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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores do not equal intelligence. [/quote]

equal to combination intelligence and hardwork.

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Kids with high test scores are intelligent. To say a high test score does not show intelligence is silly. 
Kids with low test scores may or may not be intelligent -- some clearly are, but lack the test taking skill; but others just don't know the material.

The same is true of GPAs. A high GPA means you are smart and follow the rules (or if you don't follow the rules and still get As, then it also means you are in a lenient grading environment).
A low GPA could mean you are not so smart or that you had better things to do with your particular genius and didn't really mind getting some Bs. Several of the most brilliant people I know had mediocre GPAs because they were not diligent students when they were teenagers. Many B students are B students because they are immature and don't turn in homework on time and are in schools where that counts against you for real. They are the ones who kick butt in college when the frontal lobes on their larger, but slower growing, brains finish developing. But some kids with low GPAs have low GPAs because they didn't grasp the material.[/quote]

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