Davidson Academy - For Profoundly Gifted Students
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- The Davidson Academy offers two educational options specifically designed to meet the needs of profoundly gifted students - an online school for those living anywhere in the U.S. and a day school on the University of Nevada, Reno campus for local residents. Learn what makes the Davidson Academy unique from firsthand accounts of those who know the school best - students, parents, instructors and staff. Hear about the school's curriculum, social atmosphere and the Reno-Tahoe area.
To learn more, please visit the Davidson Academy's website: www.davidsonaca...
My brother attended this institution it was very beneficial to his mental health. I sadly didn’t get the same thing from it: the school is great but didn’t work well for me. The idea itself is great and thank you so much for helping my brother.
May I ask why it didn't work well for you?
hey, not sure if you're going to answer me, but what's considered profoundly gifted? what's the minimum IQ?
@@user43314 180
@@nayeliohanzee7028 that's what google says, but the web doesn't say anything so I'm just curious if he certainly knows it. anyways, thank you!
@@user43314 people define it differently some say 160 & up is PG others say 160 to like 180 is Exceptionally gifted and then 180+ is profoundly gifted. Then there’s also differences in iq tests where the numbers may be different 160 on what test might not equal 160 on another.
Seems like paradise
Nice! Almost as good, as Elon Musk's school. By the way, in the small country, where I was born - Bulgaria, there are many gifted programs and schools since very long time. Bulgaria, with population of 6 million, has more gold medals of the international math and physics olypmiads, than countries like UK, Germany and France. And about a third of the gold medals of countries like USA, China and Russia.
oh, Bulgaria, what a beautiful country! I was there on 2019, in Sofia. I would love to go there again. everyone was so nice (more than in other countries I travelled to) and even if there was a language barrier because in that time I didn't know English everyone tried to communicate with me and I made some friends! I remember the name and face of everyone who I meet. I'd love to go there again.
@@user43314 I'm really happy you've got such a great experience and memories. However in my experience, people are not particularly polite in Bulgaria... :D Where are you from?
@@kpoptrash1070 Well, OK, you know better, I've never been in either of them.
@@ConnoisseurOfExistence I came back to this video and saw this! I'm totally sorry for not answering, seriously!
well, let me tell you, Bulgarians are far more polite than French people. there's always someone who could be more helpful, but at the end of the day the experience was really great. and I'm from Spain! ;)
@@user43314 Nice! 🙂
My son is 7 and this school would be his dream school
Excellent work, Davidson Academy. Thank You. Keep up your high standards and approachable style. 🎼
A very good idea, and in the summers they should spend time in the greater society so they round out a bit.
I wish I had gone to a school like this. In 7th grade, I was tested by a psychiatrist because I wasn't paying attention in class after getting straight A's all throughout grade school. I was found to have a 135 IQ and to be reading and writing at a college level. I was reading books like The Science of Good and Evil by Michael Shermer and Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge at the time. The psychiatrist's recommendation? Ritalin. We didn't have any gifted programs in my rural area. I could have taken classes at my local community college but no one even thought of it. My parents had no idea how to help me either. It led to a miserable high school experience defined by boredom, isolation, and frustration.
Ok wannabe
Profoundly gifted starts at >=160 if I recall correctly
@Ask Bird it's still the 99th percentile. this school specifically is for 160+ but gifted/neurodivergent kids in general need an education that suits their needs/abilities.
I've had so many of my peers in school asking me why was I in this class because they knew that I would crush them in the class and would get an A all of the time. I wish I've heard of this school. I think it would have been a great challenge for me, but at the same time my parents would have wanted to be a normal kid, so it was a tough social setting for me.
Thank you for creating these opportunities for young gifted people. I've recently found out about my giftedness but I'm already far into my university career. There are so many things I've been starting to realize about my time at elementary and secondary school. The way you have organized your education system sounds great for gifted people.
I'm too late myself to significantly alter my experience at school but I will use this information to be more aware of when I need more challenge or something else in general. I tutor students, so I will also try to create learning environments for all students that are fun and inspiring, especially for the more intelligent, unchallenged among them.
I have such a desire to learn more about giftedness. And to learn about why people get bored and how I can help. I've learned tons about myself, learning strategies and how to empathize with many people of many levels. I hope to be able to get many insights that will perhaps add to the gifted community in the future.
I've honestly always thought I wanted to keep out of the gifted community for some reason. But I've been having stronger feelings that contradict that past urge. We'll see.
Thank you for the efforts!
Hi do you have like a website for your tutoring program?
@@jjnnawuchi5311 Hi, thank you for the comment! I do not unfortunately. I work for a study coaching centre so I'm not able to offer tutoring sessions to just anyone. It would be interesting to perhaps set up my own business one day. Just out of interest, why are you asking? Would you be in need of any tutoring services?
Iris Well not really tutoring, per say. I already understand the material at my grade level, so learning something above that would keep me academically challenged rather than letting my brain become stagnant. But since you don’t have an online program that’s fine. Even though I strongly believe I would be able to make more of myself with the proper material that would, ‘tickle my intellectual fancy’ and challenge my academic abilities, however, as a student I have found a way to nourish my education and not succumb to the lack of opportunity.
Iris In other words, I became, in a way, my own teacher.
I've found that i'm gifted too but i live in italy nobody knows that gifted people exists but i don't wanna go school anymore
Ths is my dream school.. but i'm not in the us :c
I'm no super genius like these guys but I would've loved to do things in school that were interesting instead of getting straight fs in high school and studying philosophy at home
Anything like there elsewhere in the US?
Wonderful!
In terms of a Mensa IQ of 172 (with a standard deviation of 24), it is equivalent to a Wechsler IQ of 145 (with a standard deviation of 15). And the Davidson Academy accepts applicants with a Wechsler IQ145 or above.
My Mensa IQ was only in the 'High Average' range.
As I am sure you might know, Mensa level on the Wechsler scale is 2 standard deviations above the mean average at 130 IQ. 145 IQ is in the genius range.
160 is 1 in about 33,000. 175 IQ, 1 in about 3.5 million. IQ 190 about 1 in a billion.
IQ 116
Looks dope...
just love you you're amazing my son just became a Davidson Young Scholar!
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Great, but the truth is most of your success in life comes from your looks, your practical skills and who your friends are. Let's not give these kids false hope.
I hope you are not a parent.
Say that to mathematicians
Alice, Are you good looking? How good are your practical skills? And do you have many notable friends? Please let us know how successful you are or are not so that we can begin to have a candid analysis on your comment.
I have an IQ of 187, and I don't feel smart at all. I just feel like I have an unusual ability to think fast and come up with unthinkable solutions.
becuase you dont have an IQ of 187 , you took a fake online test thats not accurate
since you belive that nonsense your real IQ is probably below the average
187 with SD 15????
Sd 100000
Why would you. You are your own baseline. It’s in observing the the ways and scope to which the functional differences in how your “unusual ability to think fast and come up with unthinkable solutions” deviate and from those less smart.
The fact that comparatively almost none could keep up with or retain the data bursts you communicate with. Or see the clear shorthand and easy to see assumptions you use to come up with novel solutions quickly.
If you can’t see what “smart” become observant of how rare that is and what that actually means.
Relatively speaking we are all probably not smart enough to orchestrate or orient or direct or survive the increasingly complex world.
Maybe your not smart but look how dumb the rest of the world it and what that means.
In short get calibrated with new data sets. Ones from outside your perfection of life and living it. Be shocked by life without intelligence as you know it.
Tho if you are very young then some experience is all you need to make sense of all that.
I have an inkling that my cognostications deem inversely futile regarding excessive invigoration, thus transcending an individual beyond the encapsulated prism of one's perceptual limitations.
Man, I'm clearly NOT gifted. -_-
do...do you want an award or something?
You’re clearly a dumbass
Correction: This school is for "profoundly" privileged kids whose parents have a lot of money.
Studies show that these children are no more or less likely to succeed relative to their peers who attend public school. If they tell you "your child is profoundly gifted, they should attend this school" what they are really trying to say is "give us all your money, we are a big business..."
Correction: This school costs the same as public schools in the area, right? Technically it's a public school, and it isn't thousands of dollars like private schools.
And even if these children are no more or less likely to succeed, this still gives them a better school experience than the average public school would.
i don't know what studies you're talking about, but that's false. profound giftedness is a real thing with and these children need the additional intellectual stimulation to be able to succeed. traditional public school is not adequate. and like someone else said, this school is technically a public school. it's free for residents.
But scientists who have been succesful in their particular field of study, they went to this type of schools, so your claim is a little off.
My family is not privileged and doesn’t have a ton of money and I still got in. This school is not a private school and does not cost any money if you are a Nevada resident.
It’s free!