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Post-High School Education Outcomes for Level Three Gifted (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted)

Deborah Ruf, PhD
14 min readApr 2, 2024

The background and “good fit” affect the paths of the Highly to Exceptionally Gifted as they grow up.

Level Three people are in the Highly to Exceptionally Gifted range of advanced learners and thinkers.

How much does previous background and “good fit” affect their options and choices by the time they finish high school and go on for post-secondary education and enter their careers?

She’s super smart but how will she turn out?

Where any individual fits in his or her setting or environment depends, to a significant extent, on who else is there. That’s called the relativity of intelligence, of high giftedness. Having — or not having — access to true peers with whom they can share their ideas and easily understand each other can be a detriment to their progress. It can lead to other long-term issues, as well, so the goal is to help readers here see what some of these less-than-ideal outcomes are for the different Levels of Gifted.

We continue with Level Three: The Conventionally Gifted

People in the Level Three range, as with those in the Level One and Two ranges, are also in the what I call the Conventionally Gifted range. I chose the term “conventionally gifted” to describe the first three Levels because most teachers and most…

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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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