If you have an extraordinarily or profoundly gifted kid . . .

[Anonymous]

what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

Well, if you think it’s a good idea to post that question here then obviously you are not as profoundly gifted as you say your kid is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

Well, if you think it’s a good idea to post that question here then obviously you are not as profoundly gifted as you say your kid is

Seriously!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

Well, if you think it’s a good idea to post that question here then obviously you are not as profoundly gifted as you say your kid is

Extremely uninformed response, ignore it, OP. Being profoundly gifted is sometimes a burden, and it does not mean people always know what to do in all circumstances. Occasionally, such a high level of cognitive and processing skill also come with disorders such as anxiety, autism or depression. It can be hard to relate to other people.

You can show him and discuss (my son with autism and a high IQ has read all his neurophychological evaluation reports, starting from when he was 10). There is no cause for pride, since this result is not within his or your control. But it's scientifically interesting!

There is little practical application however, unless the report also identifies a disorder. What matters is how you can encourage his interests and bolster his weaknesses. A very high level of intelligence does not necessarily correlate with fame and fortune. There are brilliant minds in all walks of life. My profoundly gifted cousin runs camps for refugees in Syria. She does it extremely well, but it's a calling, not a financial success. My high-IQ husband has an MD and a PhD and works in biomedical research at NIH. He's worked on multiple cancers, diabetes, and ADHD. Again, he doesn't do it for the money. They are both happy and fulfilled people, because they spend their time doing what they love. My son has the added wrinkle of autism, but we'll see what he does with his life. It'll be interesting.

Expose your child to all sorts of activities, and see what he likes to do.

[Anonymous]

I'll bite. Encourage lots as possible academically, but focus on the Social/people skills part. There are a lot of on-paper geniuses who have very low people skills and/or are unhappy/lonely because they have not been in positions to have/maintain friendships/just kick a ball around for fun. (We have two family friends in different states who dealt with this, kids are adults now)

[Anonymous]

Have you noticed anything interesting about your kid in the 10-14 years you have known the kids before the IQ test score came back?

Life matters a lot more than a quiz.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

My kid has incredibly high IQ and ADHD. The tester’s suggestion was to indulge his interests/passions but not really do much differently.

[Anonymous]

As others have said: focused on helping him develop social skills/relationships and manage his anxiety. The intellectual stuff is the easy part bc he essentially teaches himself about his interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

My kid has incredibly high IQ and ADHD. The tester’s suggestion was to indulge his interests/passions but not really do much differently.

Why was your child tested? My two were tested because of learning disabilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

There is some very good advice here. Social skills are very important. But you need to realize that these profoundly gifted kids are so different from one another, and you’d need to share a bit more for meaningful responses.

This is a good book and there are many more.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0910707529?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[Anonymous]

My DH and I learned a lot about our profoundly gifted daughter through her neuropsychological evaluation. I’d recommend you get one if you haven’t already. I agree with the others to focus on developing social skills and relationships. In our DD’s specific case, we encourage her to be in situations where she is not the best at something to help her get over her perfectionism and her desire to protect her image as “the smart kid.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

I think the problem is that a kid with an IQ of about 150 to 165 will be an ordinary bright Top 30 university student, not all that amazingly bright by the standards of a selective university.

You have to figure out how to get your son into tough enough courses that, by the time he’s at college, he’ll know how to study and how to get help if he finds something confusing.

If he sails through K-12, that means he’ll end up in college with a weaker education than many other equally bright, better-educated students, and he may not have any idea of what to do in a class that’s hard.

[Anonymous]

OP never said that her kid has ADHD so most of the advice on this thread is completely irrelevant. The rest of the advice – to make sure the kid is OK socially - isn’t exactly rocket science.

[Anonymous]

A kid I know is like that. He has a “normal” younger brother so I think it’s nature not nurture. Their parents “develop” them but basically do all that other UMC parents do to give their kids opportunities.
The poor boy has HFA, celiac, and a third condition I forgot. So it’s no walk in the park for the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what did you do differently?

My middle schooler's IQ was just tested, and came back on the border between these two categories, according to the Hoagie's website. Apparently his score puts him in the top 0.03%. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is information I need to do something with, or if I can just take these results and stick them in a drawer somewhere.

I think the problem is that a kid with an IQ of about 150 to 165 will be an ordinary bright Top 30 university student, not all that amazingly bright by the standards of a selective university.

You have to figure out how to get your son into tough enough courses that, by the time he’s at college, he’ll know how to study and how to get help if he finds something confusing.

If he sails through K-12, that means he’ll end up in college with a weaker education than many other equally bright, better-educated students, and he may not have any idea of what to do in a class that’s hard.

This is an absurd statement. There are roughly 20 million people of college age in the U.S. 0.03 percent of that is 6000-- in the entire country, spread among all colleges. That would put an average of 200 kids of that intelligence at each of the top 30 colleges, or 50 per entering class. Hardly "ordinary"