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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The population of MCPS does not represent the nation. In some parts of the county we have the highest concentration of Ph.D. parents in the country and since Ph.Ds tend to have higher IQs and IQ appears to be mostly heritable it stands to reason that their children would have higher IQs than the norm as a whole.

So in a student body of 12,000 there would likely be a lot more kids with an IQ 140+.
11% Bethesda residents with PhDs.
6.6% in Silver Spring.

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Nationwide, about 1.6 percent of Americans have a PhD, so no matter how you look at it, the DC area has a glut of folks with terminal degrees.  I don't even think that counts folks who have terminal degrees in their home countries but immigrated to the US.  At my kids' school in Silver Spring, I know a bunch of MDs and PhDs whose educational bona fides didn't fully transfer, so they are working as nurses or some other professions that requires slightly less education here in the US.  I doubt that brings us close to Bethesda's numbers, but it just demonstrates that kids with highly educated parents are a dime a dozen throughout the area. [/quote]

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