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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are kids that are either 1) genius at test taking or 2) test prepped to death by their parents and in a real classroom setting are failures.

The one 18 year old PhD student I knew at MIT was pretty immature and unable to get along with others. 
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I think almost any kid with a 140+ IQ would be academically capable of skipping 3 or 4 grades, especially in elementary school, where things move very slowly.  The main difference between this girl and other 140+ IQ kids is that her parents were strong advocates for skipping grades so she wouldn't be bored, the parents have the time and money for a lot of enrichment, she's likely relatively mature and organized for her age, and the school system was willing to work with the parents.

FCPS has kids with 140+ IQs.  They are at best offered 1 grade skip.  They are at best allowed to skip ahead 2 years in math.  Many of the parents just put their kids in AoPS or other enrichment, and accept that their kid is bored in school but socially better among similarly aged kids.  Accelerated kids aren't failures in real classroom settings.  They're just likely to underperform the kids who are equally smart, but also were given the time to mature a bit more.  I wouldn't expect a gifted 11 year old 9th grader to outperform equally gifted 14 year old 9th graders.  [/quote]

But TJ is a very rigorous school so different outcomes. PWC schools can't compare.[/quote]
Undoubtedly, the kids coming from Longfellow, Carson, or the like would have had a much more rigorous middle school experience.  On top of that, TJ is going to expect high levels or organization and maturity.  I'm not sure that any 11 year old, no matter how smart, would be prepared to make the jump from PWC middle schools to a school like TJ.  [/quote]

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