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When he was in seventh grade, he became deeply interested in the television program BattleBots
A primary biographical source attributed to John Schulman says this happened in eighth grade, not seventh grade.
Full reasoning
A 2005 biography page for John D. Schulman on the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) site directly contradicts this detail. In that first-person bio, Schulman says: "The first serious self-study I did was in eighth grade, when I became obsessed with BattleBots" and then describes reading about physics, electronics, and mechanical engineering to build a better robot.
Because this source is a contemporaneous biography tied to Schulman himself, it is stronger evidence for the grade level than the Wikipedia sentence here. The article's claim that this happened in seventh grade conflicts with Schulman's own account that it happened in eighth grade.
1 source
- John D. Schulman biography — American Association of Physics Teachers (2005 Physics Olympics)
The first serious self-study I did was in eighth grade, when I became obsessed with BattleBots (televised robot-combat event). Hoping it would help me built a better ‘bot, I did a lot of reading on physics, electronics, and mechanical engineering.