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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s overrated. A lot of the insanely intelligent types of students go to public university, breeze through at the beginning and then challenge themselves in grad courses.[/quote]

This is the answer. [/quote]

The highest intelligent ones would be better off feeling some sort of challenge as undergrads, get to grad level course as juniors(not that uncommon at top schools for a lot of students to be ready) and really explore some complex subjects in depth as an undergrad. That would be a much better use of that levelof brain. Besides, who wants to pay for their kid to “breeze through?” That is not the point of college. It should challenge them. [/quote]
Going to a top school doesn’t guarantee that. I know a kid who breezed through CMU for CS and now works quant; he could’ve gone anywhere and been fine with the challenge. Some people just are intelligent.[/quote]

+1. In fact, a lot of flagships would take a kid like this and allow them to test out or get lots of pre-college credit and then move quickly into grad-level classes. This has to be weighed against going to a more competitive school where it is often harder to do this, though the quality and rigor of the undergrad coursework is likely higher than the undergrad courses at the flagship and there are more super smart kids. [/quote]

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