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...Roberts fanned fast-talking admissions men throughout the Midwest and the East. He freely discounted freshman fees and even more freely solicited flunkees from other colleges. He welcomed high school graduates in the bottom half of their classes, and took some who stood dead last. Almost anyone with an IQ of 100 is now a shoo-in-and 90 will...
...sprawling, ten-wing stucco structure outside Vacaville in Central Valley houses the reception-guidance center where all male felons convicted in California's northern 47 counties are studied for six to ten weeks. No treatment is given here, but all the men get exhaustive testing (IQ, aptitude, personality, "violence potential"). Mainly on the psychologists' advice, the state Department of Corrections then decides what prison to send them to-a maximum-security pen or a relatively open...
Gentlemen, I love and like you, Caring little for your IQ...
Marylie Roy, 17, appeared amply qualified to enter the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She was a high school graduate and had an IQ rating of 137 (in the top 2%). But last week the frail, bright girl pondered bitter news. Not only is she unqualified for U.B.C., but if she wants to continue her education, she must start over again in the tenth grade...
...abandoned child,Alice Marie has lived with the Combses since the age of ten months. Though the Combses agreed not to attempt adopting her, they found the quick, eager girl hard to resist. At two, she recited nursery rhymes. At 2½ she was put to an IQ test, won a mark of 138-in the "very superior," top 2% of the nation. "An endearing and charming youngster," reported the examining psychologist. He prescribed immediate adoption by a family with "a wealthy educational environment...