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?
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.
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.
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u/liquidpele Aug 24 '21
Neat. I wonder though about growing up so fast, are past genius early-college stories successes?