Hi, friend of a friend dropping in to your journal again. If you don't mind, there's some things I've always wanted to ask you about your issues with spelling:

• What do you think is the cause of your problems with spelling?
  
• Why do you think other subjects such as math and physics were/are not as much of a problem?
  
• Suppose the criteria for college entrance were changed to include things like a spelling test. Assuming you still wanted to go to Caltech, study engineering, etc., what would you have done to improve your spelling? Do you think you could have done that without sacrificing anything else that you are good at?
  

FWIW, I have BS and MS degrees, but I never considered myself in the same league as you. No one would ever base any character in a movie like Real Genius on me, for example.