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[quote=Anonymous]That level of gifted needs to not be attending regular school. Way too boring for him. Most privates would be inappropriate too.

I happen to have been involved when they had a program for true geniuses (for clarity I was involved in the program no was most definitely not in the program). They created a specialized engineering program (where they rank as #19 in the country) to try to woo they from ivys. Full rides and then some. It was in the 1990s. Minimum qualifiers were 1500 SAT scores and basically everyone knowing that you were a genius.

Fascinating group of students. But frankly, most were socially inept, but happy people. Most went into research. Academics, Theoretical mathematicians, scientists or government work (because it is way more intellectually stimulating than private sector).  Most do perfectly fine as adults. They typically married someone similar to them and live upper middle class lives. Their children are equally brilliant.

But there were some they were not socially inept and their brains functioned well in science and non science areas. Those are the truly gifted ones. Think multiple degrees in four years, typically without ever attending class in diverse subjects. One I know graduated in 4 years with under grad and masters degrees in computer science and additional full bachelors in history, math and Japanese (no Asian ancestry, he just found it interesting). Jobs offers from everyone upon graduating. Currently Works for Google in a 7 figure salary job running some team. Super well socialized. Could have married anybody.

My point is that you know who your child is. Those skills are rare. You need to ensure that he is being appropriately educated for his talents and life path.

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