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Originally Posted by sjastro
I don't know her very well. According to her mother she's had trouble making friends her own age which is obviously not a surprise.
She went to Melbourne Uni with the intention of gaining a career in Particle Physics. She was able to go straight into the second year maths units, as her mathematical abilities (and knowledge) demonstrated in the Physics Olympiad were way above the requirements of the course.
The last I heard of her she dropped out of Uni and is in a classical choir where she is making friends. Maybe she found Uni boring, hopefully she will go back as Science needs people of her talent.
At least she is making friends which ultimately is more important than an education.
Regards
Steven
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True, having friends and becoming socially competent is very important, but so is an education. However, the most important thing is that she is enjoying herself, having fun and doing what she wants to do. I know of many people with excellent school results that did no good at uni. Simply because they couldn't handle the pressure, or the responsibility of having to be independent in their studies.