“If something matters to you, you make the time,” the 19-year-old said while speaking about her accomplishment
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- A teenage girl in Wisconsin attained her college degree just six months after graduating high school
- Elena Talingo, 19, took college credits while still in high school, and already earned 132 credits before even stepping foot on a college campus
- She now will start a full-time job in supply-chain management and is free of college debt
A teenager in Wisconsin has received her college degree just six months after graduating high school.
Elena Talingo, 19, graduated from Green Bay’s Preble High School in the spring, and she now holds a bachelors from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UW-Green Bay), per Fox affiliate WLUK.
“It’s definitely — I’m not going to say surprising. I’m just … I feel accomplished. I’m just speechless. Like, I actually did it,” Elena said with a smile while speaking to the outlet…