how high is your IQ?

[p_rushing]

Re: how high is your IQ?

If it's not Wechsler, Woodcock-Johnson, or Stanford-Binet, it's probably total bull****.

FWIW, I took the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in 2nd grade and scored in the mid 120s.

I don't know which one I was taking, but mine was for gifted classes and I scored high enough just barely to be let into the program in my school district.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: how high is your IQ?

Never taken one, but I imagine I'm around 115-120.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

Re: how high is your IQ?

I had no idea I was the least intelligent poster on OS. I'm honored to be in the prescene of so many geniuses.

I took one in high school and I scored in the low 100's. I think a 104 or something.

[JBH3]

Re: how high is your IQ?

The test I took was given by a certified Psychiatrist

Maybe you needed a confidence booster?

This is true, but even the high-end scores are absurd.

About 1 in 2,000,000 people have an IQ of 173. There aren't even 200,000 registered members on OS and if you're adjusting for frequent posters, that number might not even be in the thousands.

Statistically, it's very, very, very unlikely that someone on OS has an IQ that enormous. I don't think that poster even realizes what that kind of IQ would entail. You'd be reading by 2, using computers by 5-6, and graduating high school and attending college by 12 or 13.

Agreed. In my "Budget Analysis using Microsoft Excel" course I took a month ago we went over some raw data on IQs, and ran descriptive statisitcs on the data. There's no way there are this many "Above Avg" IQs on OS.

[RR_Superstar]

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This thread should be used as a good social study type project. The bar was set high and others are joining in...yeah I'm a genius too!

Rational statistics confirm that most of peoples posted scores are a load of you know what. Cross reference that with most people's spelling and grammar and it's easy to see who is smart and who thinks they are.

I've never taken one ever. Not sure why. Was i smart in school, grade school yes, total nerd, validictorian for my grade 8 grad class, high school i was smart enough to figure out grades were over rated and had hell of a time playing sports, chasing girls and getting into minor trouble. None of it hindered me from going to University, than later college for another degree.

I have had a bunch of jobs and recently changed industries again. So now i have a 3rd degree (went back to school, while working for what I am in now). I also am about to get some fancy three letter designation which entitles me to a job title change and a pay raise.

Degrees, test scores and the like mean dick if you have no ability to use your knowledge in a practical manner or solve problems.

So in the end your IQ means squat. I'm guessing I'd score quite low cause I really could't give a poo!

[clipperfan811]

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Well i mean 87% of statistics are made up on the spot

I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of really smart people here, most forums don't have this level of wit.

[Qb]

Re: how high is your IQ?

It can be argued even the generally respected IQ tests are inherently biased towards particular skills/aptitudes when judging one's "intelligence". Intelligence takes many forms, so if we presume the aforementioned assessments yield an accurate analysis of one's ability, it would only measure a portion of the spectrum of intelligence. There's a lot of literature out of the multiple intelligence theory and, IMO, it provides a better context for examining what makes someone "smart".

And this is coming from someone who has a reason to endorse general IQ tests, as I did well enough on one to be in the gifted program in school (and thus perceived and even treated differently throughout my school years). My parents never told me my score, so all I know is it was legitimately over 130 since that was the threshhold for admittance. At any rate, what caused me to score well on standardized tests (mostly strong verbal/problem solving skills) are most certainly not the be all/end all. Musical ability, mechanical reasoning, kinesthetic skills, etc are valuable skills -- intelligences even -- that are highly valued by society, but tend to be overlooked by traditional IQ tests.

And when it comes down to it, all the intelligence in the world will only get you so far in the real world without things like interpersonal and self-management skills, which are two of the cornerstones of another theorized aspect of intelligence, emotional intelligence.

In short, it's [mostly] just a number.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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This whole thread is just wow.........so much pre-judging going on.....Seems as though some people suffer from inferiority complex or something. It's a number.

[Speedy]

Re: how high is your IQ?

Never had much common sense, though.

Going along the same lines, can logic be defined under intelligence or does it fall under common sense?

[Dog]

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Going along the same lines, can logic be defined under intelligence or does it fall under common sense?

If I recall correctly, there was an entire portion of the test that was solely "logic"

[JBH3]

Re: how high is your IQ?

It can be argued even the generally respected IQ tests are inherently biased towards particular skills/aptitudes when judging one's "intelligence". Intelligence takes many forms, so if we presume the aforementioned assessments yield an accurate analysis of one's ability, it would only measure a portion of the spectrum of intelligence. There's a lot of literature out of the multiple intelligence theory and, IMO, it provides a better context for examining what makes someone "smart".

And this is coming from someone who has a reason to endorse general IQ tests, as I did well enough on one to be in the gifted program in school (and thus perceived and even treated differently throughout my school years). My parents never told me my score, so all I know is it was legitimately over 130 since that was the threshhold for admittance. At any rate, what caused me to score well on standardized tests (mostly strong verbal/problem solving skills) are most certainly not the be all/end all. Musical ability, mechanical reasoning, kinesthetic skills, etc are valuable skills -- intelligences even -- that are highly valued by society, but tend to be overlooked by traditional IQ tests.

And when it comes down to it, all the intelligence in the world will only get you so far in the real world without things like interpersonal and self-management skills, which are two of the cornerstones of another theorized aspect of intelligence, emotional intelligence.

In short, it's [mostly] just a number.

QFT. Nice post.

...and very intelligent I might add.

[Chip Douglass]

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This whole thread is just wow.........so much pre-judging going on.....Seems as though some people suffer from inferiority complex or something. It's a number.

I would find it awesome if you did have an IQ of 173, but the numbers tell me that no one on OS should have an IQ even remotely that large.

Again, if you were really that ****ing smart, you would seriously have trouble communicating with the rest of us and you were most likely a college graduate around the time that your peers were entering high school. You would also have an IQ that is about 3 standard deviations above the gifted level and 29 points higher than the minimum IQ required for genius status.

To paraphrase X-Files, "I want to believe, yet I can't homey."

[JBH3]

Re: how high is your IQ?

I would find it awesome if you did have an IQ of 173, but the numbers tell me that no one on OS should have an IQ even remotely that large.

Again, if you were really that ****ing smart, you would seriously have trouble communicating with the rest of us and you were most likely a college graduate around the time that your peers were entering high school. You would also have an IQ that is about 3 standard deviations above the gifted level and 29 points higher than the minimum IQ required for genius status.

To paraphrase X-Files, "I want to believe, yet I can't homey."

*Gotmadskillz goes to google "Standard Deviations".

[adice15]

Re: how high is your IQ?

The official test I took in 2nd grade was 130


I don't believe a lot of the scores here, if you haven't taken a real test, the number is probably wrong. Anything over 160-165 is getting into the range of having problems dealing with the real world.

Online versions are only half the test and allow guessing. That is usually only the first part and the rest involves taking it with a psychiatrist and doing puzzels, oral questions, and reviewing how you solve problems.

I would find it awesome if you did have an IQ of 173, but the numbers tell me that no one on OS should have an IQ even remotely that large.

Again, if you were really that ****ing smart, you would seriously have trouble communicating with the rest of us and you were most likely a college graduate around the time that your peers were entering high school. You would also have an IQ that is about 3 standard deviations above the gifted level and 29 points higher than the minimum IQ required for genius status.

To paraphrase X-Files, "I want to believe, yet I can't homey."

Well, he is on os instead of being out in the world. :P

[p_rushing]

Re: how high is your IQ?

It can be argued even the generally respected IQ tests are inherently biased towards particular skills/aptitudes when judging one's "intelligence". Intelligence takes many forms, so if we presume the aforementioned assessments yield an accurate analysis of one's ability, it would only measure a portion of the spectrum of intelligence. There's a lot of literature out of the multiple intelligence theory and, IMO, it provides a better context for examining what makes someone "smart".

And this is coming from someone who has a reason to endorse general IQ tests, as I did well enough on one to be in the gifted program in school (and thus perceived and even treated differently throughout my school years). My parents never told me my score, so all I know is it was legitimately over 130 since that was the threshhold for admittance. At any rate, what caused me to score well on standardized tests (mostly strong verbal/problem solving skills) are most certainly not the be all/end all. Musical ability, mechanical reasoning, kinesthetic skills, etc are valuable skills -- intelligences even -- that are highly valued by society, but tend to be overlooked by traditional IQ tests.

And when it comes down to it, all the intelligence in the world will only get you so far in the real world without things like interpersonal and self-management skills, which are two of the cornerstones of another theorized aspect of intelligence, emotional intelligence.

In short, it's [mostly] just a number.

I agree that it is just a number and doesn't mean you will do well in school or are smart. What it means is that you are able to take your intelligence and apply it in anything you do. You most likely will be successful at anything you try to do as long as you apply yourself. You will be able to learn how to do something and then do that task well. You won't be the best at everything, but you will be good at doing a lot of things.

Intelligence has more to do with how to approach a problem and how to figure out how to solve it. It doesn't mean that you know a lot of facts about history, literature, trivia, etc. You may have no interest in those, but if you wanted to, you could learn about them very quickly.