IQ Poll

[Typical Power]

On a related note, I had to take this testing. Not IQ but similar.

And when I started, it was a test on language and verbal communication skills.

I did that, and after that part, stopped caring about the test.

I scored in the top 3% for the first part (And it was an international test to!)

While the rest was average. Which was pretty funny, and confused the hell out of the people that did the testing.

[Ocelot]

You realize, of course, that the only people who respond to this poll will be the ones with high IQ scores? And don't trust an online test. For statistical purposes, I'm somewhere between 120 and 130.

[Nyxity]

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[Guest]

I've only taken online tests and scored various scores between 111 and 146, with the average around 130.

[PiF]

What has always suprised me is how many clever people seem to not know the difference between intelligence and intellect

Some of the highest i.q. people i know are some of the dumbest fucks in everyday life

I suppose that's the ying and yang of it

[Porygon]

I had to take IQ tests throughout middle and high school for my IEP (I have Dyscalculia). I think it's around 132.

[dhanishta]

Interesting would also be an E(emotional)Q score vs IQ... Would asexies score lower? Just wondering as my IQ is definitely a lot higher than my EQ.

[Sally]

What has always suprised me is how many clever people seem to not know the difference between intelligence and intellect

Some of the highest i.q. people i know are some of the dumbest fucks in everyday life

I suppose that's the ying and yang of it

Einstein was reputedly quite a dumb fuck in everyday life.

[daveb]

The poll doesn't go quite high enough :(

(and I don't think I'm a dumb f*ck - although maybe if I were I wouldn't know... :lol:)

[prettyeyes]

I think I had mine tested as a kid because my parents were concerned (I had a hand-waving thing going on for a while there), and as I recall they said I was pretty smart, but I don't know what the number was. I didn't have anything wrong with me.

[littledorrit]

I was officially tested as part of my special ed evaluation. My scores on different parts of the test were very uneven---there is a 56 point difference between my Cognitive Efficiency IQ and my Verbal IQ, a gap wide enough to give me a mild but official case of savant syndrome. However, everything averaged out to 113. In my opinion, this unassuming mean score demonstrates the fickle nature of intelligence and the inadequacy of the tools we use to measure it.

[Dylan-Michael]

When I had mine done by the School Psychologist, it was about 140-ish.

[Dylan-Michael]

What has always suprised me is how many clever people seem to not know the difference between intelligence and intellect

Some of the highest i.q. people i know are some of the dumbest fucks in everyday life

I suppose that's the ying and yang of it

Einstein was reputedly quite a dumb fuck in everyday life.

From what I've read, He Forgot his pants quite Frequently. I do know that he did not learn his Mother tongue, German, until about nine years old.http://www.keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=5&c=einstein -Here's an interesting article on his memory.

[Orion]

I just took a short "try me" test and it popped out with 120 but it's late here and I didn't really think about all of the answers.

[LittleMissAwesome]

I got tested and scored 160. Supposedly that makes me "gifted", though I often think it's more of a curse <_<

[Porygon]

I've heard that 130 at the lowest qualifies as 'gifted' (but I've heard the same about numbers in the 120's), and that 'genius' is 150 and higher.

[daveb]

I don't actually know what my IQ is. I took a self-administered test once, but I doubt that can be very reliable. I do know that back when I took the GRE prior to grad school (nearly 15 years ago now) I was given to understand (by Mensa) that my scores qualified me to join them if I wanted. I just never bothered to follow up.

[rebekka1954]

My IQ is 134, though I didn't learn this till I was an adult, school was crap for me & I was often called a dummy, today I know I had undiagnosed A.D.D. & a brain mass.

[tintinnabula]

I note that the only people commenting are the people who got scores way better than the norm

I'm not sure how I feel about IQ tests. On one hand, they are definitely testing something, and people who are truly dumb aren't going to be testing as geniuses, and vice versa for geniuses testing as stupid. However, IQ results are affected by cultural factors (are you going to have as good a vocabulary if you were raised in poverty as compared to the upper class? Probably not), mood, energy level and a whole host of other factors. From the first time I took an IQ test at the age of 13 to the third time I took an IQ test at age 16, my score increased by 20 points. There's supposed to be some fluctuation in scores each time you take an IQ test, but I jumped an entire standard deviation. That's not supposed to happen :P

Needless to say, I value EQ over IQ. IQ doesn't do you a whole lot of good if you can't interact with people.

Has anyone here joined MENSA, incidentally? Supposedly, they have a reputation of being elitist snobs, but I wonder if this perception is more due to people being offended by the concept of a group that excludes people whom it considers "too dumb."

[Member33070]

130-160. Don't know the exact number. When I had my ADHD test they said that my processing speed and auditory memory were off the charts. My diagnosy-guy had never seen numbers that high. Made me pretty proud. :D

[Sally]

Years ago, mid-140s.

I've read that some MENSA get-togethers don't appear to attract the brightest bulbs in the package.

[MJM58]

I don't know. My parents said I took an IQ test when I was younger, but I don't remember the score and neither do they.

To be honest, I'd rather not know, since I know that I'll always be jealous of someone whose score is higher. :P

[Rappy28]

What about us geniuses with 180 ??

Just kidding. From the tests I've done over time, it's usually around 130. I thought I would be modest and pick "110-130".

Also, I don't really care.

[P is for...]

The poll doesn't go quite high enough :(

(and I don't think I'm a dumb f*ck - although maybe if I were I wouldn't know... :lol:)

ditto, daveb. on both counts.

and as far as the whole MENSA thing goes--good lord. i'm evidently qualified to join, but why on earth would i? first of all there's the whole thing of not wanting to join any club that would have me as a member; but the whole prospect of sitting around with a bunch of people congratulating one another on a number that hasn't got anything to do with anything is about as far from my idea of a fun evening as one can get. i'd much rather go get drunk with a bunch of record collectors or horror geeks, thankyouverymuch. the conversations would be one hell of a lot more interesting.

[Blerdivor]

I note that the only people commenting are the people who got scores way better than the norm

I'm not sure how I feel about IQ tests. On one hand, they are definitely testing something, and people who are truly dumb aren't going to be testing as geniuses, and vice versa for geniuses testing as stupid. However, IQ results are affected by cultural factors (are you going to have as good a vocabulary if you were raised in poverty as compared to the upper class? Probably not), mood, energy level and a whole host of other factors. From the first time I took an IQ test at the age of 13 to the third time I took an IQ test at age 16, my score increased by 20 points. There's supposed to be some fluctuation in scores each time you take an IQ test, but I jumped an entire standard deviation. That's not supposed to happen :P

Needless to say, I value EQ over IQ. IQ doesn't do you a whole lot of good if you can't interact with people.

Has anyone here joined MENSA, incidentally? Supposedly, they have a reputation of being elitist snobs, but I wonder if this perception is more due to people being offended by the concept of a group that excludes people whom it considers "too dumb."

lol...Actually it doesn't go low enough for me...I got somewhere around 50.

[asexual cake]

I've never followed an IQ test to completion.

I've always been afraid that it would confirm unpleasant expectations.

[Musik]

I voted 110-130. I was tested by my high school as part of a requirement to get into some advanced program thing. Apparently I didn't score high enough. It's a bit ironic, really; I ended up my school's Salutatorian.

[UraNepu]

I voted for 110-130

but since dyslexia hits home again, I'm not sure if my score was 124 or 142 *headdesk*

[Shaded]

I was tested in grade school (we had a certain program or the more mature 'intelligent' kids in grades 7 and 8) and I was tested in high school again and I don't remember the exact number but it was in the 140s-50s. I never thought it was anything but normal, my mom always told me it was a box and I just had a bigger box than most people, but it only mattered what i did with it and not the size. xD

[bromance]

I dunno, I took the CogAt test once but it came out saying I'm mentally retarded. I was half asleep when I took it though.

What is weird is that I'm in the gifted program (supposedly I have other qualities that make up for it). It's rumored that my school district receives extra cash from the state educational department for having a higher % of gifted/AP students (I don't know how it works so don't ask me), which results in my school's AP classes being full of unmotivated idiots who are only in there for nice-looking college resumes. None of the kids in my AP U.S. History class knew which president succeeded George Washington, and that tells you something. What's more, around half of the kids in that class thought we were fighting the Nazis in WWI.

We have some seriously gifted kids in math and science, but when it comes to language arts or God forbid, social studies, forget about it.

Also, I plan to take the IQ exam one day when I'm not actually dozing off, so that I'll know what my real potentials are. I don't think I belong in a special ed class (nothing against special ed kids! I know of special ed kids that are brilliant), considering that I'm in the top 3% (not trying to brag or anything, I know a lot of you here are Einstein v.2s) of my school.