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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question is out of curiosity.

Are there any experiences where kids were average in elementary school when it came to iready, nnat, cogat and other tests, but bloomed late and went to TJ, eventually to ivy leagues etc.

I wonder if some kids are late bloomers and their intellectual capacities aren't always visible at a very young age.

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It does happen latter but one has to get through the k-12 educational system where something like high geospatial creativity is not used or developed.

There are smart people who have learning disabilities. They may struggle in elementary, middle school and high school. Do okay in undergrad and take off in grad school where creativity, innovation, geospatial analysis, problem solving, etc is what is valued. Also time limited work(ie this test 40 minutes) with one correct answer becomes less and less allowing more in-depth thinking, analysis and trial and error. Let’s face it elementary school through sophomore/junior year in college, they are not asking you to be creative or innovative. There is a joke at MIT. They refer to dyslexia as The MIT Disease because it is so common.

Interest article in the NYT(9/23) about time limits on SATs. Basically time pressure rewards students who think fast and shallow — and punishes those who think slow and deep. The evidence shows that although smarter people are faster at solving easy problems, they’re actually slower to finish difficult ones. 
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