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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had an IQ test administered for our kid because we were also looking at private schools.  She had an IQ of 140. Most of the differences in the kid's performances in the HGC seems to be driven by work ethic, but I don't feel that my daughter is an outlier in either direction in terms of brains.  Most of the kids there are very smart.[/quote]

I would strongly disagree with this.  140 is statistically so high that of course she will be one of the smartest there, even though the others are very smart.

My guess is that 140 is 99th percentile if not >99th.  HCGs take an equivalent of the top 3%.  But the different between 97th and 99th percentile is significant, statistically speaking.

It won't make that much of a difference in many ways that are obvious, because work ethic does win out.  My DC has an IQ of 146 overall and a verbal IQ well into the 150's and he's not at the top of his MS magnet class in terms of grades, nor was he in the HCG.  I think, at this level, it's actually a hindrance to good grades in many ways.  Kids don't want to think and work in the ways that the schools often require.

it's really important to be sensitive to the emotional and academic needs of kids with IQs of 140 or greater.  It's not a "special snowflake' kind of thing, but they really are different.e[/quote]

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