D avid is eight years old and has an I.Q. of 145 on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for ChildrenRevised (WISC-R). He is capable of grasping anything of interest to him and has lately been “begging” his parents to get geometry books for him. Just a s David’s parents wonder whether or not he is ready for geometry-or even beginning algebra-the regular classroom teacher may be uncertain of how to design an appropriate mathe-

Issue of the Precollege Newsletter from the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youths at Johns Hopkins University. It discusses girls in gifted programs, the University of Chicago, Rice University, Stanford University, how to pay for college tuition, and other subjects related to college programs for gifted children.