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Vulcans are obviously smart, but is Spock exceptionally smart as far as Vulcans go?

It seems as though a lot of Vulcans serving on the Enterprise D weren't as intelligent, or as highly ranked, as their Terran counterparts. This makes me wonder about the first officer of the original Enterprise. I know Spock is smart, but would he be considered a genius on Vulcan?
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Vulcans are exceptionally logical, which also makes them very risk-averse. Therefore, they tend to follow "safer" career paths. As a result, few Vulcans rise very high in Starfleet. Spock is more ambitious than most, due to his human heritage.