<p>tarhunt-
What I learned was that intelligence is more than 50% genetic. In fact, environments are genetic to some extent because people tend to gravitate to certain environments due to genetic predispositions. The role of genetics is generally underestimated.</p>
<p>collegehelp, I think you need to watch the 2004 Chris Rock special that plays on HBO occasionally.</p>
<p>"Yes, Amherst is a fine school, with a No. 2 overall rank and stellar program rankings and even an accepted abbreviation (AWS) to prove it. Among the liberal arts colleges, it has the highest range of 50th percentile SAT scores (1330-1530.)"</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd College: 1420-1550
Olin College: 1420-1570
Pomona College: 1370-1520</p>
<p>collegehelp:</p>
<p>I don't know if there's any real way to determine the effect of genetics on intelligence at this point. To the best of my understanding, there is way too much we don't know about environmental effects on neural development. Until that's know, isolating the effect of genetics seems remote.</p>