Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by age 13
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/newspub/bjfTyg?id=37167&mode=printCut to the chase: "Overall, the creative potential of these participants was extraordinary. They earned a total of 817 patents and published 93 books. Of the 18 participants who later earned tenure-track positions in math/science fields at top-50 U.S. universities, their average age 13 SAT-M score was 697, and the lowest score among them was 580, a score greater than over 60 percent of all students who take the SAT."
Controversy time.