New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- 13-year-old Joe Petraro-Hyppolite has grabbed everyone's attention with his exceptional academic intelligence. Hailing from Long Island, New York, Petraro-Hyppolite has been accepted to a master's programme at New York University where he plans to study sports medicine next year as possibly the youngest grad student of the school, reported The New York Post. He also overcame cancer and Tourette's syndrome, as per his school officials and family.

Petraro-Hyppolite's remarkable academic journey started after he reportedly scored 1,590 out of 1,600 on the SAT at age 10. "My IQ is 168," Joe Petraro-Hyppolite told CBS. "Whenever I tell people, it's like, 'Oh, Young Sheldon, Doogie Howser.'"

The young prodigy is current...