What happened to the smartest kid in your class?

Smartest guy from my high school became an actual rocket scientist.

There were two. They were twins. They’re both geneticists now with PHDs, and they work at the same university.

Died from a brain tumour right after he graduated high school. He was dang smart. Could play the piano upside down too

He went to MIT, works for Apple, and has a very expensive home in California. He also has a wife and 4 kids and seems to be very happy. I remember he was programming games in high school and was valedictorian. A big nerd who became a wealthy big nerd.

He moved to Poland and became a Molecular Biologist.

She worked at John’s Hopkins doing research with Psilocybin

He got sick with a rare stomach disease and isn’t doing too good.

My best friend (at the time; we drifted apart and speak only rarely now). He got a PhD. at Harvard, studied science in Antarctica, and now teaches at an Ivy League university.

He was smart enough to never associate with people from high school, again. He has never attended a reunion and it’s been over 30 yrs.

Superstar pediatric neurosurgeon.

Most confident person I’ve ever met. (Guess you’d have to be, to cut open a little kid’s skull and operate on their brain.)

The smartest one I knew ended up drowning, tragically, right after we graduated. I wish I could have seen him make an impact on the world

The smartest kid in my school was really popular, and was one of my closest friends. But when he graduated he left everyone and everything behind-including his family. He even changed his name.

I found out this little bit of information because a friend went to an academic conference and showed me a group photo and he was in it. I exclaimed, “That’s my friend Pascal!” He kept his first name but his last name was an anagram of his original name.

Guy had 3 scholarship offers, lasted 1 year in uni before jumping off a building. Feel sorry for him and his family.

He’s in jail for murder. Came as a surprise

Dropped out of college to marry and support the much younger woman he got pregnant. Now (30 years later) owns a boardgame store with a large back room for mini painting and games and plays dad to half the neurodivergent kids in town. Still married to the same woman too. It’s not a high flying life but he makes a difference to so many people.

I had such a big crush on her and told her.

We dated, she moved across country to study and is now a Doctor.

So proud of her even though our lives changed paths.

Disappeared into a shadowy government job. poof gone

He is currently an aerospace engineer who played a big role in the engineering of the Canada Arm.

There are two. I remember one of them crying when they got an A- on a test in like 7th grade.

One of them(the one who cried) is an executive in a fortune 500 company. Nothing special but making a lot of money.

The other one is a brain surgeon.

After never having even smoked a cigarette or drank alcohol in high school, straight As all the way through, he got a full ride to a really good university. As a freshman he dropped acid, walked out in front of a car and was killed.