If your exceptionally average child went to a great school… where did they go?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you know they are average intelligence? Did they get a 1000 on the SAT?

The SAT is not an intelligence test like an IQ test.

There's a correlation.

Sometimes, not always.

I tested at 147 IQ and got a 1390 on my SAT. However, I graduated with honors from a top NE boarding school (Andover/Exeter). I’ve never done well with standardized tests.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m interested in this thread too. My kids iq is 138, was out in gifted&talented track, takes all honors plus 1 AP in 10 grade- gets solid Bs due to ADHD (won’t consider meds). Scored 1050 on 10ths grade psat - shockingly low. Very laid back, friendly, sports loving kid but I’m at a loss as to what colleges to look at.

Juniata
Hobart William Smith
Susquehanna
SMCM

Apply TO.

Not with that IQ
I’d say a program/ school that fits a niche interest so that they can shine in the way they are gifted.

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Sewanee. Expensive but they give give lots of merit and aid.

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Wow op you are a mean parent.

Hard work is king in life, not either you were hoping your poor child had. I say that as a math prodigy with an average work ethic. Now a professor at an elite school in stem, making shockingly little by DCUM standards. Most students I teach are incredibly motivated, diligent, organized or all 3. Only a few are genuinely brilliant. But the reality is that brilliance is overrated in the 21st century. Go with the other qualities. And please, don’t give your kid a complex. Even as most of these “exceptionally average” kids outward me 28, I still feel for them. Life used to be so much easier. And much more importantly, no success can compare to being loved unconditionally. And we have the luxury materially of doing that,m. You just have to pull yourself emotionally to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow op you are a mean parent.

Hard work is king in life, not either you were hoping your poor child had. I say that as a math prodigy with an average work ethic. Now a professor at an elite school in stem, making shockingly little by DCUM standards. Most students I teach are incredibly motivated, diligent, organized or all 3. Only a few are genuinely brilliant. But the reality is that brilliance is overrated in the 21st century. Go with the other qualities. And please, don’t give your kid a complex. Even as most of these “exceptionally average” kids outward me 28, I still feel for them. Life used to be so much easier. And much more importantly, no success can compare to being loved unconditionally. And we have the luxury materially of doing that,m. You just have to pull yourself emotionally to do that.

Arg, typing on a phone. Not *whatever* you were hoping your poor child had, and kids *outearn* me by 28.

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For mine, thinking maybe Penn State, University of Dayton, JMU, Tennessee, CU Boulder, and maybe some other VA ones I know nothing about like Christopher Newport.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here to clarify. I’m talking about a child with closer to average intelligence that works hard to get a high GPA and take advanced classes and is motivated in sports and extracurriculars. Our child has always scored around average on standardized state testing and COG. They have not taken the ACT or SAT yet. I’m assuming they will score a bit above average with prep but wont be as competitive as kids who are naturally gifted.

VT, W&M, GMU, JMU, VCU
U Pitt, Pen State, Purdue non-engineering major, UMBC
etc etc

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Columbia. Rejected Emory. Transferred in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know they are average intelligence? Did they get a 1000 on the SAT?

The SAT is not an intelligence test like an IQ test.

There's a correlation.

Sometimes, not always.

I tested at 147 IQ and got a 1390 on my SAT. However, I graduated with honors from a top NE boarding school (Andover/Exeter). I’ve never done well with standardized tests.

1390 is 92nd percentile or higher..

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Anonymous wrote:Can people just answer the question instead of quipping with OP’s language?? Geez.

Seriously and stop posting about their not-so-average kids.

My "average" (according to test scores) but motivated and happy DC got into quite a few liberal arts colleges (in the T30-T40 range). They also got into a few larger state schools (not a flagship). I think the LAC works better for them because they get one-on-one attention from their professors and have to show up and participate in class because the class sizes are so small. It's been a really good fit for them.

I think it would be a great fit for my kid but those schools are pretty pricey.

Most (at least rank 50 to 80) give generous merit aid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people just answer the question instead of quipping with OP’s language?? Geez.

Seriously and stop posting about their not-so-average kids.

My "average" (according to test scores) but motivated and happy DC got into quite a few liberal arts colleges (in the T30-T40 range). They also got into a few larger state schools (not a flagship). I think the LAC works better for them because they get one-on-one attention from their professors and have to show up and participate in class because the class sizes are so small. It's been a really good fit for them.

I think it would be a great fit for my kid but those schools are pretty pricey.

Most (at least rank 50 to 80) give generous merit aid.

This. DD applied to several in the 70-80 rank range and all came out around $30k. Going up a tier in rank, those schools tended to be around $45-$50k after merit

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I’m glad the OP is not a parent of mine, imagine the expectation….

[Anonymous]

I don't get this post. I have a high schooler who actually is of average IQ (not DCUM, actual national average of 100). He works very hard and struggles to get Bs (and thus also gets Cs) and will definitely apply TO. Will maybe take 1 AP and 2 honors classes his whole HS career. I have seen how hard my actually average student works and high grades and AP classes are not happening. Not through lack of hard work and prep, but because he does not have the ability at this point in his life to get As and take higher level classes. My point is, you all have a skewed definition of "average."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this post. I have a high schooler who actually is of average IQ (not DCUM, actual national average of 100). He works very hard and struggles to get Bs (and thus also gets Cs) and will definitely apply TO. Will maybe take 1 AP and 2 honors classes his whole HS career. I have seen how hard my actually average student works and high grades and AP classes are not happening. Not through lack of hard work and prep, but because he does not have the ability at this point in his life to get As and take higher level classes. My point is, you all have a skewed definition of "average."

+1

[Anonymous]

UVA. Wish we could afford better.