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[quote=Anonymous]We have not done any IQ testing but my DD consistently has the entire confidence interval of her percentile above 99 percent for both math and reading so I would guess she is gifted about the level you are thinking of. She also taught herself to read by 2.5 (she just memorized the words), could count well over 100 and understood addition, subtraction and the concept of negative numbers at 4. She loved puzzles and was doing 75-100 piece puzzles on her own. I have a STEM Ph.D. from a top 5 program and she is without doubt smarter than I am.

My younger child is smart in a more typical way (and has lots of other talents; he’s the only athletic one in our family). Teachers also describe him as bright/smart. I think that means above average not above 99 percentile.

I’d really think about if you want your child to go to this kind of school if he’s not so bright that a public school or typical private can’t handle him. I had a classmate who went to very prestigious boarding schools growing up and felt immense pressure from his preparation to keep up and be successful at a very early age. We have chosen not to go that route for either kid because they both run anxious and we want them to be happy more than anything. [/quote]

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