[gametheoretic]

>If there were truly big stakes attached to that exam then there would be a lot more than 340 people out of 150,000 getting a perfect score.

That, and we're all blissfully unaware of what fraction of that 150k participated in the course, and what fraction merely participated in clicking the confirmation email.

>As a kid, I didn't have that problem.

Word to that. Yours truly, for example, took Multivar and LinAlg at Georgetown while in high school (in summer semester before sr. year - for fun), scored a 35 on the ACT w/o prep, AIME participant, that kind of thing. Later failed out of college. I hope this kid really is a genius because if he's not, well, "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising."

[abrichr]

Failed, or decided to pursue other interests?

[gametheoretic]

Failed. Well, technically I think they let you return if you demonstrate this and that elsewhere, but the university most certainly dismissed me for academic reasons. So, failed.