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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tested at 160+ IQ as a kid and was put into a special magnet school and summer programs like CTY.

I think the sweet spot for "professional success" is around 130.  150+ and you have lots of existential depression.  It's hard to conform to mainstream society when you can't relate to 99 out of 100 people you interact with on a daily basis.

Giftedness often manifests as boredom (and bad grades).  Prior to my getting tested I had failed out of 2 schools because I was so bored I refused to do any work.  That was a pretty typical background story for most of my peers in the magnet programs as well.[/quote]

I'm a high 140s/CTY person and totally agree that the sweet spot is 130. They are smarter than most people so they feel that confidence, but school isn't effortless so they learn how to work hard. They also come off as very normal, just bright, so they get along with most people. (There is also this "communication range" of 30 IQ points, beyond which you cant understand each other, and people in th 130s can this get along with both average people and 170 people. I feel like most doctors, law partners etc I know are in the 130s and just killing it at life.

I similarly didn't learn how to work hard until well into my 20s. I do feel like I've been lucky in friendship and love and have found people at a similar range and treasure them.[/quote]

oh wow we should have a lil mensa party here[/quote]

This is why the solution to the bored kid isn’t extra academic work, but work on socialization and how not to be bored. How much work does this kid do around the house? What kind of life skills has he mastered? What kind of leadership has he shown? What kind of initiative has he shown? How is he contributing to his local community? There’s so much to do in this world I really can’t fathom how he is bored.[/quote]

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