<p>You’re, well, amazing. As such, I doubt collegeconfidential knows what to do with you! This forum’s for people who just want to play the game, not super genii.</p>
<p>You really ought to go over to Art of Problem Solving- that forum’s packed full of math genii, and if you posted in some of the higher level forums, I’m sure you’d get some informed responses. They even have a small ‘college’ forum!</p>
<p>No matter what you do, “high 2’s” will kill your GPA. Nothing short of winning the Nobel Prize will save your chance…Sorry but that’s the truth.</p>
<p>NerdyJew, the ‘high 2s’ gpa was from freshman and sophomore years. It’s going up as I’ve received all As this year.</p>
<p>How does someone this bright get a GPA in the high 2’s? It’s not as if you are extremely deficient in one area, judging by your SAT. I don’t understand… I know many very bright kids who are lazy and don’t do their homework or study and still get above 3.0. It seems to me that you have to try to get below a B if you are actually smart.</p>
<p>Harvard Princeton Berkeley Stanford Yale: no. The rest, MAYBE. [UW, RPI and UCSB, probably]</p>
<p>Prove your aptitude for math. Qualify for USAMO or something. Heck, do well in USAMO [MOP]</p>
<p>Participating in a study isn’t an EC…</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what was your SAT score in middle school?</p>
<p>Look, I’ll be blunt. I don’t think you’ll get into these schools. But that’s just my opinion and I wish you good luck.</p>
<p>You truly are a unique student. I almost don’t know how to chance it? I would say you definatly have a shot at the more math based schools like MIT. Good luck.</p>
<p>Chance me?</p>
<p>From one very high IQ/low achievement person to another: Learn to play the game. Learn to get the grades you need so that you won’t have to explain yourself, which always ends with you sounding like a pompous know-it-all. Some things in life are boring, and this is especially true for very bright people. Read A Confederacy of Dunces, and decide if you want to end up like the protagonist…</p>
<p>Hopefully you will find a university that’s a good fit for you, but in order to stay there successfully, you will have to quit deciding that you’re too smart for whatever it is that bores you. People have different gifts, and if you try to learn from everyone you encounter, your time here on earth will be much more fulfilling.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>at this point, i think going to a normal high school would really help you out. they’re going to want to see you can succeed in a somewhat more traditional academic environment.
and do SOMETHING standardized, so they can see you’re smart- a math competition or other award would be good.
what’s up with ~2.9, by the way? truly brilliant people are usually able to scrape by with at least a 3, even with no effort.
good luck!
as for the chance, i think the ivies aren’t going to happen, but mit is a definite possibility.</p>
<p>The AMCs are this Tuesday-- for the love of god, find a way to take them. To be quite blunt, I think that if you qualify for USAMO, then maybe MOSP, you will get into every one of the schools on your list. If you do not, I think there is a chance that you will get rejected from almost all of them.</p>
<p>All you need is a measure of higher level math aptitude to show that you are off the charts among high schoolers. IQ tests, 800s on the SATs and grad school courses do not really serve this purpose. USAMO will. </p>
<p>Also, I must admit, I sort of envy you. You seem like what I could have become if I hadn’t had to spend so much time on things that only somewhat interest me, and instead could have devoted myself to math.</p>
<p>126cloudyesorno,</p>
<p>If what you say about your aptitude in Mathematics is true(which I believe to be true), keep learning Math and follow your passion. Great mathematicians are always the ones who can self teach and are motivated to do more. Chances will come to you, you just have to keep working. Reading your first post reminded me of an Indian mathematician who didn’t have any formal math education: his name is Sreenivas Ramanujan. He taught himself a lot of math and started doing his own research and A professor from Cambridge happened to see his work and soon he was plucked from a rural village in India where he was living in poverty to the most vibrant academic environment in trinity, Cambridge. He did some of his most important researches in Mathematics while in London and is known as one of the prominent pure mathematician in the world. What I meant to say is that for people with exceptional ability, institutions bend their process- After all they are in pursuit of people who contribute to the college later. So MIT will come in search of you if you have some thing extra ordinary in you. The schools are norm based and mostly cater to average population. So kids like you get lost some where. Don’t get disappointed, get engaged in your research-
I am sure sky is the limit for you</p>
<p>Several people suggested that I try to take the AMC,USAMO etc… I think I’m too late to do so this year. However, I recently found out that you can take the Putnam in high school in substitution for a year of taking it in college. So, I will do so in december!</p>
<p>good luck buddy work hard and you never know</p>
<p>My IQ is in the 140 range too…does that mean I think I can get into MIT? Not a chance.</p>
<p>You have a great chance granted you can carry through with everything you said. However, please note that many students excel at a specific subject just like you. If you can ace the interview, essays, and maintain solid grades, I say you will give many a run for their money.</p>
<p>hannahbanana94… Ugh… my IQ is NOT in the 140s. I stated that the MINIMUM score required to participate in the study is 145. Nowhere did I state my actual IQ score.</p>
<p>And Hannah, if you are unable to grasp a simple concept like this I doubt that your IQ is actually in the 140s.</p>
<p>You sound like a brilliant person. I’ve no doubt in my mind that you have a ton of potential. The fact of the matter is that you are honestly nothing special compared to the other ivy league candidates. Everybody that has a good shot at the ivy leagues has also near perfect SAT scores and near perfect GPA’s. I’d go out on a limb and say that you’re talent surpasses the average ivy leagure. The fact is that you haven’t done anything remarkable that would explain the low GPA. A lot of these potential ivy league students are all hardworking and dedicated. The typical “I’m a genius and these school systems don’t understand me” actually quite annoy a lot of colleges. Unless you published a new mathematical theorem you’re chances look slim. My advice to you is to have a lot of extracurricular activities and to show that you aren’t just some arrogant genius that believes the sun revolves around him. Show these colleges that you are in fact a hard working person. Between a person that looks like he/she tries and a extremely talented but arrogant and lazy person; most colleges would pick the former.</p>
<p>126cloudyesorno, anybody who truly understands what an IQ score is knows that IQ doesn’t have much validity. </p>
<p>You think you’re so special? I have a 160 IQ. The average CC IQ is quite high, no doubt somewhere around mine. We’re a few standard deviations away from the average bear. Whoopee. But, unlike you, we understand that there’s a hell of a lot more to a person’s intelligence and capabilities than how well they can solve little puzzles in a test. Get over yourself. </p>
<p>I find that the people who consider themselves so intellectually superior are the ones that simply aren’t. </p>
<p>A high IQ won’t woo ad reps. They care about grades. You have bad grades. Colleges prefer people who try. It’s sort of what education’s about…</p>
<p>And if you did sincerely try, then you clearly aren’t as brilliant as you claim. High school isn’t all that difficult. If these schools admit slackers, they are going to admit slackers that are talented enough to slack and achieve.</p>
<p>passtheducttape, honestly I find it hilarious that you and others are somehow perceiving arrogance in my posts when I was not writing with any.</p>
<p>“But, unlike you, we understand that there’s a hell of a lot more to a person’s intelligence and capabilities than how well they can solve little puzzles in a test. Get over yourself.”</p>
<p>Where exactly did I claim that an IQ score is a measure of every single aspect of a person’s intelligence? I did not claim this and not even the psychologists who make the tests claim this.</p>
<p>“anybody who truly understands what an IQ score is knows that IQ doesn’t have much validity”</p>
<p>Validity with regards to what, may I ask? Why don’t you give a talk at a meeting of experimental psychologists and see how well your objections stand up…</p>
<p>“I have a 160 IQ. The average CC IQ is quite high, no doubt somewhere around mine.”</p>
<p>About 1/32,000 people have an IQ of 160. It’s implausable to say that the average CC IQ is
160…</p>
<p>“I find that the people who consider themselves so intellectually superior are the ones that simply aren’t”</p>
<p>I’d agree with you in the sense that people who are boastful and proud of their intelligence generally aren’t the smartest people, though if you met me in person you would know that it isn’t the case.</p>
<p>sounds trollish. unless they count IQ toward the admissions process LOL, you have no chance at any of those schools. sorry to break it to you. life’s harsh. 2.0gpa won’t cut it.</p>
<p>Don’t focus on the name of the school, look around find a school that you think fits you. Going to harvard doesnt mean **** if you get a 2.0; say go to a normal state school and get a 4.0 job placement will be just as promising.</p>