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A couple of points. Firstly, no matter how intelligent you are, it's impossible to get a perfect score on the SAT without a working knowledge of maths. A working knowledge of math requires study, doing assignments, etc.

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Here I disagree, I'm no math savant, but I got a nearly perfect score on the SAT math section. And, I didn't put much effort into math at all. I did do the assignments (often during the class), but studying math was out of the question. If this guy is really that brilliant, just listening to the teacher in class and taking the tests could very well be enough.

I can understand the laziness problem. I graduated magna cum laude from a good college and once went a month without doing a lick of homework. For me, the trick is working hard when it counts. As one other poster said, I can have periods of being one of the hardest workers you know, and then I can sit on my butt for a long time. So, in high school I took tests to get almost half of the credits needed to graduate from college, which allowed me a lot of free time in college. However, I also did internships that required 60-80 hours a week when I needed to.