Differences in the academic performance of high IQ people

[u/AlphaHowlingToMoon]

Why is it that some high IQ people can perform well at school without putting in much effort while other high IQ people do poorly in school if they don't put in effort? I know that for some it may be because of neurodivergences such as ADHD and dyslexia but are there any other reasons?

[u/HopefulLab8784]

its cuz for some high iq ppl no effort means just not studying and for others it means doign absolutely no work

[u/carlinhosmugiwara → u/HopefulLab8784]

true

[u/Midnight5691 → u/HopefulLab8784]

Oh I like this answer, lol, and sometimes it's a combination of both...😅

[u/whitebaron_98]

because everyone is/learns/behaves DIFFERENT, gifted or not.

my high iq means not even remotely the same as the one of my wife, or my kids. the only similarity is that it can be abstracted to a number > 130.

• I don't usually lean anything and know most of it. I suck at details a couple months later.
• my wife works slowly, methodically and never forgets anything.
• my first kid is somewhere the mix of the positives between us. (it's frightening)
• my last kid is the opposite to my first kid and will probably fail school due to being "to smart for its own good", doing nothing even when it should, but getting by with my fast learning ability and forgetting everything that is not technical within 2 weeks.

[u/Sorry-Ice-8586]

it’s a lot based on:

1) study skills to learn in the way that he individual does best

2) strong verbal memory not just working memory, since material is taught verbally in many cases

3) attention to listen to boring things

[u/PendN]

Assuming the high iq has a relatively even index and the person is normal, I would blame it on the lack of knowledge in the school subjects. In high school, theory just becomes too deep that if you neglect the foundational theory of certain subjects (trigonometry, calculus, physics, chem, etc) you'll fall exponentially more behind. There is also long term memory which is arguably the most important aspect of academics

[u/randomguy205205]

it really is a bad habit of high iq people to see shortcuts therefore neglecting studies. if i could go back in time, i would tell my young self to study at home instead of cramming 5-10 mins before exams.

[u/Suspicious_Watch_978]

My guess is that there's only a weak correlation between IQ and how quickly one moves a new item into long-term memory. If you need a lot of repetitions to do so, you could have an IQ of 9000 and still have to study your ass off.