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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You described one of my family members and how he was 25 years ago.  He graduated near the bottom of his class (but from a competitive private school) but scored nearly perfect on his SAT.  I don’t remember the actual score- verbal was perfect but math wasn’t quite perfect.  He went to a SLAC ranked 50-100 by USNR and either flunked or dropped out sophomore year.  He has some mental health issues and focused on those a couple of years before graduating from a state college.

He’ll tell you that he didn’t hit his stride until he moved to Silicone Valley where different/weird is totally normal.  He worked for some established companies (FAANG) and some start ups and has done really well.  However, there were some rough years and it wasn’t until his mid or late 20s that he settled down into a place where he was ready to work and harness his intelligence in a productive way.

I now have a similar kid who is a freshman.  The difference is he’s never put in effort at school and races through standardized tests bc he can’t sit still for them, but he has a high IQ.  I’m already thinking that some type of gap year or post-grad program before college may be beneficial.  [/quote]

That's 25 years ago. I have a friend who retired as a systems engineer at Microsoft designing large networks for corporate clients all over the world who never even went to college. He would never even get an interview there now. [/quote]

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