Elijah Precciely, the young Bl**k genius who at just 11-years old was accepted into Southern University on a full-ride scholarship, has recently started his first full semester of classes at the Louisiana HBCU.Elijah, who is majoring in Physics, couldn’t be more th*ill!d in his first week at Southern University. And he’s already making a hugeimpression on campus.
“I’m very excited,” Elijah told local station WBRZ. “I’ve been waiting on this for long, long time.” “This is my environment. I love to be up here on campus. I love to learn. But what really st*ik*s me is when some people think I’m 15. Either I’m a tall 11-year-old or a short 15-year-old,” he jokingly said.
Elijah’s peers are impre-ssed by his achievements. Mubashar Ali, his fellow student who thought he was 13 years old, said that he was helpful with his classmates and “he knew way more than a lot of the students.”
Another student, Dillon Brumfield, was amazed that Elijah “can fit in, just day-to-day activities. He can doeverything that we can do. There’s nothing he can’t do. It’s just like, after school is when it comes to be like, ‘Can he fit in?’” Despite being named a genius, the university said Elijah still needs support and guidance.
Dr. Manicia Gene Finch, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, believes Elijah can do great things. She said, “He’s more than just a prodigy. I think he is a young gentleman and a man of the Holy Sp-irit, and he’s going to fit just as well as he already does here at Southern University.”
Elijah said that he is ready for the challenges that he may face. He said, “You have to have a mindset to actually know ‘Hey I have to learn this, my life depends on it.’ Act like your life depends on it because it does. When you learn, you increase your life.” A certified achiever, Elijah has already authored a book, applied for several patents, he hosts his own weekly radio show, and he also plans to bring new programs and organizations in the university.