Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict Success 35 Years Later

Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by knzhou on Sunday December 08, 2019 @02:34AM (#21734766)

Uh oh, that seems to be rather out of date. When I took the SAT-M in 7th grade I recall having already seen harder versions of all the questions, because of math competitions. The same went for almost everyone I knew that took it.

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Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by gwern on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:39AM (#21736401)

When you took it, you weren't part of this SMPY cohort starting in the 1970s. Most of these kids certainly were not taking 'math competitions' or 'private tutors', they were languishing in regular classes, and that's why Stanley used the SAT-M.

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Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by abecedarius on Sunday December 08, 2019 @03:01AM (#21734846)

FWIW I took it in the 80s (also around 7th grade though I forget exactly) and it was not like that for me. I wish I'd had more contact with real math that early -- school was such a waste of time.

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