Where do the genius level kids go these days?

[Anonymous]

Who cares about genius level intelligence? It’s what you do with your life that matters. A lot of non-geniuses make a lot of money and are happier. Studies show over and over that EQ is a bigger driver of workplace success than IQ is. Lawyers, bankers, consulting, venture capital, private equity, lobbyists, any sort of management role, are all driven much more by soft skills, not raw intellect. So unless you want to write code all day, almost everyone else is better off being more generalized in their pursuits. Humans’ only sustained advantage over machines is our ability to make intuitive connections across disciplines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
“It is more interesting what they do after college.”

U of Delaware, followed by Syracuse Law.
😏

Can't be a genius if they attended law school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MIT and CalTech

What is the liberal arts equivalent? Chicago?

There are no "liberal arts geniuses". That's the point of liberal arts, to have a broad education.

Do you mean humanities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about genius level intelligence? It’s what you do with your life that matters. A lot of non-geniuses make a lot of money and are happier. Studies show over and over that EQ is a bigger driver of workplace success than IQ is. Lawyers, bankers, consulting, venture capital, private equity, lobbyists, any sort of management role, are all driven much more by soft skills, not raw intellect. So unless you want to write code all day, almost everyone else is better off being more generalized in their pursuits. Humans’ only sustained advantage over machines is our ability to make intuitive connections across disciplines.

" Humans’ only sustained advantage over machines is our ability to make intuitive connections across disciplines."

That's true, but that's not what EQ and soft skills are.

[Anonymous]

The OP is clearly no genius for starting this stupid thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IQ is strong correlated with genetics for late teens and adults.

So legacy could be a factor along with high GPA, test scores, extracurriculars, etc.

please. That's just called money, not innate intelligence.

[Anonymous]

My “genius” kid - if that means high IQ - won’t be going to most schools mentioned here because they dgaf about achieving the highest gpa. That’s not uncommon with highly abled kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm most impressed with MIT. They don't do legacy. They don't do athletic recruits. They don't care if you're rich or famous. You'll notice that none of the offspring of the American elite go to MIT. They require test scores. They don't care much about race. They do strive to have gender balance, but that's a good thing. Anyone going to MIT has earned their spot. It's obviously a STEM school, but they have an outstanding creative writing department. Also great at economics.

As for a more humanities oriented school, that's a tough one. Humanities have been really decimated over the past thirty years. Lack of student interest and faculties that are lost in stupid ideological battles that no one outside academia cares about. Thirty years ago Yale was probably the place to go. But back then the Ivies were generally meritocracies. That's no longer the case. And Yale in particular is very heavy into the DEI stuff. You need to watch what you say at that school. I think these days, Chicago is probably the best for humanities majors.

Being an athlete is absolutely a hook a MIT.

Also, if you think Ivys were meritocracies thirty years ago, you are talking through your hat.

[Anonymous]

My genius kid is at a large state flagship.

[Anonymous]

The classmates each of my two kids identified as the smartest kids in their high school classes went to Reed, Brown, MIT, and UVA.

[Anonymous]

I'd associate MIT and Chicago with especially intellectual student bodies. Maybe also Swarthmore and Carleton on the SLAC side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd associate MIT and Chicago with especially intellectual student bodies. Maybe also Swarthmore and Carleton on the SLAC side.

+1 And add St. John's for the really intellectual, humanities-focused student.

[Anonymous]

Reed

[Anonymous]

If they are from a donut hole family, they go to an in-state public university. $80-90K+/year for anything else is untenable and would mean MASSIVE amount of debt. It's sad that kids that meet the highest academic standards have to sacrifice while other kids get in need-blind/full aid at many of those privates.

[Anonymous]

There are genius level kids at every top 100 school (and in all schools below that rank as well). More geniuses at MIT compared to U Vermont ( to take an example) for sure. But U Vermont surely has its share of super top kids who could do very well at MIT.