Are the smartest of the smart people on this forum?

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<p>How does everyone have such high stats on collegeconfidential it's crazy....?? do the smartest people come on here or what???</p>

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<p>Because it's College Confidential... only people who are really smart would even bother coming here.</p>

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<p>I think that most of the intelligent people interested in HYP are here... I think IQ 125-170 high schoolers are pretty well represented. Anyone <125 would probably be discouraged and leave and anyone >170 would find CC trivial and continue with his or her post-graduate level studies.</p>

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<p>Agreed, haha. </p>

<p>I think we people simply like talking about school. :)</p>

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I think that most of the intelligent people interested in HYP are here... I think IQ 125-170 high schoolers are pretty well represented. Anyone <125 would probably be discouraged and leave and anyone >170 would find CC trivial and continue with his or her graduate level studies.

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<p>Agreed. Not the smartest of the smart. But pretty close.</p>

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<p>if you're smart, you'd understand the "Monty Hall" problem!! hahah
see my "math professor" post!!</p>

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Agreed. Not the smartest of the smart. But pretty close.

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Well seeing as there are probably fewer than 50 such teenagers in the US and <10 are probably still in high school.... I think that CCers can conclude that they are among the high school intelligentsia.</p>

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<p>^ I disagree. I'm the only kid from my school here, and these are kids who ace the PSAT (five out of like seven in the state were from my school). They didn't join, and got into HYPS, etc.</p>

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^ I disagree. I'm the only kid from my school here, and these are kids who ace the PSAT (five out of like seven in the state were from my school). They didn't join, and got into HYPS, etc.

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<p>If we a assume a strong correlation between the PSAT, the SAT, and IQ tests... then we can assume that an SAT of 2200 is about equal to a PSAT of 220 and around an IQ of a 135 on a 15 SD test. Seeing as how that is the 99th percentile, meaning 1/100 and how many students have that score here I think we can say that CCers represent the high school intelligentsia well.</p>

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<p>Not the smartest necessarily, but the most motivated.</p>

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<p>Gunners, gunners, gunners. :)</p>

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<p>Has CC released any numbers that would lead us to assume an SAT average of 2200 for the forums?</p>

<p>There's undoubtedly a strong degree of inaccuracy when you only go off of those people that post their scores (simply because pride and fear of embarrassment would prevent those who scored lower from sharing).</p>

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<p>Kids on CC aren't necessarily smart, but they are definitely extremely motivated.</p>

<p>EDIT: Damnit. jamesford beat me to it.</p>

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<p>Who else would join a forum to talk about school?</p>

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<p>^Exactly. But I wouldn't even go so far as to claim that the smartest of the smart are on here. The members here are just a fraction of the top high school students.</p>