16 Year-old to graduate UW

<p>Wanting to become a physician isn’t about the money; there a lot of easier ways to do that- think business school. Many intelligent young people think of various medical specialties as a way to use their abilities, interest in science and helping people.</p>

<p>NO highly gifted student fits into schools- HS or college. That’s the nature of being gifted- asynchronous development means you don’t have age peers who are intellectual peers. The sooner theser students can get to a level that matches their thinking the better off they are- no dying of boredom… Imagine yourself as a child who one day will go to college being forced to be in a classroom of very ■■■■■■■■ kids- going so slowly over every basic activity you could do already and not being allowed to do things- that’s the experience a highly gifted child faces in the normal classroom. They don’t miss the things you would. Also- parents do give their children many age appropriate activites in addition to the intellectual stimulation. Who wants to date a dumb average person if you are extremely intelligent- how could they be interesting? Etc.</p>

<p>Wow! It’s hard to believe how everyone seems to be attacking wis75, who actually makes valid points re: profoundly gifted children. I have not accessed the literature in a while, but I believe it has been found that for each 10-pt increase in IQ above 120 (or 130?), children experience an “increase” in emotional “IQ” of one year. So, 30 points = 3 years (9 year old child has the emotional maturity of a 12 year old). This asynchronicity is part of the reason profoundly gifted kids often do not “fit in” with their “peers” and do well in settings with older youth and adults: emotionally, THESE are their peers. </p>

<p>These profoundly gifted kids are not necessarily “missing out” on a “normal” childhood, as they can make choices like all kids…and they are not always included in “normal” activities because of their “differences.” Similarly, they may feel incredibly out of place in settings of age-group peers due to differing levels of intellectual and emotional maturity…so they do what comes naturally for them. And if it’s going to college, that’s great!</p>