Boy, 11, admitted to college to study quantum physics

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

http://now.msn.com/tcu-eleven-year-o...e-student-ever

Boy, 11, admitted to college to study quantum physics At TCU

"Call him the Doogie Howser of the physics world. Carson Huey-You has been admitted to Texas Christian University as an incoming freshman — at only 11 years old. Around the time when most kids are playing with jacks and baseball cards, young Huey-You will be taking university-level courses among teenagers and young adults. And it won't just be any class load. The boy, who scored a 1770 on his SAT, speaks Mandarin Chinese and plays the piano, will be studying nothing less than quantum physics. In a nutshell, anything you try to do to be impressive after this will fail."

Not to diminish his accomplishment, because going to college at such a young age is obviously something I could not and would not want to do, but only a 1770? I say this because I am bright but not a super-genius and got a 2170. I would think that a kid going to college at age 11 would have scored higher than that -shrugs-

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Not to diminish his accomplishment, because going to college at such a young age is obviously something I could not and would not want to do, but only a 1770? I say this because I am bright but not a super-genius and got a 2170. I would think that a kid going to college at age 11 would have scored higher than that -shrugs-

Because I received my SAT score based on the old system (1600 being the max), what's considered a "B average", so to speak, for SATs now?

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Because I received my SAT score based on the old system (1600 being the max), what's considered a "B average", so to speak, for SATs now?

80th percentile is about an 1800, which corresponds to about a 1220 on the old test. Without knowing anything else about the young man in question, I would speculate that this 11 year old science genius might not have done quite as well on the writing portion of the test as he did on the math. Still, it's a good score.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Not to diminish his accomplishment, because going to college at such a young age is obviously something I could not and would not want to do, but only a 1770? I say this because I am bright but not a super-genius and got a 2170. I would think that a kid going to college at age 11 would have scored higher than that -shrugs-

He most likely was not studying for the test and took it at school just because. A lot of the SAT requires some study. No one intuitively knows all of the reading and writing parts. 1770 is "good enough" when your 11 years old trying to get into college. There's no competition. My husband only took the ACT at age 11 before he started college, never studied and scored lower than I did. He is unquestionable smarter than I am. The ACT/SAT score is only part of the story.

[fishspeakers]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Not to diminish his accomplishment, because going to college at such a young age is obviously something I could not and would not want to do, but only a 1770? I say this because I am bright but not a super-genius and got a 2170. I would think that a kid going to college at age 11 would have scored higher than that -shrugs-

Me too. I scored higher percentile-wise when I was 12 for the ACT, and there was NO WAY I was cut out for college work back then. Standardized test scores are only part of the story, but I wonder how they determined he was academically prepared enough.

In comparison, Sho Yano, one of the most famous child prodigies, went to Loyola University at age 9 after scoring a 1500/1600 on the SAT at age eight. He's now in his early 20's and he said the experience was good for him.