Wow. There are people who still believe in IQ tests? How 1940s of you. Eugenics lives, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the overall score is the FSIQ and its percentile rank. A 135 FSIQ is about the threshold for 99th percentile. But, since everyone on this site seems to say their child scored 99+, maybe they are claiming the FSIQ score rather than the percentile and their child is perfectly normal!

Well, a high IQ is normal in this area. DS scored 99+ with FSIQ of 157 on WISC V, which is actually more predictive of real IQ (WPPSI is not). We know several other kids in his class who likely have FSIQs in DS’s range.

As a parent of two "Big 3" students, I'm certain that there aren't that many prodigies wandering around upper Wisconsin Avenue. Lots of very bright students taking calculus in 10th grade or doing independent study on Foucault and Derrida, but no Doogie Howsers. In fact, I suspect the Big 3 would tell Sheldon's parents that they don't/can't serve his or her needs.

I’m PP, and we are at a Big 3. You’re dealing in antiquated, ridiculous tropes on what it means to be highly gifted.

Big 3 did not tell us that they could not serve DS’s needs. It’s true they have made few accommodations, but we knew that going in. Social and emotional adjustment is more important to us than intellectual stimulation, which we provide through other means.

I was not claiming that DS’s classmates are all highly gifted, but I would guess several are well into the gifted range, 140+.