Florida teen graduates from university one week, high school the next

Warning: This teenager might make you feel lazy.

Last week, Grace Bush, 16, earned her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Florida Atlantic University with a 3.8 grade point average.

This Friday, she will graduate from high school.

"It's kind of weird that I graduated college before high school," she told CBS Miami.

Her mother, Gisla Bush, said that Grace started reading around the age of 2. She was home schooled with her eight siblings until she turned 13.

Grace's impressive educational feat came partly out of financial need. Her family discovered FAU's dual enrollment program that allows students to take college classes while studying at the high school on campus, saving them thousands of dollars in tuition.

Fortunately, Grace had the work ethic to master the heavy workload. She woke at 5:30 a.m. every morning so she could arrive before classes began at 8. Then she spent the next 14 hours juggling high school and college classes — and playing the flute in two orchestras — before heading home by 11 p.m…to study for three more hours.

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She's no slacker when it comes to future ambitions, either. Grace told CBS Miami that she plans to take a break from the flute this summer so she can study for the LSAT.

"Ultimately I would like to become a Supreme Court justice...but between law school and that I'm not sure what I'll do," she said.

Two of Grace's older siblings also combined high school and college. At 16, Grace is the youngest to graduate from both, completing her four-year college degree in just three years.