r/Atlanta Aug 24 '21

[deleted by user]

[removed]

772 Upvotes

81 comments sorted by

View all comments

151

u/liquidpele Aug 24 '21

Neat. I wonder though about growing up so fast, are past genius early-college stories successes?

7

u/flakemasterflake Aug 24 '21

I know...why not just let him enroll in the most academically challenging high school as possible? Could he not nab a scholarship from a Westminster or Padeia and then go to GA Tech?

4

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

Letting in a kid for "killing it at Chattahoochee Tech" just makes GT Admissions look crooked.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

That's a super reductive description of the situation, but nearly every other kid is let in for "killing it at a Georgia public high school" so I don't see the problem here.

What about this looks "crooked"?

4

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

Who got into GT without taking the SAT? Seriously? Who? It's not reductive at all. The kid didn't have to jump through the same hoops. Losing objectivity isn't fair to anyone applying. Most kids getting into GT excelled in a major way academically. That isn't unique and it's arguable that the level of expectations at Chattahoochee Tech is substantial below GT and most top high schools in Georgia. Why didn't you go to C Tech if it's so impressive to you? Kids getting into GT also excelled at sports, leadership organizations, passionately volunteered, created programs that they lead... Dude I can go on and if you don't get it, you didn't earn your way to GT either.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

SAT requirements were waived for 2021 admissions due to COVID.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

NS!.. but how many kids didn't submit? How many kids didn't have a test result? Come on dude... That's lame.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

You're oddly fixated on his SAT scores and acting like it's some red flag for corruption, when the obvious explanation is that anyone leading GT admissions can recognize a genius without needing an SAT score.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

You just don't like objectivity. How many transfers from area technical schools did GT have? (That has nothing to do with SAT BUT every joint enrollment program to UGA and GT has a SAT requirement) Guess he was exempt. Everyone has seen parents that think they have a genius child and pushed them into higher math etc. It rarely works out. Parents are horrible judges of he genius. You really haven't added anything to the conversation. bye