The first born are smarter thread

fhqwgads2005
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:02:20 +0000

ITS SOOO TRUE!! I am the youngest of 3 boys.

Brother 1:

1600/1600 SAT (1st try), genius. 5s on 7 APs, 4.0GPA… etc. Accepted to Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Penn, Swarthmore, Haverford. Attended Harvard. Became Philosopher.

Brother 2:

1570/1600 SAT. SMART. But more laid back. Accepted to UMich. Became engineer.

Brother 3: (me)

2090/2400 SAT (first try though) I was convinced to apply to smaller schools by my brother who hated Harvard and my parents who agree with him. I definitely don’t think I am as smart.

I really think it is all based on the Parents. For the 1st child, the parents are more engaged, and able to develop the brain in the early days. Me and my brothers are 5 years apart and I think my parents may have gotten a bit burned out. (or just really old… ) It’s all about those formative early years.

I also think as the youngest, I never take responsibility because I always seem myself as “the little one” and I can never grow up because my brothers are always ahead of me. I think. “Geez, I’m in highschool. i remember when my brothers were there and they seemed so old. But now, they are all grown up and highschool is like for little kids…”