This. IQ is a cap on your ability, and most schools don't push students anywhere near the cap. Let's say, for example, you take 2 people with, say, 85-90 IQ and put them in two different classes, one class which actually demands stuff of one student and the other is equity-math BS or something. The one from the class that demands stuff is going to be at a much better state at the end of the year than the equity-math guy. True, neither will be going on the calculus but the difference will be quite noticeable.
This. IQ is a cap on your ability, and most schools don't push students anywhere near the cap. Let's say, for example, you take 2 people with, say, 85-90 IQ and put them in two different classes, one class which actually demands stuff of one student and the other is equity-math BS or something. The one from the class that demands stuff is going to be at a much better state at the end of the year than the equity-math guy. True, neither will be going on the calculus but the difference will be quite noticeable.