Did he start college at 15-16? What the heck? My son is a sophomore at Duke and he will be 20 in February. If he really is that young, it might explain his silly, poorly considered statements.
When there I knew several people who had skipped a year at one point or another and thus got to college at age 17. Back then it was a problem for them because they were under age for beer and wine. :)
I assume that was the case with this guy although skipping two years is pretty unusual.