Re: Are there any non-gifted scientists?!?!?
From: Calum (calum.bulk_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:37:00 +0100
Der Fugue wrote:
> I'm a high school student, about to go to college to study math and/or
> computer science. I'm basically a nerd, been interested in
> programming for a while but looking back I had a pretty distorted view
> of what programming actually was when I was hacking away at code in
> elementary school and middle school (I'm sure plenty of you had
> similar experiences). More recently I've picked up math as a hobby
> and become more of a science nerd than a computer nerd.
>
> Here's my dilemma: I ain't that smart. Failed my school's gifted test
> each time I took it, usually score in the 120s on online IQ tests
> (except a 150 on the obviously rigged iqtest.com test). That alone
> wouldn't be a tragedy, except for the fact that my high school grades
> are pretty average... at least for an honors kid. This year,
> schoolwork has become my *obsession*, and while my grades improved
> from B's and C's to A's and B's, these weren't quite the grades I was
> looking for, especially considering my courseload is rather light.
You should just forget IQ. Your ability to recognise shapes and
patterns is only very loosely correlated to your abilities at any career
whatsoever. It just makes me so angry when personnel departments insist
of some kind of "aptitude" test. IQ is a complete load of rubbish, and
you can train at them in the same way that you can learn how to become a
good chess player, or crossword solver.
Your education is something you only get once, but my main advice is to
read a lot. Yes, you should study hard at school, it's "money in the
bank", the earlier you develop, the further you can get. But even if
you hate many subjects at school does not make you dumb. You can be a
late starter, take Einstein.
Mensa is for people smarter-than-average, but not smart enough to
realise it's a money-gathering exercise.
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