- 1998 - Attending School of Engineering at University of Virginia, #1 rated public university in USA

- 1998 - Graduated from North Stafford High School, Virginia with an Advanced Studies Diploma and with honors (took Calculus and five years of French)

- 1997 - Achieved perfect score in the Verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) to rank at the very top out of one million students--SAT score: 1460

- 1997 - High School Computer Courses: Pascal (A-), Keyboard Typing Skills (A-), and Computer Information Systems, including BASIC and Lotus 1-2-3 (B+)

- 1997 - Attended 8-day student United Nations in The Hague, Netherlands, addressing 2,000 delegates during speech to the General Assembly

- 1996 - Took military entrance test (ASVAB), finishing in top 1% in the USA in all sections

- 1996 - Placed in top 5% of 1 million taking Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

- 1992 - Selected to take the SAT at the age of 12, finishing in the top 50% out of all college-bound students in the USA