The Five Levels of Gifted School Years and Post-High School Education and Careers

Deborah Ruf, PhD
14 min readApr 29, 2024

Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations from the 18-Year Longitudinal Study[i]

A Reminder About the General Descriptions of Levels

When does each Level of Gifted reach the mental performance age of 12?

Level One (Moderately Gifted): about…

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Deborah Ruf, PhD

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