<p>One of my friends placed 2nd at the international biology olympiad in Singapore.</p>
<p>Also, a kid that graduate from our school a few years ago is swimming in the Olympics.</p>
<p>Moral of the story is those who can handle the extreme are legendary. Otherwise, it’s better to pursue what you want to do than go for the accolades.</p>
<p>There is a Taiwanese guy I know at school who lives and breathes study. He sleeps late from working too hard. Among us, he is known for having impeccable grades and yet an indecisive mind. After school, he tutors others on math and science, as if he has nothing better to do. He wants to be school-excellent. </p>
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<p>^on the contrary, those who end up handling the extreme are pursuing what they want. they just have a lower fear of failing</p>
<p>A sophomore from my school scored in the 2300s for his SAT. My year (Class of 2013) had the highest average SAT scores in the history of the school (well, my school isn’t that old and it’s pretty small, but still–I’m proud to have contributed to that).</p>
<p>The girl who is slated to be valedictorian (who I had a massive crush on) fluently speaks three languages, and for her birthday got…prep books for standardized tests.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who isn’t impressed at all by people who got high SAT scores? In my school, people who got 2400s were treated like gods, and it got pretty annoying. I mean, it’s obviously great if someone got a high score. However, IMO that only shows that he/she knows how to take a certain test.</p>
<p>There is a guy at my school who earned a gold medal at the International Biology Olympiad.</p>
<p>I guess we also have a couple of Intel Semi/Finalists and a couple of MLB players.</p>
<p>A rising sophomore girl at my school won a gold medal in gymnastics at the Olympics.</p>
<p>Yep. There are some really amazing students out there.</p>
<p>^^ So you go to the same school as Kyla Ross… kewl.</p>
<p>There was a person at my school last year who was the nicest person I have ever met. </p>
<p>He was the student body president and not a single person voted for the other candidate. (1,100 votes: 0 votes) The other candidate was cool too(the staff decided to create another ASB position for them), but this guy’s character is unmatched.</p>
<p>There wasn’t a single person in the entire school who had an ill-feeling about him. He played 3 varsity sports, 4.0 gpa, 2250 SAT, and got into Harvard.</p>
<p>I can’t even enumerate the many great things which he accomplished at our school.</p>
<p>He has a legitimate ‘genius’ IQ.
Takes extra classes.
I, however, feel that I’m going to give him a run for his money.
Or at least try my hardest, it’s no good to never have competition that seems unbeatable you stop working</p>
<p>@WabtyWabty
By definition, genius IQs (>140) are rare (about 0.4% of the population, given mean of 100 and SD of 15).</p>
<p>one kid got into IBO and started a SHS.
another girl got into USNCO
yeah I’m happy i’m not in their grade lol</p>
<p>Extremists are well known for the things they do. I don’t want to describe any here because if you knew them, you know who I’m talking about. </p>
<p>In general, I’ll say that they’ll self-study for extra AP tests, the SAT, and extracurriculars… Anything below perfect is something to get mad about. </p>
<p>Yet there are many who are not extremists–they have lives and have gotten far and into Ivy Leagues and got to do many amazing things. What I like about the “non-extremists” is that grades, scores, perfection isn’t everything and they’re willing to sacrifice a few A’s and thus their spot as valedictorian for other things but make a much better role model for other students.</p>
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Yup. Oddly enough, Mckayla Maroney would have gone to the same school as myself and Kyla had her parents not homeschooled her.</p>
<p>Theres nothing that extreme at my highschool! Most I can say is there was a student (sophomore) who was ranked first in his class, he was in 6 APs, got 5s on all of them (Im pretty sure), and he skipped a ton of classes. I think he was in AP Calc, Bio, Chem, etc. He transferred to a specialized school this year though. And his neighbor was a 16yo senior who happened to be Salutatorian (I’m presuming she skipped a grade in highschool, and if she did, how did she rack up a high enough unweighted gpa against the manditory standard classes?)</p>
<p>I guess I might be the next of them since I’ll be the only sophomore in AP Physics and AP Calc this year (probably come in top of my class if I keep good grades. We dont find out our current rank until second semester of sophomore year.)</p>
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<p>I like people like this one. There are some really nice/charismatic people in my school, it’s too bad that people like the girl I highlighted kind of take away from that.</p>
<p>I would disagree to some of the things people here are saying about high scores on SATs. I dont think its just about knowing how to take the test (though that is important) . Honestly the SATs arent that different from the standardized tests we take at my school. If you want a perfect score (no including writing, because I know thats not a right or wrong answer thing) you just need to know grammar, have a large vocab, and be really good at math. No one is going to score high if they arent really good at math, or reading or writing or whatever. I do think the SATs gauge how much you know about certain subjects. No, they arent there to tell you you have a 130+ IQ, or test your understanding of complex ideas. </p>
<p>And to the post above me, this is the sort of person I aim to be, I know I wont reach it, but generally being nice to all people, being good at a sport or two, good grades and high scores are my ultimate goal. I’m really trying to go into this year to just make the most friends possible, and really try and be nice to everyone (not that I’m normally not, or that I dont have a lot of friends, I just know that sometimes some of us arent the nicest, and I really dont want to see myself as a mean person, ever).</p>
<p>^I agree, most of the “extreme” people at my school, I didn’t even post anything about their SAT/ACT scores. For example we have a bunch of people who can consistently score 800’s on math (myself included) but none of us make a big deal of it. Unless one of us scores 790.</p>
<p>The more “extreme” students come when you have students publishing innovative research, winning international competitions, getting a U.S. Patent in middle school, etc.</p>
<p>If aiming for a perfect SAT and state AP scholar with more than 20 5’s is not enough… I said extracurriculars too… Those two parts just make them MORE extreme.
The AP/SAT strivers are often the same people who you call “more extreme.” They’ve performed international feets too.</p>