Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by age 13

Re: Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by a... by danteembermage on Friday September 07, 2007 @03:55PM (#51875)

In Wisconsin I took the SAT in seventh grade as part of a state competition, so it's not necessarily daddy cutting a check. Not to brag, but I got a free ice cream sandwich for my amazing score!

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Re: Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by a... by vlad on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:06PM (#51879)

I experienced a 230 point increase just by learning how to pace myself to answer all the questions. I guess I'm not a good data point anyway since I didn't know English very well when I took the test, and even less so at 13.

Do many states have SAT's in middle school?

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Re: Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by a... by nostrademons on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:12PM (#51881)

Many do. CTY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Talented_Youth) serves 20 states; TIP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_Identification_Program) serves 17.

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Re: Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by a... by Jd on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:51PM (#51902)

Pacing was very important for me too, especially coming from an educational background which did not emphasize test-taking (homeschooling).

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Re: Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by a... by Jd on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:50PM (#51901)

I got a free course in Pascal!

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