I'm not naturally smart...

Northstarmom
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 22:50:23 +0000

I agree that it would be good to mention those things in your essay and to have them mentioned in your counselor’s report.

As for not being naturally gifted, I disagree with your self assessment. The students whom you seem to be viewing as naturally gifted grew up with advantages that you didn’t have. Those advantaged – educated parents and probably more enrichment support than you had – were what caused them to seem more gifted than you. In actuality, they simply had more opportunities to develop their gifts than you had.

You had to develop your natural gifts through hard work, not through the silver spoon method. :)