NotSoGifted, yep. Running from home to first is an objective measure of actual athletic performance in a way that is directly applicable to winning games. DYS status is far from a reliable predictive measure of actual academic performance in college.

Even if it were true that IQ scores were important to know for college entry purposes, DYS admittees are all over the map in terms of their specific DYS admission criteria. What does it really help an admissions officer to know that a person, at age 5 or above, scored 145+ on one or more subtests from a range of tests, and/or submitted a freeform portfolio to convince Davidson that they were working years ahead, many years before applying to college? If someone's still ahead by college, that will be amply and specifically shown by other information.

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