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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talked to drama activity parents. 4 of their kids have same/ similar stats and activities. How do they distinguish themselves??[/quote]
Stop lying to yourself. A kid who could score high on a watered down standardized test regardless whether they study cannot be a genius.[/quote]

I have a kid who can be a "genius" but has a hard time with standardized tests. He tends to overthink and isn't a grinder. He's a slow and steady learner with straight As and international, national, and regional awards in the humanities. He will seriously be a better college student than a high school student - it's hard to constantly grind different subjects when you think in stories and ideas. An earnest kid well liked by all teachers. I have two younger kids who are more standard smart and excellent at school academics. I have a feeling the first kid will do the best with college admissions even with lower scores. [/quote]

There are definitely some neuro atypical kids who are geniuses that do not do well on standardized tests.  People are just skeptical because for every 100 parent of geniuses who "don't test well" about 99 of them  are just above average kids and 1 of them is that atypical kid that can't be measured by tests.  That doesn't mean that testing captures things like maturity, wisdom, eq, or anything like that.  It's mostly just measuring ram and processing speed.

There is decent correlation between test results and creativity but it's not a strong correlation.  A lot of creatives are frequently inductive and tests tend to heavily favor deductive reasoning.  [/quote]

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