IQ test and scores [Archive]

greenmnm

12-30-2007, 02:16 AM

I was surfing the net and ruminating about how incredulously bored I was, when I stumbled onto this dubious IQ test. Turns out I got an IQ of 155 which is considered genius (real self esteem/ego booster *yay*) when I checked the comparable prominent genius IQ chart, The highest score is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at 210 while Einstein is at 161 the lowest one on the chart is George Sand (Aurore Dupin) at 150. *yaBaDaBaDoo* I'm a genius how about you? :p

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ScottH

12-30-2007, 02:40 AM

There are numerous IQ tests on the web; this one doesn't seem very accurate. It says I scored above 160, and I'm just not that smart.

A word of caution: IQ testing can be learned, so if you've taken more than one in any year or so, you're results will probably be above actual.

B0RGS

12-30-2007, 11:13 AM

I too recieved a score above 160. However, I agree with ScottH in that the results may not be accurate for I do not believe I am that smart.

xhaan

12-30-2007, 12:17 PM

Bear Warp

12-30-2007, 12:27 PM

141

The number questions slowed me down, as always.

The online IQ tests may not be accurate, but I think they are pretty consistent. I've taken 4-5 online IQ tests and have always scored within the "gifted" range (135-145).

greenmnm

12-30-2007, 03:24 PM

It might be somewhat accurate, or then again not, on a -real- test from years ago, mine was above 130. On this test it was 128, but I answered a lot of the questions half assed, I also answered them as fast as possible without cheating (i.e. not using scratch paper), so some I guessed because I could care less.

I think this one is more fun:
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I did what you did without cheating and half assed because I blazed through it as fast as I could for a better score =P and I got 120

Found this chart online when I googled in IQ range

Classification IQ Limits Percent Included
Very Superior 128 and over 2.2
Superior 120-127 6.7
Bright Normal 111-119 16.1
Average 91-110 50
Dull Normal 80-90 16.1
Borderline 66-79 6.7
Defective 65 and below 2.2

B0RGS

12-30-2007, 05:41 PM

I think this one is more fun:
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This one seems more accurate as I got a score of 145.

Franastan

12-30-2007, 07:30 PM

I consider IQ tests to be another species of Standard Achievement Tests.

greenmnm

12-30-2007, 07:36 PM

I consider IQ tests to be another species of Standard Achievement Tests.

Yes they are skew in determining anything since they can be manipulated through practice and various strategies. But it was something fun for me to try out because of boredom.

Franastan

12-30-2007, 08:13 PM

Yes they are skew in determining anything since they can be manipulated through practice and various strategies.

Yes, that is why I consider Mensans to be professional test-takers ... the idea amuses me. ;D

But it was something fun for me to try out because of boredom.

I can definitely relate to that, I've taken many myself.

Mechanical Messiah

12-30-2007, 09:09 PM

Franastan

12-31-2007, 04:56 AM

I was given the Stanford-Binet IQ test a couple years ago by one of my wife's fellow grad students, and scored 141. And I was wearing my greasy tractor-mechanic uniform at the time... I got a kick out of it when the grad student noted that I was smarter than him. Heh.

Haha! :popcorn:

Rick

12-31-2007, 06:44 PM

I scored a 160+, but this test is not accurate. Obviously, it hasn't been normed.

Try the Mega Test or the Titan Test if you really think you're that high.

Online IQ tests are notoriously inaccurate. You have a couple of options if you're really interested. Go to a licensed psychologist and pay a few hundred to take a test, or contact Mensa and take their test for $40. Mensa will not give you your IQ, just whether you passed their requirements, which is to score in the top 2% of the population (IQ of 132 or greater).

Rick added to this post, 10 minutes and 28 seconds later...

Here is something I saw some time ago and saved back. I don't remember where I found it, so I can't give credit. Admins: if this type of quote isn't allowed here, feel free to remove it.

This post was from a messageboard where members were discussing that it was stupid to join Mensa or other high IQ societies. This person's response made sense to me. The alienation aspects might ring a bell with INTJ's in general.

__________________________________________________ _____________________

What's wrong with joining Mensa? If they do nothing else they remind those capable of understanding genetic diversity that all men are not created equal when it comes to intelligence.

I didn't take the Mensa test until I was 55, and when I qualified, it put much of my past, including my experiences in school, in context. Suddenly, I realized why I had such difficulty grasping the very average thinking of the vast majority of individuals in the human population.

High-IQ individuals don't fit in. They are so small in number that they are doomed to the status of political minority in a political system where majority rules. They will have many of the most important choices of their lives made by those of much lesser intellect.

If you had a Mensa level IQ, would you want to have a person of average IQ take your IQ test for you? Bad news! Imagine in your world of imaginary ideas what life is like having them make many of the most important choices in life for you.

Average people believe that since so many people agree with them, they are "obviously" right. Just like it's "self-evidently" dumb to join Mensa, I guess.

Here's another real, not imaginary, fact for you to consider: A Mensa level IQ is at least two standard deviations above an average IQ of 100. An average IQ of 100 is two standard deviations above retarded individuals. Mensa members are as far away from the "norm" as the retarded, and sometimes treated with the same contempt as evidenced by your comments and others on this post.

When a Mensa level IQ looks down the IQ bell curve two standard deviations to average, he's seeing the same relative difference that the average person sees when he looks down two standard deviations to the retarded. What high-IQ has in common with "thick" (slow or retarded) is that both are at least two standard deviations from the average of 100. They are both political minorities. But they are at least four standard deviations from each other on the IQ scale.

To the huge mountain of mediocrity in the middle of the bell curve, both the retarded and the genius seem odd or "thick", just because they are both so far away from average.

Antares

12-31-2007, 09:29 PM

Your IQ is 147

I don't think that is accurate. That does make me look pretty smart, doesn't it? But I've taken numerous IQ tests. My lowest was 115 and my highest was 138. I think my IQ score, reasonably, is somewhere between that 0___o. This is way off from my usual results, which is in the high 120's and moderate 130's.

Franastan

01-01-2008, 06:20 PM

What's wrong with joining Mensa? If they do nothing else they remind those capable of understanding genetic diversity that all men are not created equal when it comes to intelligence.
[...]
High-IQ individuals don't fit in. They are so small in number that they are doomed to the status of political minority in a political system where majority rules.
[...]
Average people believe that since so many people agree with them, they are "obviously" right. Just like it's "self-evidently" dumb to join Mensa, I guess.
[...]
To the huge mountain of mediocrity in the middle of the bell curve, both the retarded and the genius seem odd or "thick", just because they are both so far away from average.

I was being extremely general when I said that they seemed like professional test-takers to me. It is definitely not self-evidently dumb to join Mensa, especially when it's viewed as a support group. Decades ago Mensa was probably the only place you could go to for guaranteed intelligent communication, it just seems unnecessary to me these days now that so many like-minded individuals are hooked up to the internet.

BadMojo

01-01-2008, 06:57 PM

I once took a pretty extensive and timed IQ test. I was best in visual mathematics and my IQ was rated at 126.

On Free-IQTest.net I scored 145 and I was even really really tired. So I don't think 20 questions is pretty accurate. :)

Antares

01-01-2008, 09:25 PM

I did the IQtest.com test. I scored 133. Much better :D The other one gave me false hope just then.

yam

01-01-2008, 10:45 PM

I only got 131 and I was best in visual mathematics (my languages ability isn't good enough, especially for the proverbs stuff. I can accept that, considering that English is my second language...)

Antares

01-01-2008, 11:49 PM

English is my... Third language, if Cantonese is a language. I think that reading Shakespeare will improve your awareness to proverbs etc. He likes metaphors, that man.

Paul V

01-02-2008, 10:28 AM

I am apalled that Marylin Vos Savant was not in that scale. She's the human being with the highest IQ on the planet.

Santana28

01-02-2008, 11:25 AM

i was tested during school and according to my mother (who didnt tell me until years later) that i scored a 167. apparently, the school district wanted me to skip a few grades and start attending gifted classes... my parents would have NO part in that, and insisted i stay in regular public school for fear of harming my (non-existent) social status. My parents declined to even mention any of this to me at the time... and i would have JUMPED at the chance to get out of school all the faster.. i was so incredibly pissed when she told me this years after the fact.

on all of the online tests i score in the high 140's or high 150's.

but then again... my husband has had 3 standardized IQ tests and scored in the 140-150 range each time officially... and i can personally attest that he is NOT as intelligent as those tests say he is... i kick his butt on many, many things. lots of people can out-think him. the difference? i am a purely logical thinker left to my own devices and who didnt particularly value school at the time. he was born and bred from parents who insisted he was a "genius" and pushed him through every advanced course and standardized test they could get him into, and then into a psychology career he didnt even want. he was on the national honor society, and i couldn't even make attendance ;) haha. and he still thinks he's smarter than i am believe it or not.

Franastan

01-02-2008, 11:28 AM

Did anyone pay for the free profile? And if so, was it worth it?

Rick

01-02-2008, 02:27 PM

I was being extremely general when I said that they seemed like professional test-takers to me. It is definitely not self-evidently dumb to join Mensa, especially when it's viewed as a support group. Decades ago Mensa was probably the only place you could go to for guaranteed intelligent communication, it just seems unnecessary to me these days now that so many like-minded individuals are hooked up to the internet.

Hi, Franastan,

Most of that post was from a quote I'd saved back some time ago. I didn't write the original quote - it just struck a chord with me at the time I read it, so I saved it into a Word file. None of it was directed at you or anyone else here.

Seems I've spent a goodly part of my life trying to figure myself out. How much of success in life (and interacting with others) is due to personality traits, IQ, and your belief system? Part of that is what led me here. I've been a little slower to investigate IQ related information, mainly because I do not consider myself very intelligent. Last year, though, I had to take an EQ assessment at work, and I outscored everyone in analytical ability and problem solving ability. This is in a company heavy with engineers and technical people. This led me to begin investigating IQ. As a side note, I read somewhere that people who are more than 2 standard deviations away from each other in IQ almost can't communicate. Don't know if it's true. I'm still pondering on it. Also, do intelligent people tend to be INTJ's, or do INTJ's tend to be intelligent people? I think there is a relationship in there somewhere.

Funny you should mention Mensa as a support group. That's exactly the way I see them, coupled with the social and networking opportunities. I have no social skills at all with most people (INTJ?). I work with a lot of extremely intelligent people but do not think it wise to socialize with people with whom you work. I see Mensa as sort of an alternative.

INTJoe

01-03-2008, 08:53 AM

This test is bogus as hell. lol.

I "got" 157. That is absurd. My actual IQ is much closer to 130-135.

I mean come on...PEACH is to HCAEP as.... give me a break.

ENLGAND rearranged is the name of a.....lol.

Doppelbock

01-03-2008, 09:08 AM

I got a 150 (with a couple of work-related interruptions). I've scored as high as 180 on online IQ tests. I don't put too much faith in them. I know from my GRE scores that my IQ is at least 149 (there are statistically proven correlations between GRE and IQ but only up to 149, above which there is not enough resolution left in the GRE to say anything more).

INTJoe

01-03-2008, 09:33 AM

I am apalled that Marylin Vos Savant was not in that scale. She's the human being with the highest IQ on the planet.

Even she (listed at I believe 228) said that scores above 165 or so are almost indeterminable because there are so few people up at that level with which to compare. But yeah, she should be on the list at least.

Santana28

01-03-2008, 10:03 AM

Even she (listed at I believe 228) said that scores above 165 or so are almost indeterminable because there are so few people up at that level with which to compare. But yeah, she should be on the list at least.

i wonder if my test was accurate then ;)

i know i'm not THAT intelligent. i'm logical to a fault, my abstract reasoning is way up there, and i have a gift for short-term memorization, but truth be told... it really doesn't mean squat in the real world if you can't apply it. and for as many things as i do well, i could name 10 that i do horribly. thats just the INTJ in me i suppose. i think there's probably something to the multiple intelligence theories going around though...

xhaan

01-03-2008, 06:28 PM

I have doubts about IQ tests in general... but I put no stock whatsoever in online IQ tests. Every time the subject comes up, regardless of the forum, the average IQ that people post will be in the neighborhood of 140- and that's just ridiculous.... unless of course online forums are inhabited (on average) by the 99.9th percentile of the population (actual percentile for an IQ of 140 may vary slightly... I'm too lazy to look it up).

That said, I usually score in the neighborhood of 130 on online tests. I was given the Stanford-Binet IQ test a couple years ago by one of my wife's fellow grad students, and scored 141. And I was wearing my greasy tractor-mechanic uniform at the time... I got a kick out of it when the grad student noted that I was smarter than him. Heh.

I -think- this may correlate more to the fact that many people who would score low, simply won't take the test. Then there may be a high percentile of the remaining people that did take the test, who either are not honest about the result, did it wrong/differently, or just simply aren't posting their score because they aren't proud of it, and the average of scores -seen- happens to come out to 140-ish.

Not that I put stock in online tests, just thinking of possible explanations.

Capt57

01-12-2008, 06:58 AM

Whenever somebody gives an IQ or SAT score I am very skeptical. Same thing when people tell you how much money they make or how big that fish was. After all, extraordinary results require extraordinary proof. I've scored between 131 and 141 on several different IQ tests depending on what they stress. I'm very good at analogies and patterns. The lower number is probably more accurate. I feel like I learn and do things very slowly. I was often the last person to hand in a test. Checking and rechecking or just obsessing over one problem.

thod

01-12-2008, 07:18 AM

karen

01-13-2008, 05:33 PM

I scored over 160 as well..

I know that I'm not that smart. IQ tests are designed for one specific type of person and some people just happen to be of that type. I am a firm believer in multiple intelligences. Just because a person works hard to aqcuire knowledge, and expand their vocabulary, it doesn't make them a genius. A genius is a cut above; something rare.

Provoker

01-14-2008, 12:04 AM

As corporations increasingly flood the internet with IQ tests, the value of IQ is less significant. In a post-materialist society, wherein people are trying to conceptualize and build their notion of 'self', a gigantic market has opened up for vainglorious savants who will pay money for a business to tell them they are intelligent. As for the tests that are free, they are inflated as well.

A more valid measurement of IQ is the test that is administered in elementary school. A score of 130 or higher is necessary for gaining acceptance into a gifted program (at least in Ontario).

Capt57

01-14-2008, 07:03 AM

In a post-materialist society, wherein people are trying to conceptualize and build their notion of 'self', a gigantic market has opened up for vainglorious savants who will pay money for a business to tell them they are intelligent.

Can you expand on this idea? Curious.

jdc127

01-14-2008, 11:03 AM

@Thod,

It could also be the hen because it only has two legs. :)

I think that is what many folks would think of first considering the popularity of other questions concerning counting legs and fingers and such.

ScottH

01-14-2008, 12:18 PM

For example which is the odd man out

1) cat 2) hen 3) cow 4) sheep 5) pig

a) Cat is the only non-farmed animal
b) Cat is the only one with a long tail
c) Cat is the only nocturnal animal
d) Cat is the only carnivore
e) Hen is the only 2-legged animal
f) Hen is the only feathered animal
g) Hen is the only winged animal
h) Hen is the only animal without a mouth
i) Cow is the largest
j) Cow has the largest alphabetical spread within its letters
k) Sheep has five letters
l) Sheep has two vowels, three constinants
m) Sheep is the only animal wanted for its hair (wool)
n) Sheep is the quietest animal
o) pig is, well, a pig. LOL
p) Cat is the only name that can be rearranged to form another word (act)

I vote for (e), hen has only 2 legs. Of course one could go on forever on distinctions, but the most obvious is probably the most correct answer.

Santana28

01-16-2008, 02:49 PM

a) Cat is the only non-farmed animal
b) Cat is the only one with a long tail
c) Cat is the only nocturnal animal
d) Cat is the only carnivore
e) Hen is the only 2-legged animal
f) Hen is the only feathered animal
g) Hen is the only winged animal
h) Hen is the only animal without a mouth
i) Cow is the largest
j) Cow has the largest alphabetical spread within its letters
k) Sheep has five letters
l) Sheep has two vowels, three constinants
m) Sheep is the only animal wanted for its hair (wool)
n) Sheep is the quietest animal
o) pig is, well, a pig. LOL
p) Cat is the only name that can be rearranged to form another word (act)

I vote for (e), hen has only 2 legs. Of course one could go on forever on distinctions, but the most obvious is probably the most correct answer.

cats are omnivorous, are they not?

the most obvious answer to me is that a hen has wings, while the others do not.

Lucid

01-16-2008, 05:08 PM

a) Cat is the only non-farmed animal
b) Cat is the only one with a long tail
c) Cat is the only nocturnal animal
d) Cat is the only carnivore
e) Hen is the only 2-legged animal
f) Hen is the only feathered animal
g) Hen is the only winged animal
h) Hen is the only animal without a mouth
i) Cow is the largest
j) Cow has the largest alphabetical spread within its letters
k) Sheep has five letters
l) Sheep has two vowels, three constinants
m) Sheep is the only animal wanted for its hair (wool)
n) Sheep is the quietest animal
o) pig is, well, a pig. LOL
p) Cat is the only name that can be rearranged to form another word (act)

I vote for (e), hen has only 2 legs. Of course one could go on forever on distinctions, but the most obvious is probably the most correct answer.

I would say cat because it's the only one that isn't raised for food in western society.

yondyr

01-16-2008, 11:36 PM

erm, pig bristle brushes, cows flicks flies with a tail about 3x a cats, pigs need their wings to fly, I'll decibel the oinks and baaa's next week.

dandylion

01-18-2008, 01:30 PM

Wow. At the free-IQ test site, I scored 136, and on the iqtest.com site, I scored 99. Hahahaha.

fripping

01-18-2008, 04:01 PM

Ace1337

01-24-2008, 08:06 AM

the most obvious answer to me would be 1) cat
because all the other animals are domestic animals which people use, for food, skin, eggs...

btw This test is really easy, I got 140, I've done some tests online and they were from 120 to 130(130 was in my native language)
In my opinion, even if it is possible to measure intelligence, it is completely useless. I know a friend who scored 142 and he is an idiot, I've had more knowledge at 10 than he has now
bragging with IQ test results is really idiotic

Caramel

01-24-2008, 10:20 AM

That animal question is indeed redicilous. I would go with hen, cause it is the only animal that doesn't have four legs (seems like the first thing a Sensor would notice, and thus probably the right answer, since tests are usually made for S types).

Cats are carnivore, they do 'eat' grass but that is only to throw it up later to get rid of hairs.

ginandsour

01-27-2008, 02:16 AM

Bah, 122. However, I consistently test as INTJ on the MBTI tests.

MixISTJandINTJ

01-31-2008, 01:39 AM

Mine is pretty good somewhere between 120-150 i forgot but it doesn't matter to me

lancelot

02-05-2008, 11:39 PM

In my opinion, high IQ people don't fit in very well, they are caught up with ideas, abstractions and theories not with the here and now. A characteristic of an intj is to not live in the present. Unfortunately for us we live in the world of ideas and possibilities.

I experience a dervation of reality, I have been this way my whole life.

Provoker

02-06-2008, 01:30 AM

I got 155. The test most likely produces inflated results, but I'll take it.

Lout

02-06-2008, 01:46 AM

I don't have much faith in the results of online IQ tests. I've taken several and scored between 135-150 in most. This particular test ranks me as a 140 but in the test posted by xhaan, I received a 145.

Perhaps I should get around to giving a proper test someday.

Paragon

02-06-2008, 02:31 PM

I took an iq test, but I did not take it to compare the result with random people's score-number on the internett.
I will demonstrate this, by not brag about a number.

Santana28

02-06-2008, 04:56 PM

I took an iq test, but I did not take it to compare the result with random people's score-number on the internett.
I will demonstrate this, by not brag about a number.

i dont see how merely answering a question is "bragging?"

moreso, i feel that publicly stating "i'm too good to answer such a question" is more along the lines of a brag than otherwise.

Paragon

02-07-2008, 03:47 PM

It is not that hard to just say that your iq is much higher than it really is. This could easily be done by me too. I'm just saying that I think the whole idea behind this thread is stupid.

Antares

02-08-2008, 12:55 AM

It is not that hard to just say that your iq is much higher than it really is. This could easily be done by me too. I'm just saying that I think the whole idea behind this thread is stupid.

Right. Just because someone posted a high score, it means that they really scored a 90 and was insecure about it? Don't the rest of us have integrity too? They could easily not post at all, you know. I'm not afraid to admit my weaknesses. I would post my score truthfully just as readily if I got a 75 or 180.

Paragon

02-08-2008, 05:07 AM

If it is that important for you to share I.Q. Test scores with each other, I will of couse not stand in your way. But I have said what I wanted to say, and I dont want to sit here day after day to explayn my meanings to people that only can see things from theyr own option.

gillyweet

02-08-2008, 06:33 PM

well, my iq according to most online tests and a mensa test i took eons ago is 145. which i trust to be quite accurate. i refused to join mensa though. has an anal S$60 per year membership fee just to meet up with other mensa members and talk about how brilliant you are. don't think people are that smart if they don't realise that mensa is a money eating organisation, or realise it and still join.

yondyr

02-08-2008, 07:05 PM

Haven't been tested, left school at 15, my guess around 140, though give or take some points for practicing or new to it... specially as it's timed.

Mr Galt

02-08-2008, 07:34 PM

148. I thought that was high until I read this thread...

ssfanatic

02-08-2008, 07:36 PM

148. I thought that was high until I read this thread...
Ha ha, it is high. THis forum just attracts many mind mongers ;)
You cant compare with us, we are the minority after all.

Mr Galt

02-08-2008, 07:38 PM

You can see it from that perspective, but if I compared it with the "average" then I would be including that guy at McDonald's who can't find the Big Mac picture on the register. Needless to say, the person who administered the test was thoroughly excited while giving me the results. I have never been so irritated by good news.

AliciaS2R

02-08-2008, 07:45 PM

Your IQ is 152

I do not believe the test to be accurate, because I usually score 130-135. It sure is an ego boost though... ha

ssfanatic

02-08-2008, 07:47 PM

Your IQ is 152

I do not believe the test to be accurate, because I usually score 130-135. It sure is an ego boost though... ha
Really...sooo, where did you take this quiz? :)

AliciaS2R

02-08-2008, 07:50 PM

Really...sooo, where did you take this quiz? :)

Which one? The 152 came from the link in the first post. The 130-135 came from the Mensa test and several others found on the internet. :)
Why are you asking?

Santana28

02-08-2008, 07:51 PM

lets put it this way... my husband (a psychology major) was tested numerous times and came up with an average of 154. i kick his ass.

BUT... i think the scores for both of us are inflated. he, because he had spent years striving to be the "genius" and practicing acing such tests, and i because i have an especially sharp logic and above average abstract reasoning skills. i KNOW he's not that intelligent, and i know that i'm not that well-rounded. if it means anything... i'd probably guess he's in the 120s to 130s and i'm in the 140s to 150s. but thats just my rough estimation. i don't put much stock in these scores, but i find comparisons interesting.

ssfanatic

02-08-2008, 08:03 PM

No, i, just kidding. I know my IQ from a test i took in school a couple of years ago. I never even realized there was a link in the front of the thread. I was messing around.

I just took the one at the beggining and i got a 142, so that tells you that its pretty damn close. I got a 139 with a test from my school (Iowa Testing)

E148

02-23-2008, 12:12 PM

I took the Mensa Test a few years ago and scored 134, enough to get in.

Online tests range from 160+ to 135.

I think the best online test I took also a few years was the American Mirror of the European IQ Test.

This is a test about recognizing patterns both visual and mathematical. It does not have a thing to do with vocabulary, therefore not culture biased. I scored a 148 on it.

Avenger

02-24-2008, 09:58 AM

I have made three different internet tests and they showed 118, 120 and 121 respectively.
So I'll say that I have 120, just to make things easy.

thaddeus6th

02-24-2008, 10:19 AM

The problem with IQ tests is that they're artifically altered continuously so that they stick to a normal curve. As a population becomes thicker, an IQ score of 100 (average) becomes less intelligent, and as a population becomes smarter a 100 score becomes more intelligent.

Well, the terms 'intelligent' and 'smarter/thicker' are not entirely accurate anyway.

A few years ago I did quite a few online IQ tests and found the results to be pretty divergent. I did a MENSA test a while back and got 154 (I was irritated at the time, it's 1 point below being in the top 1%:p).

JusVisiting

02-24-2008, 11:05 AM

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I like this test although I'm told it gets boring. So prepare to concentrate even toward the end. It is culturally fair as it doesn't have any of the normal vocabulary questions. Just look at the pictures and figure out the pattern. :)

Publius

02-25-2008, 06:15 PM

amXDuser

02-26-2008, 08:35 AM

ah ,so much for IQ test.
the amount of questions asked in the "Free-IQTest.net" is quite insignificant.
got a 130 on the scale.

Antares

02-29-2008, 05:33 AM

Scored a 186. Feels good to have that as ammo, but no one will believe you.

Of course, no one in history comes close to W.J. Sidis, whose IQ was estimated at 300. Even the friendliest estimations of Goethe or Newton don't come close.

I looked Sidis up. That man is... just amazing. Eight languages at the age of eight? He reached my goal years before me! At fifteen, I currently know four languages fluently and self-studying a fifth, and he's just... ERGH *bangs head against wall*

narutofanninja

02-29-2008, 03:16 PM

I received a 136. Is it based on time? Because I took my sweet time doing it lol.

vkut79

03-07-2008, 06:07 PM

This is interesting:

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Rick

03-07-2008, 06:26 PM

Antares,

Knowing languages does not equal logical comprehension, although the comprehension is also a measure of ability. Food for thought.

esialb

03-07-2008, 06:49 PM

I scored 156 on the first IQ test. While I don't think online IQ tests in general are very good, it is pretty close to the score I got in third grade, 157. I don't know how my IQ has varied since then, though. From what I gather, it changes over time.

I suspect that it inflates scores somewhat. It is in the interest of such sites to please their users; nobody is going to be susceptible to online advertising who just got told their IQ was 100 or lower.

Oh well. It was at least an interesting test, if incredibly easy.

vkut79

03-07-2008, 06:59 PM

Yeah, the first test is bogus.

Reading about W.J. Sidis's life made me think that an extreme level of genius is more of a curse than a blessing. Makes me wonder if there is an IQ level beyond which you're actually worse off.

Sod

03-21-2008, 07:22 PM

I'm getting anywhere between 122 and 140 on these online tests. There are a bucketload of distracting noises around, so I can't be certain which ones I was concentrating properly during. I get the feeling that To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. gives significantly inflated results. I scored lowest on To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , which had no verbal component, only patterns. In any case, they don't seem very trustworthy, but I'm guessing my score on a more reliable test will be near 125. (Do I really want to find out though?)

Sesquipedalian

03-21-2008, 09:55 PM

I will reiterate that online tests are absolute garbage. Some are inflated to make you buy their package. Others cap off too low. Almost all are inaccurate, poorly-written, and cannot properly simulate things for which an officially administered test would account.

Furthermore, there is no honorable reason to publicly compare IQ scores...

Sod

03-21-2008, 11:25 PM

Furthermore, there is no honorable reason to publicly compare IQ scores...

Is that so? Unless people are under some sort of delusion about their significance (i.e. think that because an online test tells you you're the next Einstein, you think you are), it's a bit of harmless fun. I'd prefer to assume that most people treat it that way, rather than brand them as dishonourable.

Paragon

03-21-2008, 11:34 PM

Try this: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

It is a accurate, high range IQ test.

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Or accurate but no fee, To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I'm tired of seeing the same shitty tests all the time on the net.
And even more tired of people who compare their IQs in different SDs.

Franastan

03-22-2008, 02:21 PM

@Paragon

wooo, the test at that last link you sent was very challenging!

SmileyMan

03-22-2008, 03:45 PM

Paragon: That last test was very hard. I scored 0, even though I've scored relatively high on IQ tests.

zhandao

03-22-2008, 06:39 PM

Or accurate but no fee, To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I'm tired of seeing the same shitty tests all the time on the net.
And even more tired of people who compare their IQs in different SDs.Got a 2 on that one. I didn't think it was that challenging, except for three questions that I couldn't get at all. But I didn't get anywhere near 10 so my thinking was obviously wrong. :p

Paragon

03-23-2008, 02:19 PM

I think you have to answer correct on 1/3 of the test to get a score above 0.
Yes, it is relatively hard. It is its meaning to be accurate at high ranges. Have someone tried some of Etienne's other tests? he have a supervised one to, I think.

Antares

03-24-2008, 03:13 AM

What does 0 mean? I don't get the age thing; I'm 15, is that supposed to make a difference?

Antares,

Knowing languages does not equal logical comprehension, although the comprehension is also a measure of ability. Food for thought.

I didn't say it equals logical comprehension; I'm just put out that he outdid me by so much.

Paragon

03-25-2008, 12:51 AM

What does 0 mean? I don't get the age thing; I'm 15, is that supposed to make a difference?

0 means that you score is somwhere under the top 2% of population. But the minimum age for test taking is 16 years. So your score is inaccurate.

henfant

04-01-2008, 02:48 PM

See, I don't know what IQ really means. I took the Mensa supervised test last month and got a 142 and no matter how many dubious online tests I take it always comes up between 136 and 148.

There must be something out there, I guess, Mensa no Mensa, online, off-line, it only makes me think why I have got 2 BS, 1 Postgraduate course and professionally I am an underachiever. Actually, I keep 2 low-skilled jobs (late shift admin job and retail stock guy on Saturdays) so that I can pay the bills, avoid mass commuting and dedicate no-man's time to think, wonder and do random research. Still, I am planning to retire at the age of 40 (7 years to go).

Finding out I was an INTJ really made everything click together. Mensa? Dunno if I will sign up, but I can count with my left hand the number of people I've ever felt comfortable talking to. Sad enough, I started to realise about my 'singularity' too late in life when I already moved abroad, and only discovered my INTJ uncle (massive IQ and thirst for knowledge) 18 months before he died of a stroke.
We didn't know each other that well, but a day doesn't go by that I don't think of him and how much I could have enjoyed talking nonsense and challenging each other.

That's who I look for in Mensa. That's who I look for in this forum. Feel up a gap, or sense of some kind.

alien383

04-03-2008, 05:53 AM

TheLastMohican

04-03-2008, 07:42 AM

Emotional Intelligence, if anything is what really ordinates someone to success. Then again, it obviously comes down to the individuals' personal initiatives.

IQ doesn't lead to a successful, prosperous life in society (to which we all know is run by morons). It's been proven actually. I recall some time ago wacthing a documentary where some of the wealthiest people where tested in such a way (IQ) - they all scored low.

Yeah, IQ only gets you so far. That's my primary point here

If you are really judging intelligence by the level of wealth or success, then beauty = intelligence. Hollywood is very wealthy, but has a low average IQ.

I'm not disagreeing with you; I'm just pointing this out to those who think that whatever defines success is the best indicator of intelligence.

alien383

04-03-2008, 08:52 AM

Actually I was more drawing a difference between the two. It's not that I think Wealth = Intelligence- it's that there's a common miss belief that IQ is an important part to attaining success (in societies outlook). This was really all I was trying to outline - I totally accept your point of view though.

I suppose moreover, I was just trying to stipulate that there's additional factors which make a person successful. Obviously, everyone defines success in their own judment. However, I have noted over the years that people have a tendencey to endorse IQ as the most important attribute. Evidently, in life there are "multiple" intelligences.

Santana28

04-03-2008, 10:12 AM

well, it only took me about an hour but i still managed to get a 1 anyways :)

i know there were 2 or 3 which i could have figured out if i wanted to spend all day on them....

i liked this one! there were actually some challenging parts! haha

Santana28 added to this post, 1 minutes and 35 seconds later...

Actually I was more drawing a difference between the two. It's not that I think Wealth = Intelligence- it's that there's a common miss belief that IQ is an important part to attaining success (in societies outlook). This was really all I was trying to outline - I totally accept your point of view though.

i'm about to be homeless (again), i make $10 an hour, and i have a high school education ;) IQ doesn't mean jack in a society that doesn't value intelligence!

thod

04-03-2008, 10:37 AM

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4, it was real tough had to guess a couple on intuition. They start easy and get harder as you go down. I need a rest now, it blew my brain out that bad.

TheLastMohican

04-03-2008, 10:39 AM

4

Nice!

vkut79

04-03-2008, 11:08 AM

That test is intense!

TheLastMohican

04-03-2008, 03:09 PM

That test is intense!

I know! I finished a couple of pages, but I had to stop and I haven't gotten back to it yet. I will, though.

schwartzie

04-03-2008, 03:57 PM

Most people join Mensa to find others who, basically, get their jokes. Intelligence is hard-wired; it's a physiological thing with behavioral consequences. It is nice to meet and hang with people like you. If your I (in INTJ) is strong, you'll have to push yourself to experiment with the different SIGs (special interest groups) because you may not like your first try. And you may not find gobs of people warmly welcoming you because they, like you, are not highly skilled warm welcoming types. Plan to give yourself permission to try at least a half-dozen events or activities before letting it go. My guess is that you'll find a match with some group of people. Even in my smallish metro, we have maybe 20 SIGS doing stuff monthly, one social event that's wide open and unstructured, and a newbie dinner run by someone who actually *is* warm and inviting. I'd urge people to give it a try. There are indeed lots of NTs (they have their own SIG), and a high percentage of Is in Mensa.
Having said that, tho, there's enormous diversity in Mensa. Intelligence operates on a group of people in a way that can be visualized by the shape made when a four year old draws a sun--with long rays beaming out from the central yellow bit. Imagine that lower IQ people are located closer to the center of drawing--they are close together/similar to one another. The higher a person's IQ, the further toward the tip of a ray they are. Interestingly, the tip of any one ray may be farther from the next ray than from the sun's center. So too with bright people. They can really individuate. A smart person I know says that the defining aspect of intelligence is not some generalized brightness, but rather asynchronous development--the over-the-top competence in fairly limited fields of thought or activity, and average or even below-norm competence in other areas of human endeavor. A musical genius and a rocket scientist may each be incredibly intelligent, but may not have a lot in common, personality-wise.

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And a caution about most so-called IQ tests--they aren't actually designed to give accurate results beyond about 135. There are only one or two that give accurate results over that range.

thod

04-03-2008, 04:14 PM

I never joined Mensa since I had visions of a room of people with nothing in common stating IQ scores to each other. Self congratulatory pricks each trying to prove he is smarter than the next guy. Endless boring diatribes and lectures on esoteric subjects simply because that was considered an intellectual topic rather than an interesting one. In the same way, there are no tall mens clubs, but if they were I would expect the conversation to be about basketball. What else have tall men in common other than being better built for basketball. I want to meet smart people, but being smart is not enough to make them a friend. I would expect to like no higher percentage than in the general populace. Unlike say a chess club, where everyone is there because they are interested in chess. It justs seems kind of elitist to me.

schwartzie

04-03-2008, 04:28 PM

Yeah, doesn't sound like much fun. Thankfully, your gruesome vision hasn't been my experience. It feels more like a wonderful relief valve--a place to not be constantly pretending to be someone you aren't, just to fit in.

OneBadMother

04-03-2008, 08:58 PM

According to the terrible spam-test, I scored 148. However, the test wasn't timed and much too short, so I can't put much stock in it.

True Rune

04-07-2008, 05:45 PM

121, but not in the test in the OP. We can't all be geniuses I guess. :/

Noehelia

04-08-2008, 01:11 AM

Oh, I am so happy, I scored 8 on the cnfse test in 2,5 hours. Very nice and challenging. Now I wonder what I did wrong, I thought I had everything figured out. But generally on IQ tests I score between 130-140.

Scantilyclad

04-08-2008, 01:44 AM

Mine was 132.
:thumbsup:

EsoteriEccentri

04-08-2008, 02:44 AM

I've only taken one IQ test... ever.
I took it a while ago, and I can't be bothered to take one again >< I don't really understand the point of IQ tests.
My test result from To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. is 146.

schwartzie

04-08-2008, 05:31 PM

< I don't really understand the point of IQ tests.

One benefit of IQ tests is that they give you hard data to use as a sword. High IQ is physiological condition. For individuals with high raw IQ, life gets hard and crazy when you are crushed into the "average" box. I knew a girl who tested out in the upper 180s at age 8. She's now 14 and 6 months or so from finishing her undergrad degree, and is a wicked cool person. Without the tool of the test, her mom would have had much less confidence that the choice she made to let her girl fly was the right one. 99 percent of education "experts" wrongly believe that one size fits all, and the best thing to do is to smash bright kids into an egg carton of age-group peers.

thod

04-08-2008, 05:59 PM

You are so fortunate to know her. On a 15 SD scale (e.g. Wechsler) she is 1 in 671,455,130 and 16 SD (e.g. Stanford-Binet) scale she is 1 in 75,011,253.

Its not every day you get to meet the smartest person in the whole of North America.

Lets get real, even with a lowly 150 you are 1 in 2000, that makes you not just the smartest person in your year at high school, but the smartest in the whole school.

schwartzie

04-08-2008, 06:54 PM

Those stats seem on the high side. She was tested on the SB-LM, which is pretty accurate for higher scoring white/mainstream kids.

DrEast

04-08-2008, 08:29 PM

142, but I messed up one question because of the poor formatting on the computer screen. And the test probably wasn't that good, either.

True Rune

04-08-2008, 11:30 PM

Either I haven't reached my full intellectual potential or I'm the dumbest man on this forum.. -_-; My score is so low. "Lowly 150", 120 must be retard. XD

Noehelia

04-09-2008, 12:43 AM

Either I haven't reached my full intellectual potential or I'm the dumbest man on this forum.. -_-; My score is so low. "Lowly 150", 120 must be retard. XD

In which test are you referring? You can not compare any "iq test" with one another if you do not know if they measure the same thing, they have the same scale, etc.
Let's say I picked up some questions that I thought they were "intelligent", put them together in one form, assign whatever score I wanted for each one and publish my so called "test" on the internet with the label "IQ test". Would you compare it with an official standardized test which has been tested for years on a large sample of the population?

Antares

04-09-2008, 02:54 AM

I took the CFNSE again, this time actually thinking about it (I took about 40 minutes this time, half the time the other time). I got 1 this time. I suppose, when I reach 16, would my IQ be higher? Why 16?

zhandao

04-09-2008, 11:20 AM

Oh, I am so happy, I scored 8 on the cnfse test in 2,5 hours. Very nice and challenging.I'm surprised so little attention is paid to the F that totally owned all the Ts. :thumbsup:

ssrprotege

04-18-2008, 10:26 PM

134 for me. Not high enough as an INTJ?

MCR

04-19-2008, 04:52 PM

175 for me on that first test that was linked to.

I have taken lots of these before...most recent ones have been online, but in the past I have taken some of the more "formal" strictly timed tests (Wechsler, Stanford-Binet and one other less popular one which I don't remember the name of) I have almost always scored the same - between 165-170. The same thing happens to me on the online ones...I usually score slightly higher - between 170-178 but never higher than that. The ones I have seen online are mostly not timed tests though, so I think that jump is directly attributed to not having the pressure of the clock ticking.

As an aside, I had this same situation when I took the SATs. Most everyone I knew who took it got pretty different scores each time. I took it 4 times (twice in 11th grade and twice in 12th) and I received the same identical score twice; the other two were within a 10 point range lower or higher of the score I got the first time. Because I got such a high score the first time, I had pretty high expectations that my next couple would be a lot higher than that since I knew what to expect, but the number of times I took it really didn't make a difference. I know that they have changed the format and even the scoring on the SAT now, but back when I took it (1989-1990ish), I was told that everyone had the same basic test but it was numbered differently to discourage cheating. I tried to remember if I had seen some of the questions before when I took it the times following the first but they always seemed completely different to me.

Even with all of that though...I honestly just don't think I'm that smart. I think maybe I am just a really good guesser. :)

azelismia

04-19-2008, 07:40 PM

I've taken a number of them with a low of 134 and a high of 153. usually it's about 145-148
I've taken about 14 of them.

However, I don't think iq tests are a very useful tool. Intelligence isn't fully defined so how can they test it? What are they really testing? Your test taking abilities. There is a natural or creative aspect that is left out imho. You can train to take these tests and score well, if that's the case then it isn't really testing your native intellect imho.

1. intellect needs to be universally defined
2. a test needs to be created that tests to that definition and is done in such a format that absolutely everyone is on the same playing field.
Using things like math in these tests assumes a certain level of education. Education does not equal intelligence.

ssrprotege

04-19-2008, 07:57 PM

schwartzie

04-20-2008, 01:36 AM

175 for me on that first test that was linked to.

but in the past I have taken some of the more "formal" strictly timed tests (Wechsler, Stanford-Binet and one other less popular one which I don't remember the name of) I have almost always scored the same - between 165-170.
Even with all of that though...I honestly just don't think I'm that smart. I think maybe I am just a really good guesser. :)

The Stanford Binet LM and Stanford Binet 5 are accurate to 225. So, chances are that you're good.
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or see, To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Davidson Instit. click resources and testing links.
Even if you took just the Weschler and Stanford Binet 4, guessing wouldn't get you to 170. Plus, it's clear from your posts that you love playing with language. You were so lucky to get to college.
Incidentally, IQ is on the X chromosome, so a smart boy had to have gotten his Y from dad and the X from mom...

MCR

04-20-2008, 04:07 AM

The Stanford Binet LM and Stanford Binet 5 are accurate to 225. So, chances are that you're good.
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. has a nice history and comparison of tests.
or see, To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Davidson Instit. click resources and testing links.
Even if you took just the Weschler and Stanford Binet 4, guessing wouldn't get you to 170. Plus, it's clear from your posts that you love playing with language. You were so lucky to get to college.
Incidentally, IQ is on the X chromosome, so a smart boy had to have gotten his Y from dad and the X from mom...

Thanks for the links. This is information I hadn't seen before.

I actually not sure which version of the Stanford-Binet I took. I took it in 1985, when I was in the sixth grade. I was a candidate for skipping a grade and there were a battery of tests required to do so at my school. At first it was something that my parents were comfortable with consenting to; but after the first couple of tests and other outside factors telling them it was a bad idea, they decided they didn't want to allow it. I really would have been fine with either option so I didn't try too hard to convince them. In retrospect, I'm somewhat glad that they didn't.

The Weschler I took as an adult...part of a requirement for a job. That was in the late 90s.

The chromosome and intelligence topic is one that is fascinating to me. (I am female by the way) I became really interested in it because I had a very close friend who came from a very intelligent family - both her parents are very smart and my friend (female) is also. Her younger brother, however, is about as smart as a box of nails. I always need to know the "why" in any situation so it led me to do a research on it. Complex topic but really key I think to understanding how your choice of mate can is going to affect whether or not your child makes the honor roll at school. :)

schwartzie

04-20-2008, 10:05 AM

Thanks for the links.... I actually not sure which version of the Stanford-Binet I took. I took it in 1985, when I was in the sixth grade. I was a candidate for skipping a grade and there were a battery of tests required to do so at my school. At first it was something that my parents were comfortable with consenting to; but after the first couple of tests and other outside factors telling them it was a bad idea, they decided they didn't want to allow it.
The Weschler I took as an adult.... That was in the late 90s.

I think I recall from an earlier post that you run a graphics design business. Are you personally an artist, or do you administer the business? It would be interesting if you did design--because of the implication that you have such strong competencies not only in the areas tested by an IQ test (analytic reasoning, language, memory, numbers, etc.) but that you are creative, esp. in visual arts. Someone in another post noted that IQ tests don't test everything; that's true. The work of Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. is pretty widely accepted. You might find interesting, esp. the project zero research, on learning and thinking in creative arts.

The whole grade-skipping thing is really hard for parents. School administrators are unlikely to be intellectually gifted, or, really, to have a clue, so they almost always hand out a (chicken and egg-ish) recommendation to do nothing. My own parents followed that advice; in retrospect, it was probably a bad choice. I self-detonated, kinda (but I did loooove my motorcycle!) I too was the first to go to college; however, because of the detonation situation, there was a delay of some years between high school and college that weren't productive other than as clumsy attempts at self-administered therapy. I was well into adulthood before I came, somewhat by accident to my current work-- involving a mix of engineering, tech, economics, writing and legal analysis--which I love!

I have a family of cousins whose efforts to educate their kids is much more healthy. The family would make a good Gardner test case: Mom is probably an isxj, and dad an infp. She is an incredibly talented medical diagnostician, yet loves providing hands-on nurturing as a nurse. She also enjoys making visual art and music, and has a near-religious experience making and baking bread each week. Dad is a professional musician and runs his own "back office." Child 1 got a triple undergrad major in philosophy, physics and math, but attended less than a year of physics grad school before deciding he could not endure the dull OCD-ishness needed to work in academia, and now has a day job as the guy who cares for children in a battered women's shelter, and in his off-hours, started a band and writes his own music, travels a lot, and writes books, including children's stories. He's maybe an entx. Child 2 is finishing arts school with a degree in graphics design, sings in the band, is fluent in three languages (having completed two college-level language programs in high school because she liked languages.) She is an ixxx???? erm... can't tell.... All four members of the family are wonderfully funny, compassionate people. While the kids weren't formally grade-skipped, they were given the chance to work with material that provided opportunities to stretch and grow -- taking college classes in high school, independently teaching themselves bodies of knowledge in grade and high school (like computer programing, html and web design, singing and playing multiple musical instruments, geology, entomology, drawing, etc.) That access to challenge is probably the key to making an education plan work, however it is put together.

So why did staying in grade work for you? Do you have an outlet for your abilities beyond graphic design? As a business owner, how do you make your "I-ness" work?

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[QUOTE=Franastan;30558]Yes, that is why I consider Mensans to be professional test-takers ... the idea amuses me. ;D

Um...just a small defence of Mensans. Mostly what they are is lonely. Mensa is a social club. People go for the pleasure of being among their own kind. Frankly, its a lot like this forum. True, some people probably pay their money for an ego stroke and do nothing more. Strong i types really have to push to walk into a room full of new people.... Those who come back are not looking for ego strokes. Just the opposite, really, because they are no different than anyone else for once, and instead may find easy companionship, conversation, social engagement, etc. A would guess that most are IxTx, but I've not seen stats on that.

Santana28

04-20-2008, 02:01 PM

I actually not sure which version of the Stanford-Binet I took. I took it in 1985, when I was in the sixth grade. I was a candidate for skipping a grade and there were a battery of tests required to do so at my school. At first it was something that my parents were comfortable with consenting to; but after the first couple of tests and other outside factors telling them it was a bad idea, they decided they didn't want to allow it. I really would have been fine with either option so I didn't try too hard to convince them. In retrospect, I'm somewhat glad that they didn't.

same here. my school wanted to skip me a couple grades.... my parents, however - thought that would be too detrimental to my 'social life' - so they said no. They kept me in the same grade, and kept me out of gifted classes.. for the sake of (my non-existent) friends. And not only did they do this - they didn't tell me about any of it until AFTER graduation.

Not only did my father sabotage any chance i had at going to college, they HELD ME BACK intentionally. And being held back was a very very baaaaaad thing for me. I learned to hate school with a fiery passion soon afterwards, and am very lucky to have even graduated from high school.

I have forgiven people for a lot of things, but i don't think it is a weakness to admit that i think i'll never be able to forgive them for this. But its in the past, so oh well. Back to not dwelling on it.

INTJCanuck

04-20-2008, 02:18 PM

I don't care for IQ tests, and especially don't believe they correlate well to academic abilities, because I am not nearly as smart as many people at school, yet I do better than them grades-wise.

For what it's worth, I've tested anywhere between 120-150 on internet IQ tests. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. is a site I believe I've played around on in the past.

vad1981

04-20-2008, 05:49 PM

It kind of strange how many people here have IQ's of at least 130-140+

Theoreticall it should put us in the top +2/+2.5SD (top 2.5-1%)

Actually I took only one formal IQ test at age 10 and I scored 143 and I remember the psychologist who gave me the test told my mom it was the highest of the kids he has tested. I guess that says something fo rthe neighborhood I grew up in...

But I took some online test also scoring anywhere from 130-155. I notice I have to really "Focus" to score decently otherwise when I don't try my score goes down.

However I nreal life I rarely as focused as when I'm taking a test.
:thinking:
By comparison my SAT's in 1997 were 1540/1600, however my high school gpa was 86%.
:)

the human iPod

04-20-2008, 06:16 PM

I'm sorry that I have to interrupt, but something struck me.

Lowly 150.

Do you have any idea of what a 150 actually means? To give you a better idea, ~100 is *supposed* to be the average I.Q. Therefore, 150 is NOT low at all, neither is 123 or 140. This is also one of the major reasons that I do not approve of the I.Q. Test - it's a tool of intellectual bigotry. "Oh, well I'm about 30 points above yours in I.Q., therefore I know exactly what I'm talking about..." How I wish I could punch every bigot right in the mouth. It's a load of bullshit, IMO.

schwartzie

04-20-2008, 06:21 PM

MCR

04-20-2008, 10:07 PM

same here. my school wanted to skip me a couple grades.... my parents, however - thought that would be too detrimental to my 'social life' - so they said no. They kept me in the same grade, and kept me out of gifted classes.. for the sake of (my non-existent) friends. And not only did they do this - they didn't tell me about any of it until AFTER graduation.

Not only did my father sabotage any chance i had at going to college, they HELD ME BACK intentionally. And being held back was a very very baaaaaad thing for me. I learned to hate school with a fiery passion soon afterwards, and am very lucky to have even graduated from high school.

I have forgiven people for a lot of things, but i don't think it is a weakness to admit that i think i'll never be able to forgive them for this. But its in the past, so oh well. Back to not dwelling on it.

Wow. That's really too bad. I can't blame you for not forgiving them for this...I don't think I would either. I can almost see reasons for not letting your child skip grades-though the reasons would not be the same for every child, of course. But not letting you take advanced classes doesn't make sense to me...that's purposeful harm. It really sucks that this happened to you.

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I think I recall from an earlier post that you run a graphics design business. Are you personally an artist, or do you administer the business? It would be interesting if you did design--because of the implication that you have such strong competencies not only in the areas tested by an IQ test (analytic reasoning, language, memory, numbers, etc.) but that you are creative, esp. in visual arts. Someone in another post noted that IQ tests don't test everything; that's true.

My role in my business is kind of on the complicated side. A lot of creative professionals run their studios as sole proprietors - they do it all, including take out the trash. If you only have a few clients who don't demand much, you could probably do it and do it well. I tried that approach and it doesn't work for me. Part of the reason is that I started this business as a part time freelance gig and started picking up a client here and a client there...while I was working a full time job at an advertising agency. It got to be overwhelming to say the least and the point came that I was having to turn down work because I simply did not have the time. I started getting irritated at my full time job because of it. That sounds a little strange perhaps so I will explain why. My position at that company had evolved a great deal during the 7 years I had worked there. I started working there in a tiny office with the creative department consisting of 2 people...my boss and myself. The whole company had maybe 25 employees, tops. In those 7 years, we grew at an unbelievable rate to where we made the Inc 500 list and now employed over 200 people company wide. I went from graphic designer to senior designer to assistant art director along the way. In the position I had when I left, I basically told people what to do and assigned work. I checked over the work of other people and spent my days correcting them, correcting mistakes for clients, handling all the "special" customers (in other words, all the high maintenance pain in the arses) and doing a bunch of administrative duties. Interaction with people was non stop and I just don't work well that way at all. I don't mind managing - as long as it's things or projects. I hate managing people with a passion. So needless to say, a job that I walked into and loved from day 1 turned into a complete chore. I longed for the days where I would sit at a desk with my iPod on and just work on my projects. Sometimes my shift would be over and I hardly noticed. I worked hard and diligently, and it won me the respect of my peers, my bosses and the company's clients. We had a client visit the office one day and he asked my boss to meet the person who had designed his advertising materials. I was sweating...wondering what I could have possibly done wrong when the guy came over and hugged me, thanked me, and explained how the advertising campaign we had produced for him made him over a million dollars in new business in 6 months. I was completely speechless. It was sort of a life changing event...because it wasn't until then that I had even considered what happens when a few pictures I put on a canvas and some advertising copy I wrote left my office. It gave me a fresh mindset to alter my goals to - the goal was not just to finish my work for the day but finish it with the intent that it was going to be successful. I became even more of a perfectionist. The company started to grow so I began to get tasked with training people. Having done training for a living before, I somewhat enjoyed that. It was a short process, and I got rid of them within a day. That let me get back to work on my creative stuff.

When I was offered the middle management job, I refused it three times. Ultimately they put a monetary offer on the table that I couldn't turn down because I knew it would likely never be made again, so I took it...and I regretted it ever after. Then they started to send me people to work for me who were not nearly as talented as I had hoped. We hired someone to do a job that was critical to my department's success that was the daughter of my boss's best friend. You can see where I'm headed with this, right? Nice girl...but had no idea how to do the job she was hired into. This is a creative position that requires a lot of writing...and saying her writing was atrocious was being too kind. I ended up having to do a lot of her work over and she being a very sensitive person on top of it, would complain to my boss all the time. My boss never reprimanded me for it - I had a bullet proof track record of making the company money so it was obvious that I knew what I was doing. Instead of moving her to another area which is what I hoped for every day, she encouraged me to train her. Ugh. I don't think you can train someone to do a job that clearly takes talent to do. It would be like training a person who has never played a piano in their life to sit an tackle the most difficult Bach invention without making any mistakes. She had no experience in life because she was young, and she had no real work experience either so we had no foundation to use for conceptualizing. It was an exercise in futility. After months of back and forth, I finally had enough and formed a plan to exit. At that point I already had a flourishing freelance business. I had just incorporated and was ready to go.

Then...I got one of those middle of the night nirvanas...the "solution for everything", if you will. To make what is already a very long story short, we worked out an arrangement where I would still work for the company but not in the office and completely independently. It's a win-win. We've been doing it for a while now and so far, so good.

So, back to the original question...my function is primarily that of creative. I do a lot of the work myself, or better put, the work I want to do. I get in a lot of different jobs that might pay well or might be for a prestigious client but it is not something I particularly enjoy doing. I have 3 freelancers who I contract that work out to. My significant other of 13 years helps me tremendously, especially because they are far more organized that I am and excels at administrative stuff...while I just plain stink at it. :)

So to summarize all of that, I do a little of everything, but my primary function is the creative product. I'd like to get to the point where I find someone who shares the style that my clients want to see and my vision...and I hire them to take on some work so I don't have to work quite so much.

The whole grade-skipping thing is really hard for parents. School administrators are unlikely to be intellectually gifted, or, really, to have a clue, so they almost always hand out a (chicken and egg-ish) recommendation to do nothing. My own parents followed that advice; in retrospect, it was probably a bad choice. I self-detonated, kinda (but I did loooove my motorcycle!) I too was the first to go to college; however, because of the detonation situation, there was a delay of some years between high school and college that weren't productive other than as clumsy attempts at self-administered therapy. I was well into adulthood before I came, somewhat by accident to my current work-- involving a mix of engineering, tech, economics, writing and legal analysis--which I love!

So why did staying in grade work for you? Do you have an outlet for your abilities beyond graphic design? As a business owner, how do you make your "I-ness" work?

Well...here's my story. I'll warn you. It's another long one. :)

I should probably preface that I went to Catholic school my entire life...we had very small classes and a lot of personal attention. When I arrived at Kindergarten, I already knew how to read and knew my numbers, etc and there was nobody else in my class that did. Of course these are staples in the Kindergarten curriculum so I was yep...bored to tears. That was largely ignored by the teachers I had...I was usually told to just color or find something to keep myself busy with when I finished assignments early.

What is interesting about the skill set I had when I got to Kindergarten is that my parents swear on a stack of Bibles that I learned all of it from watching Sesame Street and a few other PBS shows they had on back in the 70s. It sounds absurd to me but honestly, I don't know where else I would have gotten it. My parents are both immigrants. My father speaks pretty fluent English but is not as good at reading or writing it. My mother's language skills are not as good, but you can carry a conversation with her and she will understand you perfectly. You can also understand most of what she says. So my first language really was Spanish because this was easier for both of them to use to communicate. I grew up in a place with a HUGE Hispanic population so I spoke Spanish outside of the home as well. Everyone else around me was in pretty much the same boat. I can't tell you how many kids I knew growing up who had 2 parents that did not speak English at all or very poorly, despite the fact that many had been in this country 10 years or more. (I have never agreed with this, by the way...despite my own personal situation, I feel that you must learn English to live here as a productive member of society.)

I cannot remember a single time where either parent read with me or tried to teach me anything in English. I would sometimes ask my dad to read something in English to me and sometimes he got it right...sometimes he didn't. I always knew when he had no idea what he was reading and that made me ask him less and less until I stopped doing it altogether. So the more I thought about it as I got older, the more the "learning English from TV" scenario started to make perfect sense. I have always had an excellent memory and my retention is pretty high for things I hear or see. The only tricky part is...my long term memory is usually the one that works the best. I can remember facts, places, faces, & names in vivid detail. I can remember minutiae contained in books I read 20 years ago even if it wasn't a significant plot point. I have been called the "World's Most Annoying Person to Play Trivial Pursuit With" on many occasions.

Now ask me if I locked the front door, or mailed the electric bill yesterday and I have no clue - I've got to really, really think about it. When I go to a shopping center/mall I almost ALWAYS forget where the car is if I haven't been there an hour or more. I'm not talking about just wandering down the wrong aisle and realizing you are one over to the left. I'm talking about truly having no clue.

In the last couple of years it has gotten a little better and I'm not really sure what I attribute that to. I've had a lot of major physical "changes" - complete change in diet, sleeping habits etc. I also take a lot of vitamin supplements that I did not before. (I was on a high protein, low fat diet with some intense cardio exercises that required certain supplements) One of those is B12 and that is supposed to have a memory improving effect from what I have read.

Anyway, back to the grade skipping situation. It actually came up twice. The first time, I was in first grade so my participation in that process was obviously minimal and I don't remember a lot of the details. Right around the time I was going to start testing, I got a horrible case of the chicken pox where I was out for 3 weeks. I had an exceptional teacher in this grade -a nun who was younger (a rarity) and a lot more aggressive about learning. She had me working ahead and on a lot of different school work than my classmates so the absence didn't cause me any academic detriment. Despite that, the board which governed school affairs/administration thought it would be best to just do it the following school year instead because it would be too "disruptive" at this point.

At the beginning of that school year, my parents were notified that it was my turn in line on the waiting list to the school they originally wanted to send me to...also Catholic. This school was by far considered the best in the county as far as academics back then and the waiting list was huge. A good way to get yourself moved up was, sad to say, be a regular contributor to the attached parish church (Yes, I guess you could call that a bribe) and if you knew someone of importance who sent their children there then you were a lot more likely to get in. My mom got one of these such people to do that for me and also made the contributions every week for almost 2 years to help my chances. So it was now my turn...but...I wouldn't be able to start until the following year. That left me at my original school for that grade for whatever reason my parents informed the administration that this would be my final year here when the topic of grade advancement came back up. Immediately following, the discussion ceased all together as the school said they wanted to "wait and see." Whatever that means.

So the following year I went to the new school and I enjoyed it 100% more than the previous one. The curriculum was completely different - and definitely more advanced. So I dove right in and really excelled academically because I felt like I was getting somewhere. Kind of profound for a 3rd grader, I know.

The topic of grade skipping came up again in the 7th grade. At that point, I was 13 years old and was one of the older kids in my class. I liked that for some reason, though I am not really sure why. Along the way I had made huge social strides...it had been a rough transition at first. One of the major differences between my old school and this one was the snootiness factor of my classmates. We weren't poor by any means...my dad owned a successful restaurant business in town (my mom stayed at home from the moment I was born) and I had everything I needed and wanted. But a large percentage of my classmates' families were far more affluent than mine and at 8-9 years old, many were already terribly conscious of it. Take that and add it with the stigma of being the only "new girl" in that grade and it made me feel very socially awkward. I was very shy when I was young, and I was also very sensitive. I had a hard time making friends. It never affected my grades but it did affect other things. So just when I had finally felt like I had overcome that, the grade skipping issue came. And it was going to be what felt like a HUGE skip - I would finish the 7th grade, skip 8th, and start my first year of high school instead. (The high school was on the school grounds but in a completely different corner of campus where I had never even visited.)

At first it sounded good and I was gung-ho to take the tests. My parents were skeptical but let me do it - they were far from perfect parents but education was the one area where they were supportive and almost just plain pushy. (That's a whole other story though...) So I went through the tests etc and while they were having their doubts, I was starting to have mine. I would have to leave behind my friends that I worked so hard for. Two of the kids who gave me the hardest time in the earlier years had moved out of state the year before, so I no longer had to see them every day and have that stigmata of how mean they were when we were younger.

My parents got out the big guns so to speak and took me to a psychologist at the advice of one of my aunts, who was always revered as the most intelligent person in the family. I saw him a few times and he recommended that I not be skipped...and that was pretty much all she wrote.

So in retrospect, it might have been perfectly fine to have gone through with it and skipped the grade anyway. The reason that I say I am somewhat thankful they didn't do it, though, was because in finishing the 8th grade with that class, I felt a huge sense of social accomplishment. When I got to high school just 3 months later, I felt as though I was a much different person...I started taking more social chances and academically, I hit the ground running. I was incredibly excited about learning. In the beginning of my sophomore year, I was inducted into the National Honor Society. I had the distinction of being the first sophomore in over 45 years to be inducted...it was an honor they usually reserved only for juniors and seniors. This was a huge boon for my self confidence. In the last two years of high school I took a large chunk of AP classes and that kept me very challenged. (And it also made me very thankful when I got to college that I was able to skip through the first year's worth of History, English and Math) Because I was an English major I jumped right into what I thought was the "good stuff" and I finished college in 3 years.

That allowed me to jump into the "real world" where I proceeded to make a mess of things.

Sorry for the incredibly loooong post.

Santana28

04-21-2008, 11:11 AM

i can understand why my parents didnt want me to skip grades - i have always been an introvert, from my earliest memories - and i'm sure they were concerned about it. My mother is a very clingy ISFP and she was always more concerned with my social life (or lack thereof) than anything else, because she knew she didn't even have to worry about the academic or behavioral issues. In fact, later on in my school years i became quite depressive and the issues in my life were becoming quite overwhelming for me. But so long as i aced those test scores and showed up for class, no one seem concerned. I was quite jaded by that attitude...

Actually, my parents discouraged me in a lot of other areas as well. I always had the music bug... every year i would beg my parents for a musical instrument. "Its too expensive" or "It's too loud" etc etc etc. How many 5 year olds BEG for piano or guitar lessons? Nope... never got those either. I'm an only child and it's not like they couldn't afford these things. So i took up drawing instead. I signed up for percussion in the school band. When i got there they handed me a clarinet - my parents didnt tell me they had decided that clarinet would be more "appropriate" for me until i showed up to class expecting to play drums.

Actually - here's an even better example. When i was 16 i was accepted into a vocational high school. I applied for either Architecture or Aircraft Maintenance... on the first day of school i get my papers and look at them and it shows that i am in the Mechanical Engineering class. There was no problem getting into the Architecture course so i was confused... i go to the office. Turns out my parents had called them after my initial acceptance and CHANGED MY MAJOR because they thought mechanical engineering was a better career choice for me. Needless to say, i was soon after living on my own, working at night, and taking Architecture courses during the day.

Be thankful for what you have accomplished, because there will always be someone out there who will try to take it away from you.

Back on topic now :)

schwartzie

04-21-2008, 09:17 PM

MCR

04-22-2008, 12:57 PM

MCR,

Thank you for sharing your story. It's interesting that your grade school and high school experiences worked out well for you, and that, it sounds like, your parents did a lot of things right in their advocacy for you. ("got out the big guns!") Pretty cool for immigrants for whom English is a second language. One or both of your parents must also be highly gifted...

There are so many things in your post that I enjoyed...., I can't respond to them all. One small part: it helps to try always to park in the same place--or in a public lot, in the same relative proximity to the door--like always to the right of the entry, and some spaces away from the building. (and, yes...this is the voice of experience....I esp. hate wandering about in ramps on car hunts....);)

Ha ha...that is excellent advice indeed!!! :) I will have to try that! Most of the time, I laugh at myself about stuff like losing the car but when you are in a hurry to get somewhere, or when you are wheeling a cart filled with groceries...

Glad you enjoyed the story...it's been a while since I've shared that. As far as my parents are concerned I would say that it would probably be my dad that was the more gifted of the two. He was a man who was always trying to push you to do better because he was an "underachiever" or so he thought. I think he had serious regrets about jumping into a business that he really didn't enjoy that much instead of continuing on to college. Part of it wasn't his fault - he is from Cuba and right when he was ready to go to their equivalent of college, Castro took over and things changed radically. After that, he left the country literally in the middle of the night, with nothing except for a few personal effects. Though he wasn't a "troublemaker", several of my uncles were and that made it difficult on the whole family to stick around and live in peace, so to speak. He and his brothers started the business right when they arrived in the US so there was no time for much of anything else.

It was not until I was much older that I realized my dad was actually a lot smarter than I gave him credit for...he just always seemed to be in the right neighborhood, but at the wrong house if you know what I mean ;)

robolizard55

04-23-2008, 10:22 PM

The main problem is the questions with subjective answers.

For example which is the odd man out

1) cat 2) hen 3) cow 4) sheep 5) pig

It think, maybe its cat, since people eat all the others.
Maybe its sheep because the others have 3 letters, and a vowel as the 2nd letter.
Maybe its hen because the others are all mammals.

I am expected to make a value judgement about the mind the of the questioner, I have no idea which he considers more significant.

I remember going through all the possibilities of differences when taking those tests. It was fun, but would get me into time trouble. That's the point when you just have to stop the analysis and go for it.

Oh, and BTW - It's the hen because it's the most phylogenetically distant. It would be the paraphyletic node when grouped together. You know... the avian vs mammal thing.

Back in the day - 3rd grade - I did a real test and got a 154. I wasn't told the score, or even what the test was until I was applying for college. Funny enough, the only things I remember is being mortified having to go to a place I had never been before (a high school, *gasp*), the fact that the test giver (psychologist, I assume) gave me my first ever Coke in a can, and the cool red and white shape blocks. Those rule.

As a result, I was privilaged to attend a once weekly gifted class during 3rd-5th grades. It was terrible. The 'smart' kids were taken from class Tuesday afternoons to walk to the middle school. I didn't like the forced socializing and group work with the other students, even if it was supposed to be stimulating. Nor did I like getting any more attention than simply sitting at my desk. I never failed to get nervous and puke at lunch, which only let me skip the class 50% of the time, depending on if I made it to the bathroom or not.

That was an internal struggle (ha, read into that one), if I embarrasss myself by vomitting out on the playground I can skip the class that made want to puke. But if I run to the bathroom I am not seen as the gross, sick, feeble child, but still have to go. Either way, my social status was not improved, and my general discomfort at school was elevated.

Online tests go from 130-150.

Iscariot

06-19-2008, 05:55 AM

That first test posted is absolute bullcrap (excuse the language). Anyone who is able to work out 1 + 1= 2 is going to score above 130. I scored 153, wich is really an ego boost, but not even close to my real IQ. Most tests I've taken say my IQ is around 130, 135 maybe. Mensa online test says there is a strong possibility that I would score in the highest 2 percentile if i would pay 40 bucks for the real test. An IQ test, even a professional one says virtually nothing about your intelligence. A lot of people underperform because of stress when taking it, and a lot of people have taken so many online tests that eventually one of them declared them a genius. The only reason people take them so much (including me) is that they can brag to their friends about how misunderstood they are because of their unusually high intellect. It makes people feel good for nothing is as ordinary as the desire to be extraordinary.

Beery Swine

06-28-2008, 06:37 AM

I don't (and hope to never) own a cell phone, so these tests are right out for me.

hauteur

06-28-2008, 08:20 AM

I think that the real problem with most online I.Q. tests is that they are too short. Even if you assume that they have a valid grading scale (which I sincerely doubt), how do you accurately assess someone's intelligence with a 20 question test?

I know if I get a college exam with only 20 questions, my first instinct is to freak out a little bit. All it takes is for me to be weak in one area to blow out my score. The alternative is for all of the questions to be easy enough to prevent blowing out the score unless you really just don't know it. That means that you score higher than you would if there more questions with more difficulty.

Either way you want to slice it, short tests like that cannot be accurate. I've ranged between 112 and 160 on different tests. I played around with one, purposely changing one answer at a time. Each time I did, my "I.Q." moved about six or seven points.

With that said, I've no idea what my real I.Q. is. It might be neat to go get a professionally administered test.

zibber

06-28-2008, 09:25 AM

I got 139 and 132 on iqtest.com and free-iqtest.com, respectively, and it does kinda make me want to try the Mensa test, no matter how masturbatory that'd feel.

Any Mensa members here? The site of the Dutch chapter looks pretty inviting.

kevintr

06-28-2008, 01:21 PM

My I.Q. was mid-120's on a profesinally administerd test I took in 91. About a year ago I took an online test and got 127.

rokxal

06-28-2008, 02:54 PM

141 at free-iqtest.com. Its probably too high as other tests put me in the 130-140 range.

athiah333

07-23-2008, 03:52 PM

I am apalled that Marylin Vos Savant was not in that scale. She's the human being with the highest IQ on the planet.
Marylin Vos Savant is not the human with the highest iq, Kim Ung-Yong is.

Linwenilid

07-24-2008, 05:57 PM

134 for me. Not high enough as an INTJ?

I don't think so. I seem to recall you've said you're Korean, and the test isn't culture-friendly, so. I left the rearranging questions blank because my native language isn't English.

The last time I did the one at IQtest.com, I got 135 (I was so proud. :).

Chaos

07-30-2008, 08:32 PM

136

Lowendmaker

09-03-2008, 04:40 PM

I've made several web tests (161-174) in the recent years, but these are not very accurate.

The last year took one at a Human Resources (recruitment) Company, and scored 147.

Mensa's web said that I can be a member, but... there's no "Mexico Chapter"

enWTFp

09-04-2008, 06:57 PM

Got 160+, my real is way bellow 150. Well, that's what you get for free; IQ is not a good measure anyway.

SelfInflected

06-08-2009, 06:30 PM

I guess I failed the IQ test, as I just ended up with a bunch of solicitations, and I never got my results.

skycloud86

06-22-2009, 10:44 AM

134, which is almost 10 points higher than I usually get. The test was too simplistic to be an accurate IQ test in my opinion.

Kris

06-24-2009, 03:54 AM

Never performed a real test but generally get somewhere in the 140s on all the online ones I have done.

free-iqtest.net = 147
iqtest.com = 142

I guess its kinda cool taking these online tests and doing well but at the end of the day you have to take them with a grain of salt. Also, I've known a few people with very high IQs, verified by formal supervised tests, and the trade-off they've paid for that very high but very specific intelligence is pure incompetence in many other areas.

coffeeholic

06-25-2009, 04:11 PM

hmmmm...i got 141...but i was interupped a few times and didnt take it as seriously as i probably should have

musicaty

06-27-2009, 01:28 AM

heh, i got 145 but...

lincoln

09-30-2009, 12:59 PM

what was that second jumbled letter question? I stared and stared haha pissed me right off. 130 is my score. I dunno...wish it were higher but whatever ahh back to studying
Also, all those offers at the end....my god! I would discourage someone from taking it because of that. You will get through them eventually though.

Dodeca

12-07-2009, 04:10 AM

Got the WISC IV test august 1, 2009
Lost the paper but the last two scores are accurate.

Verbal Comprehension Index (110)
Perceptual Reasoning Index (117)
Working Memory Index (105)
Processing Speed Index (92)

Full Scale IQ (105)
General Ability Index (115)

Ben1220

12-10-2009, 12:05 AM

160+ but be careful with online IQ tests. If my score was correct, statistically I would be more intelligent then around 29,999/30,000 people, asuming a mean of 100 and a sd of 15. Now I might be a bright guy, but I don't think I'm quite that smart. More realistically I'd probably be somewhere in the top few percent, with a (real) IQ of around 130-140. Most online IQ tests are inflated. I've done about 10-20 and get anything between 130-170, often higher on the "advanced" IQ tests because they have a higher top possible score, often times if the test is fairly easy I get the top score (like this time) Sometimes the top score is in the 140s.

This particular test was pretty bad though. Just treat it as a bit of fun. These questions were very easy and so don't properly differentiate between people with high IQs. Also it was far too short to give you a meaningful score. I also got the feeling that some of the questions weren't really measuring intelligence in the way I understand it either...

The international high Iq society actually released the data on their mean and standard deviation. Surprisingly its not too bad, 108 mean and standard deviation of about 15 (If I remember correctly). They claimed that the higher mean was due to the types of people that would be taking the test online in the first place, and the fact that those at the very low end (say under 60-70 iq) probably don't have great computer skills and many probably don't even have computer access, let alone the patience to sit through an iq test online, let alone actually choosing to sit through an iq test online... Thats probably true to some extent but it would be difficult to prove.

Has anyone here actually paid for membership in the International high IQ society? I got above 95th percentile in their IQ test and have an account saved but I'm not really planning on spending money just to access another web forum when there are free alternatives, such as this place. I guess it does weed out complete incompetence, but is it really worth the money?

athenian200

12-10-2009, 12:43 AM

I have a feeling that test is too easy. Just from looking at the first page.

I only found one online test I considered trustworthy, and it gave me 118. Most of the others gave me 125-145, and I thought that was a little high.

I wish I could take a real IQ test, though...

maxac8

12-10-2009, 04:03 PM

That test was a load and took up ten minutes of my life that I will never get back. Actually the test itself was fine, it just didnt reflect anything useful.

peeptoad

12-10-2009, 05:09 PM

Man, you guys are making me feel stupid.

The only IQ test I've ever taken was way back in the 7th or 8th grade (administered to us by some men in black while we were in class) and I scored a 138.

Sheesh.

rhiesa

12-10-2009, 11:20 PM

A few years ago when I was in a hospital I took a bunch of tests with the neuropsychs. My general score was 139.

Lucky

12-11-2009, 06:30 AM

142 but with one or two I was just guessing.

Reversed

12-12-2009, 09:59 AM

free-iqtest.net: 147. I guessed twice on number questions :(.

Kisai

12-12-2009, 12:26 PM

157. That's way too low. My mom tells me I am a jeanyus.

Randwulff

12-14-2009, 03:25 PM

After clicking through several hundred ads, I was assigned an IQ of 153!

Which I would guess overshoots my actual IQ by 10+ points, but whatever.

Looks like everyone is getting 150s.

Nightsun

12-16-2009, 03:40 AM

I scored 151 but english is not my main language, still I don't understand what I made wrong :( (making the OP test).