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Okay, so to settle this question, OP can ask these classmates what they got on the SAT.

fzeroracer 8y ago
If you think the SAT is in any way shape or form an indicator of intelligence or skills you would be objectively wrong. Someone with ADHD is likely going to perform poorly on the SATs due to the test environment but that does not indicate how well they'll perform in a professional environment. Similarly I can think of people in college who would abuse Adderall in order to get higher scores. Do you think those people are more or less intelligent? Should we consider the metrics before or after usage?
- SamReidHughes 8y ago
  This is a wild tangent that has nothing to do with OP's situation, which is that he went to a university with several classmates that are smarter than him/her. This is generally a good thing for your university to have. And no, he doesn't have any hypothetical brain powers that make up for it.
  - fzeroracer 8y ago
    You keep assuming that his classmates are smarter than them on the basis of one point of data. You're extrapolating so much out of a simple statement that it ventures into the realm of absurdity. And you brought us into this wild tangent by implying that SAT scores are somehow indicative of general intelligence and asking the OP to see what they got on their SATs.
    - SamReidHughes 8y ago
      SAT scores are indicative of general intelligence, and a good double check that it isn't underpreparation with algorithms or less experience simply coding. OP presumably isn't the smartest kid in his university. It's unlikely. Such is life.
jammygit 8y ago
Americans seem so obsessed with the SAT. Why do test scores matter so much to people? My friends and I used to compete with one another by writing IQ tests and comparing the results. It was sort of fun, but its not like the results meant anything. Especially since the scores went up the more we wrote the silly things. Did we get smarter? Clearly.
- SamReidHughes 8y ago
  Try having a classroom discussion with kids that got 750 verbal score vs. kids that got 650. You'll see the difference.
  - paulcole 8y ago
    I got a 750 verbal (680 math) and am quite stupid. Am I the exception that proves the rule?
    - SamReidHughes 8y ago
      No, 750 is pathetic. I got 850 verbal.

If you think the SAT is in any way shape or form an indicator of intelligence or skills you would be objectively wrong. Someone with ADHD is likely going to perform poorly on the SATs due to the test environment but that does not indicate how well they'll perform in a professional environment. Similarly I can think of people in college who would abuse Adderall in order to get higher scores. Do you think those people are more or less intelligent? Should we consider the metrics before or after usage?

SamReidHughes 8y ago
This is a wild tangent that has nothing to do with OP's situation, which is that he went to a university with several classmates that are smarter than him/her. This is generally a good thing for your university to have. And no, he doesn't have any hypothetical brain powers that make up for it.
- fzeroracer 8y ago
  You keep assuming that his classmates are smarter than them on the basis of one point of data. You're extrapolating so much out of a simple statement that it ventures into the realm of absurdity. And you brought us into this wild tangent by implying that SAT scores are somehow indicative of general intelligence and asking the OP to see what they got on their SATs.
  - SamReidHughes 8y ago
    SAT scores are indicative of general intelligence, and a good double check that it isn't underpreparation with algorithms or less experience simply coding. OP presumably isn't the smartest kid in his university. It's unlikely. Such is life.

jammygit 8y ago

Americans seem so obsessed with the SAT. Why do test scores matter so much to people? My friends and I used to compete with one another by writing IQ tests and comparing the results. It was sort of fun, but its not like the results meant anything. Especially since the scores went up the more we wrote the silly things. Did we get smarter? Clearly.

SamReidHughes 8y ago
Try having a classroom discussion with kids that got 750 verbal score vs. kids that got 650. You'll see the difference.
- paulcole 8y ago
  I got a 750 verbal (680 math) and am quite stupid. Am I the exception that proves the rule?
  - SamReidHughes 8y ago
    No, 750 is pathetic. I got 850 verbal.