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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our private , in FL, the top 5 students have following characteristics:
Follow teachers instructions to a T and study a lot
Bookish but not necessarily brilliant…

It is amongst 6 to 20 th ranks where you see true brilliance , marked by some measure of rebelliousness and not toeing the line completely.

I hear the same is true in another top magnet
School nearby.
However the midwit school counselors are often unable to comprehend this reality.

It is in the (top) universities where the difference in intellect truly emerges where complexities and abstractions nullifies advantages of relentless grinding accrued during High School years pursuing simpler and straightforward coursework.

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I am sure your kid is in the brilliant 6 to 20 because the top kids are bookish! What are the "midwit" counselors supposed to do, look beyond objective measures like grades and reward brilliance. There is enough subjectivity in the admissions process without having to introduce subjectivity at the school couselor level as well. If you are implying Chicago is getting those brilliant 6 to 20 kids, atleast in out school it is not. They are getting mediocre, full pay private school kids who are unlikely to get into any other top school ED or RD if they had not gotten into Chicago.[/quote]

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