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Yes, you can recover. In fact you must if you would like to attend an even moderately selective college.So what happened? Did you hit “the wall” of suddenly needing study skills you don't have? Were you ill (physically or mentally)? Were you distracted by some profound stress in your life? You need to figure out the root cause, both so you can fix it and because you’ll need to explain it in your applications.Many gifted people “underachieve” because there is a profound mismatch between their abilities and what they are expected to do (and not do) in school. For example, one teacher in a local high school began the first day of 10th grade honors English by asking the students to pull out their colored pencils, trace around their hands and then write five adjectives describing themselves in the fingers. An excellent and pedagogically sound getting to know you activity for regular 5th grade language arts; completely insulting and inappropriate for gifted high school students.If this is you, please talk to an educational consultant with experience with gifted teens and find out your options. You may have been compensating for an undiagnosed learning disability that has been masked by your giftedness. (It is possible to be both gifted and learning disabled.) You may need some intensive support to learn good study skills. Or you may need some classes that are appropriately challenging in your area of strength: higher level classes, online dual-enrollment or community college classes, homeschooling to allow you to learn things in more depth, or even early college classes. There are colleges that take students after 10th or 11th grade, but you will need a spectacular year to show them that you're ready.If you want to talk in more detail about your situation, drop me an email. I'm happy to help you get back on track. My contact info is in my profile.

To the contrary, I used to think I was dumber than most. Then, I had a couple of big test scores that shocked my biggest critics and myself. One was a perfect score on a yearly standardized exam in Reading/Language Arts, when I was 10. I was currently being considered for retention in 5th grade. Eventually, I was placed in a high school AP English program. At age 15, I achieved my school’s top score on the comprehensive final Geometry exam. I struggled with math for years, so this gave me a big shot of confidence, going forward. I was never arrogant about my abilities, though, because I first spent my time at the bottom of the social and academic ladders. We all have our strengths and weaknesses; our successes and failures. All represent opportunities to learn important life lessons. We need to keep that in mind, when we consider ourselves and others.

If you are asking to place this in the context of the situation you described, there is but only one answer. The question that satisfies the ego of the person being asked.Any question can be an intelligent question, the only question that is not intelligent is the question that is not asked but should be.I work in a world of complexity, I work with those that hold Multiple degree's even up to PhD, and many certifications.Far too often we speak internally on such a high level that it becomes impracticable. It is impractical and becomes confusing internally and eventually that transitions out to the customer base.It is ok to be a complex thinker however , the most valued answers are those that can be placed in simple context.This is about language arts. There was a study done by a professor not so long ago. 100 people were selected to participate. Each was different. Some were At PhD level, Post graduate, Some Bachelor , some associate, some simply high school , some with GED or less.The age group was wide ranging.The professor created a question and then actually provided and answer to the question. He did so in 5 different ways.First on a Post graduate level, Then in the form of an engineer. Then in the form of A standard college education, then in the form of a High School education, then on a 5th grade elementary level.He asked all to select the best answer that they thought provided the most clear solution that was easy to understand and helped them understand not only the solution, but the problem.An overwhelming majority chose............ 5th grade level.That said , Interaction with others can be intelligent conversation, but what defines intelligent is the ability to communicate effectively not large words or complex questions.You never insult anyone's intelligence with a question. You may however insult their ego.................;-)