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    Failure at school is generally not a reflection of intellect....but of effort and work ethic.
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    You can not have someone graduate from an accredited college with an engineering degree, math or hard science degree if their IQ is below a certain number. I have the data supporting what I'm saying.
    http://www.amazon.com/Real-Education...1357547&sr=1-4

    People can take shortcuts going to easy schools, or taking easy majors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oreka Bailoak View Post
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    You can not have someone graduate from an accredited college with an engineering degree, math or hard science degree if their IQ is below a certain number. I have the data supporting what I'm saying.
    http://www.amazon.com/Real-Education...1357547&sr=1-4

    People can take shortcuts going to easy schools, or taking easy majors.
    I know the data. I was speaking in generalities. Of course morons aren't going to be caught dead in the sciences!

    Many of my fellow premeds took as many easy courses as possible outside their majors for the same reasons you mentioned in your other post.

    Me? Heh. I took honors organic chemistry....at the University of Washington no less. WTF was I thinking, lol!

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    I was mean spirited, pretty much invisible & also a truant but surprisingly never failed anything

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    No, never.

    But I am way better in Maths and Physics and that stuff than in literature .

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    I basically failed all the way from 4th grade to the middle of the 11th grade because I didn't do the work or I ditched class. Then I took an independent study course at a local college and ended up not only graduating early with a 3.8 GPA, but with an added 30+ college credits under my belt.

    Now that I'm in college, I take the classes that interest me, so naturally I take more pride in my work.

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    I know the data. I was speaking in generalities. Of course morons aren't going to be caught dead in the sciences!
    lol

    After knowing quite a few people with extremely high IQ's, they use less effort to score high than lower IQ people. Even when I study with them, going over the exact same information together, they still score 10 points higher than me on Exams. Brain scans show that when high IQ people take exams they score higher, and use much less neurological energy (Arthur Jensen G-Factor). They're also much better at remembering information.

    When I was little I used to think that effort was the main factor in school like you said earlier. But after looking at the data I've found that very rarely does effort matter in grades in normal college classes. Really smart people naturally pick up the course material with less effort. So it seems that in order to succeed in college there's a bare minimum effort level which really isn't that high for smart people, but the intelligence aspect is vital to passing- and without intelligence is impossible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oreka Bailoak View Post
    lol

    After knowing quite a few people with extremely high IQ's, they use less effort to score high than lower IQ people. Even when I study with them, going over the exact same information together, they still score 10 points higher than me on Exams. Brain scans show that when high IQ people take exams they score higher, and use much less neurological energy (Arthur Jensen G-Factor). They're also much better at remembering information.

    When I was little I used to think that effort was the main factor in school like you said earlier. But after looking at the data I've found that very rarely does effort matter in grades in normal college classes. Really smart people naturally pick up the course material with less effort. So it seems that in order to succeed in college there's a bare minimum effort level which really isn't that high for smart people, but the intelligence aspect is vital to passing- and without intelligence is impossible.
    I agree with what you said here. I would also like to add that effort and work ethic can close that gap significantly for persons who are modestly bright relative to persons who are super-bright, but lazy. I've seen a lot of that

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    Not at the moment at least...

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    In my sixth and final year of high school, I found out that I had already been accepted into the university that I wanted to go to, so I simply didn't go to school any more because I didn't need to and because of that I failed the classes.

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    Never failed a grade but I failed a class. It was the yearbook staff. Long story :{

    Quote Originally Posted by rhiannon View Post
    I know the data. I was speaking in generalities. Of course morons aren't going to be caught dead in the sciences!

    Many of my fellow premeds took as many easy courses as possible outside their majors for the same reasons you mentioned in your other post.

    Me? Heh. I took honors organic chemistry....at the University of Washington no less. WTF was I thinking, lol!
    I did two years of pre-med. Never failed anything but that Organic Chem 2 kicked my butt I made a C or something, and I knew then that I would never be a doctor....

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