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Rank: Senior Student
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Serious question. What defines a "smart" person?
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Rank: Student Body Vice-President  Joined: 4/11/2011 Posts: 924
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According to a friend of mine, the amount of potential they were born with, and the development of their brain (mostly from ages 0-2). University of Waterloo: Systems Design Engineering
Class of 2017
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Rank: Frosh  Joined: 2/27/2011 Posts: 12
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To me, there are many ways to be smart. It depends on your capabilities and performance in using a certain group of skills in comparison with the abilities of the peers around you. It's honestly all relative. One person can be "smart" in mathematics, but struggle to be "smart" in terms of practical skills, while another could be "smart" with their words :) UofT Industrial Engineering 1T5
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Rank: Student Body President
Joined: 3/3/2010
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I stongly agree with sevln **Shields**
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University of Toronto: Social Sciences + Vic One (Pearson Stream)
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Rank: Senior Student  Joined: 10/26/2011 Posts: 298
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If you ask my parents, they'll say someone who got those 90s If you ask me, i'll tell you that smart people are those that can successfully provide food on the table and have a roof to cover their head. Simple! Co-op Management
University of Toronto
Class of 2016
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Rank: Frosh
Joined: 2/27/2012
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I would say their ability to understand and cope with the surroundings. And it's also a degree. Not "smart" or "un-smart," but there are degrees of being smart. To fifth graders, I'm generally a genius. To my calculus teacher, I'm the biggest idiot in the world. Compared to Nash and von Neumann my calculus teacher is the biggest idiot in the world.
University of Toronto - Rotman Commerce
McGill University - Desautels Commerce
York University - Schulich School of Business
Ryerson University - Journalism
London School of Economics - Government with Economics
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Rank: Valedictorian
Joined: 4/27/2011
Posts: 539
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For me personally, I would say it's the ability to be open-minded about everything around you, and be generally inquisitive about a lot of things. Also, it's the ability to see things from multiple perspectives while having a reconciliatory (is that a word :S?) explanation for those perspectives. Needless to say, it varies from person to person, and there is a great deal of relativity involved with who's 'smart' from whose perspective.
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Rank: Senior Student
Joined: 1/3/2012
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I would say the definition of a smart person is myself.
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Rank: Senior Student
Joined: 12/26/2012
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Go away Mac's supplementary app! :(
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Rank: Senior Student  Joined: 1/4/2013 Posts: 116
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Everyone is smart in their own way. Being "smart" is also relative.
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Rank: Senior Student
Joined: 2/1/2013
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Bachelors degree Good Job Big House LIFE SUCKS
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Rank: Student Council Joined: 4/18/2011 Posts: 362
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I personally believe a smart person is someone who knows how to be happy and how to live a life joy. Applied to for Fall 2013:McMaster University - Honours Kinesiology [waiting]
University of Waterloo - Honours Kinesiology (Co-op) [Offer of admissions - December 10th][ACCEPTED]Queen's University - Science Kinesiology [rejected] 
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Rank: Senior Student  Joined: 9/2/2012 Posts: 141
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Someone who doesn't let their potential go to waste, who is curious & takes opportunities for the love of knowledge. Bachelor of Health Sciences
Class of 2017
McMaster University
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Rank: Frosh  Joined: 9/22/2012 Posts: 37
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i have a few definitions: first off, my physics teacher said "education is everything u know once all else is forgotten" thats what i think a smart person can be, someone that is able to keep information without memorizing for the tests/quizzes. but there are many more definitions. what i think i would stand by the most with for this definition is the following: a smart person is someone who is able to work what they got with and make something out of it. they are able to move up in any aspect of life because of this if i had a dollar for every time i see someone on this website has 95+...
applied to:
-queens engineering
-waterloo chemical engineering
-u of t engineering science
-mcmaster life science
-western medical science
-waterloo computer science and business double degree
-guelph biomedical engineering
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