The 15-year-old boy who Sunday became the youngest graduate of the University of Baltimore says he's headed to law school this fall and he might study medicine.
Ty Hobson-Powell, who turns 16 in a month, received his diploma Sunday and in a Baltimore Sun report said he would attend law this fall and might go to medical school after earning a law degree.
Hobson-Powell dropped his basketball plans when he started college three years ago. He completed 27 credits in a single semester between college classes and the Internet. But despite his educational prowess and work ethic, family and friends said he is a typical teenager -- and not a straight A student.
"He's twittering too much and playing basketball too much to get a perfect 4.0" grade point average, said his father, Edwin Powell, a doctor and medical school professor.
Hobson-Powell said he still hangs out with his high-school age friends when he's in Washington, but he said being the youngest person in college has taught him to be comfortable with people of all ages.
Being around older students and adults is "nothing out of the ordinary," Hobson-Powell said.
"The social interaction is fine -- I can interact with 15-year olds as much as I can interact with 21-year-olds or 30-year-olds or older. I've been taught to be comfortable in any social setting that I'm in."