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Exceptionally Gifted Students in Their School Years — Part 3 of 5

Deborah Ruf, PhD
11 min readJan 16, 2025

Notice how difficult it is to find the right fit, the “best fit,” for these exceptionally gifted youngsters — three more people tell their story

As I said in Part 1, Level Three individuals are all in the 99th percentile of the intellectual continuum. So are Levels Four and Five. But you will see more and more differences between each Level as we move through that continuum. Being at the 99th percentile intellectually in some or all things, doesn’t mean you are exactly like someone else in that range. (The Introduction to this series is in Part 1 of 5 about Exceptionally Gifted Students).

Level Three — Highly to Exceptionally Gifted

Recap for Level Three (Exceptionally Gifted)

There are nine people from Level Three for whom there is enough personality and parenting information to explore. Six of the nine subjects had at least one parent — a total of seven parents — show a personality preference on the MBTI® for J-Judging. Of the nine fathers, three did not take the personality instrument, three scored as a J-Judging type, and the three remaining fathers scored…

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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Deborah Ruf, PhD

Written by Deborah Ruf, PhD

High Intelligence Specialist & Writer, Dr. Ruf writes about highly intelligent people from birth to very old age. www.fivelevelsofgifted.com

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