LOL NM21C,
It's hard to study for IQ test because the questions are supposed to remain a secret!
I agree that ACT/SAT given to high school juniors is an achievement, but if you give them to 7th graders 'who haven't prepped more than a hour or two to get used to the format' then I think it's a combination 'endurance' test and test of 'potential.'
Of course, if you child is homeschooled, a 7th grader doing all school work that is usual to a high school junior, I'm not sure what the qualifing score would mean. But if you are chronologically a 7th grader, and doing well in high school junior level work, I don't think there is a question that you are uncommonly gifted.
Some see gifted as talents, some see gifted as potential, so it pays to know who you are talking to! As parents, we want to be sure that some of that potential grows into talents, if only because we know how that potential can eat away at folks who don't find an avenue for it.
Good for you for getting a better mirror of yourself to look in! Parenting is full of those moments, isn't it?
Smiles,
Grinity
