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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's important for you to realize there is nothing unique or remarkable about what you're describing and when she applies to college she will be competing against similarly gifted students for slots. [/quote]

You are wrong.  A kid who figures out how to read by age 3 is exceptional.  Assuming (a) kid basically taught herself and (b) parent is accurate about kid being able to read (vs recite text from memory and recognize a few words).  This is consistent with a subsequent identification as PG.  [/quote]

I taught myself to read at 3.  I am not PG.  I'm smart and a quick processor but not even close to PG.[/quote].

Yes, that happens. (Although, FWIW, “at 3” isn’t the same as “by 3”). Early reading isn’t determinative of extreme giftedness, but it’s a marker of one variety of it.  So the PG classification later (based on other means of evaluation) is plausible.  That’s why I said “is consistent with” and (part of the reason) why I’m willing to take seriously OP’s claim that she’s raising a PG kid and give advice based on that assumption.  YMMV.

The “your DC ain’t all that” kind of response just strikes me as pointless and nasty.  I do agree with advice about treating all DCs with equal love and concern and as whole people with different strengths and challenges, about not counting on merit aid for college, and about the importance of persistence/resilience.  But that’s good advice that doesn’t depend on a kid’s IQ. [/quote]

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