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With all due respect, and while you might very well be smart, your story is pretty normal. The MIT alumni I've meet (for which selection bias surely is a factor
by gozo 11y ago
With all due respect, and while you might very well be smart, your story is pretty normal. The MIT alumni I've meet (for which selection bias surely is a factor) has been quite beyond that and very much overachievers (in a positive way).
That said, going to college early usually isn't a good idea. People are quite "age sensitive" in that age so you're missing out on a lot of the social stuff. Regardless how good MIT is the rest is still "only" knowledge. I can of course imagine worse things though.
- russnewcomer 11y agoOh, I'm not really that smart, so really, not much respect is due. :) I agree that going to college early isn't a good idea for the peer socialization aspects. The intellectual ones, I think it's fine. But every kid is different.