Student with higher IQ than Stephen Hawking gets 23 A-levels (After her school questioned her over her attendance record!)
Mahnoor Cheema, has an IQ of 161 - one point higher than the famous theoretical physicist.
The diligent student received an unconditional offer to study medicine at the University of Oxford following her impressive results, fulfilling her childhood dream.
But it wasn't plain-sailing for the London teen who was questioned over her attendance record by her school and almost blocked from sitting her exams after missing lessons to take the necessary tests.
Mahnoor, who attended Henrietta Barnett School (HBS) in north-west London, was challenged by staff over her desire to study 31 A Levels.
Most pupils across England and Wales achieve just three A Level and the high-performing school objected to the star-pupil's plans.
As a compromise she and the school agreed to just 23 - more than seven times the average.
And it was a mammoth task for Mahnoor who secured four A* in her first two months at the sixth form.
The teen sat exams in environmental management, marine science, English language and thinking skills.
She previously said she has no regrets about the exams and would be 'bored and understimulated' if she only did the standard three A-levels - and said burnout is 'a choice'.
'I have loads of interests, that's why I wanted to do so many subjects - it doesn't take that much time or effort.
'I think if you have the capability to do more, it should be explored - I would be bored doing only three subjects over two years.
'Burnout is a big thing for some people but I'm just motivated and driven and it doesn't affect me.
She added: 'I see burnout as a choice - it's not burnout if you enjoy what you're doing.'
Mahnoor, who studied 24 GCSEs in her own time alongside 10 at Langley Grammar School and scored 33 nines and one eight - equivalent to 33 A*s and one A/A*, was supported by her mother Tayyaba, as she studied from home and her hard work has certainly paid off.
On Tuesday she learnt she had achieved A*s in Law and History and on A Level results day on Thursday, she found out the last of her results which included a further two qualifications in French and Physics.
In total the teen studied psychology, sociology, law, business, accounting, economics, Latin, German, computer science, film studies, politics, classical civilisation, maths, further maths, geography and media studies, physics, chemistry, biology, English literature, film studies, French, statistics and accounting.
The grammar school pupil, from Slough, Berkshire, had already received an unconditional offer from Exeter College, Oxford, in January having achieved the science A-levels needed earlier in the year.
And while it may have been a difficult slog, the talented pupil was sure she would achieve her dream.
'I was absolutely set on it [studying medicine at Oxford]. There was not a world in my mind where I would not get in. That is not cocky but that was my determined life path. If I did not get in I would have reapplied,' she told The Telegraph.
Henrietta Barnett School is one of the best state schools for getting pupils into the prestigious universities of Oxford and Cambridge and according to recent data, it has an average of 34 offers per year meaning pupils have a 43 per cent success rate.
Mahnoor was born in the UK before moving to Lahore, Pakistan with her parents in 2010.
Her family then moved back to the UK in 2016 and her mother Tayyaba Cheema, 43, a full-time mum with a masters in Economics, said Mahnoor was 'quite different' from a young age.
By the age of six, Mahnoor had read all seven Harry Potter books, and by 11 had learned the entire Oxford English Dictionary 'by heart'.
Mahnoor was one of thousands of pupils across the UK who excitedly open their results and was one of just 28.3 per cent of pupils got A/A* this year, compared with 27.8 per cent last year, and 25.4 per cent in 2019.
And she is not the only success story.
At Brampton Manor in East Ham, more than half of all pupils achieved a full set of A* or A grades, with dozens of pupils securing places at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial and UCL.
The school is the world's top school for Oxbridge entry, having sent 85 pupils to the prestigious universities in 2022, up from 57 in 2021 and 53 in 2020.
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