Your comment about SAT scores is funny to me because I was just thinking about how untrue it is today. I was one or two questions off of a perfect score, and I'

Your comment about SAT scores is funny to me because I was just thinking about how untrue it is today. I was one or two questions off of a perfect score, and I'm at an extremely selective school right now. One of my friends didn't score quite as well as me, but really close (read 97th or 98th percentile) and I would not trust him with my life to write any program. We both are CS majors, granted he goes to a different school. In all honesty, I think SAT scores have less correlation with IQ and general intuition than most people believe. Sure, it's a decent way to weed people out, but it is by no means a way to find geniuses.