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In reply to the discussion: Neuroscientists debunk idea Colorado suspect was supersmart [View all]LisaL
(44,973 posts)15. The point is, he was still in high school.
I am not arguing that Holmes is some sort of genius.
But since that high school camp, he did very well in college and got high tests scores to be admitted into competitive graduate program. So, I don't think describing him as intelligent would be wrong.
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I think they'll be tightlipped about any incidents where he hit a wall at school
flamingdem
Jul 2012
#5
Sounds like he tanked his prelims, but it might not have been for intellectual reasons.
gkhouston
Jul 2012
#8
Without knowing what the other kids at the summer program were like, it's hard to
gkhouston
Jul 2012
#16
If THIS GUY was "one of six students admitted to the University of Colorado's graduate program"...
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#3
That's a pretty strange thing to say, considering one guy knew Holmes when Holmes was
LisaL
Jul 2012
#21
What do you think an employer will say if one of six neuroscience grad students
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#28
He was accepted into program not based on his high school record (whatever it was)
LisaL
Jul 2012
#33
If he graduated with honors then why did he have so much trouble handling his first year grad exam?
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#38
That "actual professor" is a competitor at Baylor with his own self-serving agenda.
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#47
"He was just a second-year grad student," he says. "He didn't know anything."
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2012
#4
ROFL! I've never heard that, but now I'm picturing half my colleagues with big
petronius
Jul 2012
#20
I'd say that depends on what your undergrad experience was like, and also what
gkhouston
Jul 2012
#40
Classic doctoral professor remark. Mine told me not to show up for my masters hooding...
aikoaiko
Jul 2012
#23
I'm beginning to think the program contributed to pushing carrot top over the edge
flamingdem
Jul 2012
#24