6. (tie) Woodrow Wilson – IQ score: 145.1
Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president (1913–1921), took a winding path to the White House. After dropping out of law school and passing the Georgia bar exam, he briefly ran a law firm but left out of sheer boredom. Wilson eventually returned to academia, earning a degree in political science, which set him on the path to becoming a respected scholar and, later, president.
His journey proves that success doesn’t always follow a straight line. With determination and intellect, even a law school dropout can rise to the highest office in the land. Wilson’s story is a testament to the power of reinvention and the value of pursuing one’s passions.
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