/sci/ - Science & Math

>am 18
>started doing math a few years ago and genuinely enjoy it
>in high school atm
>taking college classes at an R2 (currently algebraic number theory, graduate linear alg, analysis, algebra)
>have professor friend who has connections
>her collaborator gives me (low-tier) research projects to work on, we published recently
>at the same time, I suck complete dick at competitions (88 on AMC12, <65 on usamts, 1/120 on putnam, never placed high at state competition)
>feel like world is trying to tell me something

should i take the hint on my low iq and give up on math while I still have my life left?