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In Korea, education for the gifted students in science has been carried out nationwide since the spring of 2002. Twenty five Institutes under University supervision were established since then, and special classes for the gifted students were assembled in several primary and junior high schools under the supervision of Provincial Office of Education. Instead of selecting students by conventional stepwise knowledge-based tests, Korean Government advised to screen students based on their performance in the classroom. Here we present a few guidelines of what to consider for screening the gifted students. In general, gifted students possess several virtues including intelligence, perseverance, originality, creativeness, and imagination. However, to excel in science there are more characteristics desired. Basic knowledge, tenacity to overcome hardship, lifetime interests and passion for science are among them. We will discuss how and why these properties helped the great scientists to succeed in the history through case studies. Some of crucial points are used as items for the checklist tables in judging students for their prospect to be scientists. Finally, we present two tables of checklists as examples which may be helpful in judging students of their scientific potentialities.