John Sumter

8, Myrtle Beach, SC

Mother: Traci Sumter, Former Video Journalist for CNN & Television Reporter, turned homemaker

Father: Gregory Sumter, Podium Presenter and Trainer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Goals: “To time travel to the end of the summer when he’s crowned Child Genius 2014!”

Interests: Curing cancer, time travel

Favorite Subject: Science

John has tested into the 99.9 percentile with the highest math, language and reading test scores nationally. From these test scores, he was asked to take the SCAT Test. He did so well in his test, he recently received high honors.

Furthermore, he is the youngest member of Mensa, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world, in his entire region. When John grows up, he would like to be a scientist because he can interact with chemistry and all new things that people have never seen before.

Why he’ll win?

John has his own ways of seeing things and lives life in Technicolor. Everything is big and full for him. He focuses at school and is able to get things done by always thinking things through.