Originally Posted by SFrog
Originally Posted by NotSoGifted
However, you can still be a scientist if you don't grade skip.

Unless not being challenged in school caused you to lose interest due to boredom. Or always being the top kid in your grade (without expending any effort) allowed you to become complacent and lazy in your studies (which made actual rigor in college a huge shock to your system).

According to this paper, "grade skipping may enhance STEM accomplishments among the mathematically talented."

https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/Park-Lubinski-Benbow-2013.pdf
When Less Is More: Effects of Grade Skipping on Adult STEM Productivity Among Mathematically Precocious Adolescents
by Gregory Park, David Lubinski, and Camilla P. Benbow
Vanderbilt University
Using data from a 40-year longitudinal study, the authors examined 3 related hypotheses about the effects
of grade skipping on future educational and occupational outcomes in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM). From a combined sample of 3,467 mathematically precocious students (top
1%), a combination of exact and propensity score matching was used to create balanced comparison
groups of 363 grade skippers and 657 matched controls. Results suggest that grade skippers (a) were
more likely to pursue advanced degrees in STEM and author peer-reviewed publications in STEM, (b)
earned their degrees and authored their 1st publication earlier, and (c) accrued more total citations and
highly cited publications by age 50 years. These patterns were consistent among male participants but
less so among female participants (who had a greater tendency to pursue advanced degrees in medicine
or law). Findings suggest that grade skipping may enhance STEM accomplishments among the mathematically
talented.
Keywords: educational acceleration, gifted, math/science talent, longitudinal analysis, propensity score
matching