<p>Almostalbert,</p>
<p>What you must understand is that almost all of us are either the only smart ones or one of a very small minority of smart kids at our school. Most of us congregate here in order to a) feel superior to others b) feel inferior to others or c) see how we relate to others in our abilities. </p>
<p>Your score shows that you are rather good at math and you should not feel awkward when people call you "smart at math". Relatively to them you probably are. Afterall, you are better at math than roughly around 97-99% of the population. (67% of numbers in this post were pulled out of the tuhos).</p>
<p>There are, of course, those who will be better than you, smarter than you, and harder working than you, but you must realize that you are still rather smart. We, the people who worship the thick threads of CC, represent a small minority of the population. Most people are not as motivated, as smart, or as eager to go to a top college as we are. </p>
<p>So remember, smartness is relative. To kids at your school YOU are the math genius. To CC'ers, the person who can pull off a 1600 is a genius, and to that person, the 1000 other kids at MIT who pulled off a similar score are geniuses. Don't be ashamed to be called smart! It's all relative.</p>
<p>Be proud of your smartness--you do appear to be smart (nice looking score), and try to set a good example of how smart people act in your school. Represent us well (not that y'all would deign to call me one of your own).</p>
<p>Now that I have brought this [relatively] long post to a close, I am not sure how it began, or what influenced me into writing it. All I know is that it is 1:00 AM (relatively speaking on the East Coast) and there is no reason for my being awake. Good luck everybody tomorrow, and I'll leave you with this: You're all smart.</p>
<p>(Damn, I felt like a smart-person motivator throughout this post! I probably shouldn't quit my day job though).</p>