much younger than them, and this was nearly 20 years ago. I can't imagine how it could be like now in our current age with social media and other things being so prevalent.

dicemaze on March 27th, 2025 at 01:40 UTC »

How do you skip enough grades while fulfilling all the requirements to graduate high school by age 13?

Doodlebug510 on March 27th, 2025 at 01:33 UTC »

from the article:

25 March 2025

CONYERS, GA

A 13-year-old Conyers boy has been accepted into 27 colleges and received seven full-ride scholarships:

> From the time he was 4, Joshua Suddith II had a dream.

> “I know Martin Luther King went there and there is a whole bunch of notable alumni and I want to follow in their footsteps,” Suddith said of Morehouse College.

> He saw himself at Morehouse and nine years later at 13-years-old, he has been accepted.

> Morehouse isn’t the only school he was accepted to.

> His mother said Suddith was accepted to 27 colleges and got seven full-ride scholarships.

> “It is kind of surreal because you see it and you think, ‘Wow, that is me,’” said Suddith.

> “Joshua is a low-key type of kid. He doesn’t want a lot of the shine,” said Bryan Hilburn, head of school at Hills Academy.

> This is just the beginning of the story, though.

> “I plan to study international affairs and become a developmental engineer and help people. Just help people,” said Suddith.

> Suddith goes to Hills Academy in Conyers. It is a faith-based school.

> Suddith said that it is important to him.

> He has been a standout student since he was a baby.

> In fact, he became a published author right before he turned 4. He is currently an intern at the district attorney’s office.

> “It is called ‘Brother Explorers, Go Fish,’” said Chaundra Suddith, Joshua’s mother,

> “He is still just like, Josh to us, this is the way he has always been.”

> Joshua has two younger brothers — both have skipped grades.

> “Honestly, it is an honor to have my namesake, my first-born, do something better with our shared name than what I have done coming up,” Joshua Suddith, Sr., his father, said.

> “To spread the message. I feel like if someone watches this and then sees me, sees what I can do, then they believe that they can do it too,” said Suddith.