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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top schools have their pick of qualified applicants so why on earth would they chose some late bloomer versus an independently motivated high achiever through all of high school? [/quote]
This question intrigues me.  Some late bloomers go on to far surpass their peers.  Is there a way to predict who will do this, and why?[/quote]

Im the PP with the kid now getting his PhD. I'm not surprised by how things turned out, because my son always had very intellectual interests and always worked hard at things that were important to him. E.g., he loved geography and excelled at an 8th grade geography class without any assistance from me whatsoever. What took a long time with him was getting him to understand that colleges wanted to see him do well ALL his classes, not just the ones that he thought were interesting. And that learning certain skills and concepts (algebra, statistics) could be important even if he couldn't understand why or how. As he matured, he was able to take a longer view.[/quote]

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