Adhara Pérez, the eight-year-old prodigy struggling to get into college

Adhara perz She is eight years old and a very special daughter. With an IQ of 162 – around 70 points above average – the magazine Forbes recognized her as one of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico. Having completed high school as a child, he is now seeking access to university education, but public education in your country prevents it for bureaucratic reasons.

The intellectual level of Adhara Maite Pérez Sánchez is above that of Albert Einstein and the one at Stephen hawking, which he admires deeply. The girl was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome when he was three years old and, due to his intelligence, he suffered from discrimination and intimidation he barely entered the school system.

When Pérez Sánchez learned algebra at the age of three, his mother, Naneli, realized that her daughter was extraordinary. During the first visit to the psychiatrist, the girl showed that her intelligence was far above that of the average child of her age, and the professional confirmed that Adhara was a prodigy. After obtaining the medical diagnosis, the girl dropped out of school and entered Centro de Atencion al Talento (CEDAT) in Mexico, where she completed her high school education.

Now his biggest problem is that, given his young age and despite his intelligence and interest in astronomy, the National Autonomous University of Mexico refuses to register due to his young age. At the moment, all you can do is attend classes as an auditor and attend them informally.

As reported ABC SpainAfter being rejected by Mexico’s largest university, the University of Arizona, USA, she was offered a scholarship to study astrophysics at the institution. However, due to the lack of financial resources, he had to reject the proposal, because in addition to the cost of living, the family has to perform a series of expensive procedures that they cannot access.

For this reason, for now, Adhara pursues two careers online and at home: industrial engineering, specializing in mathematics, and systems engineering.. When she has free time, her mother says, she plays with her astronaut dolls.

Meanwhile, the family is asking the Mexican state for a solution so that Adhara can quickly access formal education and not waste precious years that could be spent on professional training.

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