This 13 Year Old Is Going To Medical School A Year After Graduating From High School

(CNN) — A 13-year-old girl was accepted into a medical school program just a year after graduating from high school.
Alena Analeigh Wicker shared the news on Instagram with her more than 20,000 followers recently.
“I’ve worked so hard to achieve my goals and live my dreams. Mom I did it,” the teenager posted under a photo of her program acceptance letter.
She has been accepted into the Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Access Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Heersink School of Medicine, the school confirmed in a statement to CNN.
The program is a partnership between the medical school and HBCUs across Alabama and provides early admission to students who meet the requirements for admission and enrollment, according to their website.
Alena posted on Instagram that she graduated from high school last year at the age of 12 and has already amassed a list of impressive achievements.
In an interview with the Washington Post, she said, “I’m still a normal 13-year-old.”
But not enough.  She is currently a student at both Arizona State University and Oakwood University earning two separate undergraduate degrees in biological sciences, according to the Washington Post.
And yet, how does he manage to do it all at such a young age?
“I just have extremely good time management skills and I’m very disciplined,” she told the Washington Post.
She also created “The Brown STEM Girl,” to engage, empower and educate girls of color in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math, according to her website.
The Brown STEM Girl Foundation honors the legacy of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematics pioneer at NASA.
Alena keeps the public updated on her journey by posting on her Instagram and Facebook page where she expresses her love and passion for STEM, NASA and Legos.
Alena’s mother told the Washington Post that she noticed her daughter’s intellect since the science buff was a toddler.
“Alena was gifted,” said her mother, Daphne McQuarter.  “It was just how she did things and how advanced she was. She was reading chapter books.”