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>>2457062
I disagree, I think intelligence and personality must be considered as independent factors when determining if one will be successful at a University and really, I believe its the latter not the former that's a better indicator of whether or not you will drop out or succeed in college.

My older sister is, by most standards, a genius. She's not Stephen fucking Hawking, but she has reasoning and analytical skills that far surpass even the vast majority of her peers. To give you an example of her spatial reasoning abilities, she can solve a Rubik's cube behind her back within a few minutes. If she looks at the Rubik's cube while trying to solve it, her speed does not increase by much. Simply put, she can "see" the Rubik's cube in her mind almost as clearly as if she were looking directly at it just by studying the sides for a minute before attempting to solve it.

Anyways, to your point that intelligent people stay way from universities, I believe there is much empirical evidence to the contrary. As for my point, I think that her success in academia is largely due to her hard work and single-minded persistence when trying to solve problems. I think if I were more responsible and stoic, I would encounter much more success in a school environment. But I'm not so I have to make do.