This 4-Year-Old ‘Multilingual Math Whiz’ Just Became One of the Youngest Members of Mensa

A 4-year-old boy from a Chicago suburb has become one of the youngest people ever accepted into Mensa.

Zorien Royce of Vernon Hills, Ill., scored 156 out of 160 on the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children when he was just 3 years old. This score placed him in the “profoundly gifted” category, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

He can read at a third-grade level and count in five different languages. Zorien has also been accepted into Intertel, another prestigious high-IQ society, the outlet reported.

“He enjoys soccer and loves reading books. Most of the time, our goal is to understand what he wants rather than what we want out of him,” Zorien’s mother, Monirupa Ananya, told ABC 7.

In a release obtained by News 5 Chicago, Zorien’s parents said they realized something was special about their son when he picked up “new concepts at lightning speed and retained them effortlessly.”

They explained that they turned to Mensa because they “didn’t want his abilities to go unnoticed or for him to feel out of place.”

“Their resources, guidance, and community of like–minded families gave us a way to nurture his growing needs, while also keeping him grounded and connected with peers,” they said in the statement.

Charles Brown, Director of Marketing and Communications at American Mensa, told PEOPLE that only 5% of Mensa members are under the age of 12, making them “a special group among our already special group.”

He added, “American Mensa provides resources for these children and their parents to help them navigate a world that often isn’t set up for gifted children and their unique needs and challenges.”

“One challenge — one that Zorien’s parents, Naqib and Monirupa, overcame — is identifying their child as gifted and then finding a way to nurture those gifts,” Brown said.

Mensa America recently shared a post about Zorien’s achievement on Instagram, calling him “a multilingual math whiz.” They said he is “proving that curiosity knows no age limits.”

“Here’s to brilliant kids who remind us that learning is an adventure!” they added.