Originally Posted by intparent
I have to strongly disagree about this. I genuinely do not think that admissions staff at top colleges are going to be put off in some way by the DYS label. A high IQ is NOT a factor that will be held against a student in admissions.
As stated, it's not the high IQ that would possibly be held against a student, but rather presenting high IQ as a reason for admission. I'm basing my opinion on horse sense. If I had two applications in front of me and one emphasized membership in a high IQ society and the other stressed more what a student had actually done and could actually do, I'd go for the latter every time. Pointing to membership in a high IQ society smacks of weakness and a sense of entitlement.

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