While it's not unusual for high school students to take college classes in school before they graduate, a program through Tompkins Cortland Community College is allowing some ambitious students to take enough classes to graduate with an entire degree in tandem with a high school diploma. 

TC3's CollegeNow program is a popular one, despite its demand. Despite the pressures of a full plate, highschooler Luis Kapur-Mauleon III is finding the balance.

"I'm in a class where we’re learning about the human body, and the tissues, cells, and how it works and its function,“ said Kapur-Mauleon III.

By day, he's a high school junior, and by night a college student with TC3..

“College is very competitive now and everyone’s looking for a way to make themselves stand out and this is a way to make yourself stand out," said Kapur-Mauleon III.

By the time he’s finished with high school next year, he'll have a high school diploma and two associate's degrees, one in science and another in math.

“As a parent, it's very thrifty because the tuition here is much less than at major universities. So it works out for everybody," said Kristna Kapur-Mauleon, Luis’ mother.

Kapur-Mauleon III's sister was the first student to get two college degrees from the program, something that helped fast-track her ahead of others to a career that's all in the family.

“You get years off of college later, she’s spending one year in college and then trying to move on to dental school and I would like to do the same," said Kapur-Mauleon III.

“It can be a little intimidating when you're 14 years old, and you’re coming to college with 20-year-old kids and sometimes adults," added Kristna.

“A professor once told me that everybody's here for a reason: to learn and they don't care how old you are because you're here for the same reason they are and you’re as qualified as they are because you're all in the same place. I’d be the fourth generation of dentistry. If I become a dentist after this, and this would help me get there faster," said Kapur-Mauleon III.

Both Luis and his sister are planning on becoming dentists continuing the family legacy.

"We are very lucky that our kids want to maintain our practice that we started and we worked very hard for," said Kristna.

Perhaps the icing on the cake, due to their age and advanced study, his mom predicts that Luis and his sister will be among the youngest dentists in the country. Luis is already two years into his program, with his eyes set on working as a full-time doctor by the age of 24.