What's Your IQ?

[ILikeDrugs]

If anyone wants to take an interesting humanities elective, you should take Psych Testing. You'll learn a lot about how tests are written, what makes a good test, what makes a bad test, and all that good stuff. At my school, we were taking all sorts of tests from personality, to IQ, to B.S. tests. We took multiple IQs and compared them; the Shipley, Wonderland, WAIS, and some ok online test that actually had relability and validity data (maybe ill look for my report and post the link tomorrow. It wasn't to far off from the other standardised tests.) The Shipley had me at a WAIS equivalent of 122, the Wonderland had me at a WAIS equivalent of 126, the actual WAIS was 128, and the online test was 132. Basically I'm ~127.

We also got to take the CPI (California Personality Inventory). That was very cool and reflected my qualities me rather well. It's a lot better than the Migg-Bryers personality test. It was actually sent off to the publishers to "grade" and I received a full 15 page report describing the results.

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[eablackwell]

Mine isn't listed, so I voted for the one that was closest. I took a real one when I was a kid. When I was older, I used it to get into Mensa.

By the way, for those of you who don't know yours and want to, Mensa offers testing. In my state, it's once a month.

The test for Mensa doesn't actually give you a score. You just know if you're top 2% or not. I know my IQ from HS records (back when I was a kid if you were in a wheelchair they made you take an IQ test before allowing you in regular classes...I think that's illegal now). However, I never got my score from Mensa, just an acceptance letter.

 

[Geekchick921]

Hey guys, it's EQ that really matters ; )

What Sandler movie is that line from...
"My mom says real beauty's on the inside."
"That's just something ugly people say."

It was a Jim Carrey movie, and it was Liar Liar. Hilarious flick.

They tested me in 5th or 6th grade for the gifted program, and they gave me either a 144 or 145. I kinda screwed up the test, though. I kept waiting for her to stop writing before I gave my answer and I think I was supposed to keep going as fast as I could. Eventually she looked up and said, "Oh just keep going." Good to know... Oh well. 🙄

 

[Isoprop]

In elementary school, they took the smart kids to take some sort of test to see if they were qualified to enroll in the local magnet school. My 4th grade teacher recommended me to take the test (I guess she thought I was gifted). I didn't qualify.

I found out later that the test results showed that I should be put in special education class with the slower kids.

 

[orthomyxo]

In elementary school, they took the smart kids to take some sort of test to see if they were qualified to enroll in the local magnet school. My 4th grade teacher recommended me to take the test (I guess she thought I was gifted). I didn't qualify.

I found out later that the test results showed that I should be put in special education class with the slower kids.

Lol

Random question: did they make any of you guys take the SAT when you were in middle school? When I was in 6th grade Hopkins did some thing where they let you sit for the actual test among high schoolers who were taking it for real. It was weird and I remember doing awful.

 

[Geekchick921]

Lol

Random question: did they make any of you guys take the SAT when you were in middle school? When I was in 6th grade Hopkins did some thing where they let you sit for the actual test among high schoolers who were taking it for real. It was weird and I remember doing awful.

You know, I was debating asking about that. And yup, same here, they made me take it in 7th grade. If I remember correctly, I got a 1050 (this was before the writing section), but I don't remember my breakdown (probably something like 500 verbal and 550 math). I think they told my mom that I did slightly better than the average college-bound senior and I could skip high school and go right to college. 😱 She was like, "Um... no."

 

[eablackwell]

Duke TIP, 7th grade 👍 It was before the writing section for me as well.

I don't remember my score, but I got invited to some awards thing at UF for getting a certain score in math. Don't remember much else. Sooo long ago. I feel old. I need a smiley with a walker.

 

[Isoprop]

Lol

Random question: did they make any of you guys take the SAT when you were in middle school? When I was in 6th grade Hopkins did some thing where they let you sit for the actual test among high schoolers who were taking it for real. It was weird and I remember doing awful.

I took the PSAT in middle school. I don't remember the score but I can't imagine doing well on it. They told me it's to prepare me for the real PSATs in high school. I was like, whatever man, let me go play foursquare.

 

[cbrons]

n00bs

 

[apumic]

If anyone wants to take an interesting humanities elective, you should take Psych Testing. You'll learn a lot about how tests are written, what makes a good test, what makes a bad test, and all that good stuff. At my school, we were taking all sorts of tests from personality, to IQ, to B.S. tests. We took multiple IQs and compared them; the Shipley, Wonderland, WAIS, and some ok online test that actually had relability and validity data (maybe ill look for my report and post the link tomorrow. It wasn't to far off from the other standardised tests.) The Shipley had me at a WAIS equivalent of 122, the Wonderland had me at a WAIS equivalent of 126, the actual WAIS was 128, and the online test was 132. Basically I'm ~127.

We also got to take the CPI (California Personality Inventory). That was very cool and reflected my qualities me rather well. It's a lot better than the Migg-Bryers personality test. It was actually sent off to the publishers to "grade" and I received a full 15 page report describing the results.

The CPI is a really interesting test. I took it for my psychometrics class as well. We also looked at the MMPI, Myers-Briggs, Woodcock-Johnson, WAIS, etc. It's a good class. I definitely think science majors should be required to take a research methods course (such as that that psychometrics usually requires as a prereq) from the general lack of critical thinking & analysis skills I see many science students possessing.

 

[CADupin]

If anyone wants to take an interesting humanities elective, you should take Psych Testing. You'll learn a lot about how tests are written, what makes a good test, what makes a bad test, and all that good stuff. At my school, we were taking all sorts of tests from personality, to IQ, to B.S. tests. We took multiple IQs and compared them; the Shipley, Wonderland, WAIS, and some ok online test that actually had relability and validity data (maybe ill look for my report and post the link tomorrow. It wasn't to far off from the other standardised tests.) The Shipley had me at a WAIS equivalent of 122, the Wonderland had me at a WAIS equivalent of 126, the actual WAIS was 128, and the online test was 132. Basically I'm ~127.

We also got to take the CPI (California Personality Inventory). That was very cool and reflected my qualities me rather well. It's a lot better than the Migg-Bryers personality test. It was actually sent off to the publishers to "grade" and I received a full 15 page report describing the results.

Don't you mean Wonderlic test? Or is this an actual test that is as awesome as it sounds.

 

[gettheleadout]

I did the Duke TIP program in 7th grade as well, and we had a choice between taking the ACT or SAT. I took the latter, and I remember looking at a problem and wondering what the heck this "slope" deal was...

 

[paul411]

The quiz I took on MySpace says that my IQ is: JUSTIN BEIBER

Guess I'm pretty smart.

 

[Ursa]

~70% of you are saying your IQ is above 130...oh SDN.

Now I'm wondering how many voted that way just for fun or out of sarcasm. I hope the majority of you don't actually believe you are near genius.🙄

 

[Narmerguy]

~70% of you are saying your IQ is above 130...oh SDN.

Now I'm wondering how many voted that way just for fun or out of sarcasm. I hope the majority of you don't actually believe you are near genius.🙄

I think we have multiple things at play:

1) People that have not taken the test but are guessing
2) People that have taken different versions of tests and choosing whichever they scored highest on
3) People lying for the wang-measuring contest.
4) The actual (but only 4th important) truth that users of SDN tend to be pursuing a somewhat intellectually challenging field while also being above average in their academic standing.

 

[BeachBlondie]

Hey guys, it's EQ that really matters ; )

What Sandler movie is that line from...
"My mom says real beauty's on the inside."
"That's just something ugly people say."

Not Sandler; Carrey.

It's from Liar, Liar.

 

[0919mmk]

haha! 33% of us are geniuses!

"Welcome to SDN, where all the women are hot, all the men bench 200, and everyone's IQ is far above average."

God bless this website.

 

[orthomyxo]

haha! 33% of us are geniuses!

"Welcome to SDN, where all the women are hot, all the men bench 200, and everyone's IQ is far above average."

God bless this website.

You forgot that everyone's MCAT score is in the 99th percentile

 

[0919mmk]

Also, did anybody else here do that program where you take the MCAT in kindergarten? It was pretty hard, you know, I did ok, but I'm going to retake it cause a 35 is good, but the scores are only valid for 3 years.

 

[orthomyxo]

Who else took Step 1 in the womb?

 

[Doc of the Walk]

Who else took Step 1 in the womb?

I took it as a sperm...does that count?

 

[orthomyxo]

I took it as a sperm...does that count?

Yea sure, that's not even possible. Get brains, moran!

 

[Ursa]

I took it as a sperm...does that count?

whoa you took it when you only had half of your genetic make-up? you must be uber smart...and i guess you got it all from your dad. 😀

 

[Doc of the Walk]

whoa you took it when you only had half of your genetic make-up? you must be uber smart...and i guess you got it all from your dad. 😀

I did get it all from my dad, the other half of my genetic make up was an egghead... har har

 

[Chrisebril1]

That's a lot of genus level people. Call BS but anyway.

I am unlucky and will explain in a second.

I went and got an IQ test about two months ago, as required by my general practitioner for a ADHD diagnosis, and it justified a lot of what I was and have dealt with.

I have always been considered smart. Always hit with the "not motivated and lazy".

They gave me the WAIS4
Four sub scales came back as follows
Verbal Comprehension - 121
Perceptual Reasoning - 124
Processing Speed - 134
Working Memory - 76

FSIQ of 114... =(.

How ****ed up is that....

Explains why when I am just sitting with my peers or studying I am usually the one answering all the questions, and leading what ever we are doing, usually with no effort. Random questions come up and I very seldom draw blanks.

On tests though, whole other story. Reading too quickly, losing focus. Sucks so much. Guess it could be worse. Working memory problem is being fixed with Adderall so =D

 

[Elpenor]

IDK what my IQ is, but I was in the gifted program when I was in elementary school.... but I quit because those guys were nerds

True story, one of the kids in that program with me was a physics TA his first semester as a freshman at my university

 

[ILikeDrugs]

Don't you mean Wonderlic test? Or is this an actual test that is as awesome as it sounds.

Yeah, man. LOL. I had 2 hours of sleep the night before and it was almost 2am when I wrote that. It's the Wonderlic, or the "job IQ test" since this is the most common tests that employers will give to people prior to hiring them.

 

[VikingLegacy]

baleeted

 

[ILikeDrugs]

The CPI is a really interesting test. I took it for my psychometrics class as well. We also looked at the MMPI, Myers-Briggs, Woodcock-Johnson, WAIS, etc. It's a good class. I definitely think science majors should be required to take a research methods course (such as that that psychometrics usually requires as a prereq) from the general lack of critical thinking & analysis skills I see many science students possessing.

I've always found it to be very weird that bio/chem/and whatever else besides psych majors aren't required to take a research methods class. I would think this would be the case for anyone seeking to go into research at the undergrad level or anyone majoring in a science. How the heck do these people who have "research experience" know what their doing in their labs? Where do they learn how to set up a proper research project? 😕 No other major, at least at my school and at the UCs that I've looked at, seem to have a research methods course as a foundation/core requirement.

Also, as a fun side note, if people actually took psych testing they would know not to use their middle school IQ test to represent their current IQ. I always hear of these people taking these childhood IQ tests in school and then reporting a score of 140+. 🙄

LOL @ poll results. A gathering of geniuses. Almost as bad as an IQ thread on /b/. Try not to assume that your memorization skills might be a good indicator of your IQ, pre-allo. 😉

 

[IvyHopeful20]

A full 34% of respondents are 140+.

Haha, that is ridiculous and wrong. I bet there was maybe one, if that, who told the truth.

Because if this was true, than the IQ of 34% of our esteemed colleagues (of mostly pre-meds) on this forum are way above the 90%th percentile of IQs for practicing physicians... And almost 70% of us are around the 90% percentile or higher.



Hilarious. Seriously. How much it does it really increase your e-peen to lie about something anonymously on the interwebz?

 

[Charles_Carmichael]

Honestly, it doesn't really matter how smart you are.

In my personal opinion, the key to success in any field (not just medicine) is a strong work ethic. You don't have to be a genius to cut it as a physician. You just have to be willing to work hard, consistently, over a long period of time.

Of course, if you want to be a theoretical physicist, you damn better be ridiculously smart! 😛

 

[eablackwell]

honestly, it doesn't really matter how smart you are.

In my personal opinion, the key to success in any field (not just medicine) is a strong work ethic. You don't have to be a genius to cut it as a physician. You just have to be willing to work hard, consistently, over a long period of time.

Of course, if you want to be a theoretical physicist, you damn better be ridiculously smart! 😛

+1

 

[All4MyDaughter]

(Side note to Mods: When can I get my 2 year member Badge?)

You might have to wait until December is over, because as far as I know its automatic.

Lame Sauce

It is automatic by actual join date. BUT... we've got it set so any posted complaint about it automatically pushes it back 10 days. So you're well into the new year now.

 

[IvyHopeful20]

In my personal opinion, the key to success in any field (not just medicine) is a strong work ethic.

Some of my fellow math majors (going into PhD) disagree with you 😛.

 

[Charles_Carmichael]

Some of my fellow math majors (going into PhD) disagree with you 😛.

Oh I completely agree! Hence, my joke line about theoretical physicists.

I guess, rather than saying "any field," I should've said "most fields."

 

[IvyHopeful20]

[YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I]Reminds me of this[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

I had to get above 130 to be accepted to the gifted program in my schools when I was younger. This can be assumed to be the "cut-off" for genius level due to the bell-curve distribution (upper 2.5% or something...I forget). There have been studies that show that after around 120 there is no significant correlation in success (school, jobs, etc.). Additionally, there are many different types of genius. The test says I have an IQ of 144, but I have friends that are social geniuses (make friends wherever they go, even if they're there five minutes), artistic geniuses, athletic geniuses, etc. Everybody is different, and has qualities that should be appreciated for what they are. If we have to label, I'd rather label in that way.

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

A full 34% of respondents are 140+.

Haha, that is ridiculous and wrong. I bet there was maybe one, if that, who told the truth.

Because if this was true, than the IQ of 34% of our esteemed colleagues (of mostly pre-meds) on this forum are way above the 90%th percentile of IQs for practicing physicians... And almost 70% of us are around the 90% percentile or higher.



Hilarious. Seriously. How much it does it really increase your e-peen to lie about something anonymously on the interwebz?

This is an extremely small sample size, and the standard deviation for respectable IQ tests is roughly +/- 15 points. Don't assume the worst in people. Well you can, but that sounds like a miserable way to go about things. I would assume that the IQ of most pre-meds would be slightly higher than the average as well.

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

You know, I was debating asking about that. And yup, same here, they made me take it in 7th grade. If I remember correctly, I got a 1050 (this was before the writing section), but I don't remember my breakdown (probably something like 500 verbal and 550 math). I think they told my mom that I did slightly better than the average college-bound senior and I could skip high school and go right to college. 😱 She was like, "Um... no."

Haha, I got just below 1000, and so whenever my high school age brother picked on me, I'd remind him of his 910 vs my score as a 13 year old. This only ever resulted in more harassment though...

 

[IvyHopeful20]

This is an extremely small sample size, and the standard deviation for respectable IQ tests is roughly +/- 15 points. Don't assume the worst in people. Well you can, but that sounds like a miserable way to go about things. I would assume that the IQ of most pre-meds would be slightly higher than the average as well.

Except according to this poll, 70% of the pre-meds who voted have IQs higher than about 90% of physicians.

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

Except according to this poll, 70% of the pre-meds who voted have IQs higher than about 90% of physicians.

It is strange, I'll agree, but it still is a very small sample size. Where did you get the 90% figure? From what I remember, IQ>130 is maybe 5%, although I suppose I'm splitting hairs...

 

[IvyHopeful20]

It is strange, I'll agree, but it still is a very small sample size. Where did you get the 90% figure? From what I remember, IQ>130 is maybe 5%, although I suppose I'm splitting hairs...

It's not strange at all. It's a perfectly normal e-peen size.

I got the data from the occupations by IQ website (http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Occupations.aspx). Shows the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile for each profession.

 

[apumic]

This is an extremely small sample size, and the standard deviation for respectable IQ tests is roughly +/- 15 points. Don't assume the worst in people. Well you can, but that sounds like a miserable way to go about things. I would assume that the IQ of most pre-meds would be slightly higher than the average as well.

Highly unlikely.

It is strange, I'll agree, but it still is a very small sample size. Where did you get the 90% figure? From what I remember, IQ>130 is maybe 5%, although I suppose I'm splitting hairs...

Nope IQ>130 is quite a bit less than 5%. Consider that the SD is 15 pts. This places >130 at 2% of the population (98th percentile). College graduates average 1 SD from the mean (IQ ~115). This places >70% of SDN at the 84th percentile or better of college graduates! In another words, the average SDN member responding to this poll is OVER 1 SD more intelligent than the average college graduate. This is highly improbably. Most likely, most people are guessing and psychological experiments show that people estimate high FAR more often than low when evaluating themselves. For instance, we've all heard that most people think they are in the top X% of drivers.

 

[Wermz]

I just got 142 on the iqtest.com thing and I definitely guessed on a couple and I'm definitely not a genius.

 

[DbDan]

You know, I was debating asking about that. And yup, same here, they made me take it in 7th grade. If I remember correctly, I got a 1050 (this was before the writing section), but I don't remember my breakdown (probably something like 500 verbal and 550 math). I think they told my mom that I did slightly better than the average college-bound senior and I could skip high school and go right to college. 😱 She was like, "Um... no."

Duke Talent Search 👍 I remember taking this in 7th grade. I got ~1050 as well but I got somethingl ike 630m/420v I still have that score sheet around my house somewhere.

The state of Florida used to (before a bunch of lawsuits a few years ago) make you take an IQ test in order to get into their "gifted" program so I'd assume alot of people that are from Florida have actually taken a real test. They only took those that scored >98th percentile. I scored a 136 and was accepted to the program. Later they changed it to incorperate both an IQ test as well as standardized test scores because they said that IQ tests did not incorperate a person's determination to succeed.

That said, I've scored as high as 160+ on some of the online tests, they are a joke and are horribly inaccurate. The real test is freaking long and incorperates memory, speed of answering questions as well as a slew of other things. Too bad I never applied for Mensa, that'd be a fun acceptance to have. I wonder if I can find my old IQ test score and send it in

 

[eablackwell]

The state of Florida used to (before a bunch of lawsuits a few years ago) make you take an IQ test in order to get into their "gifted" program so I'd assume alot of people that are from Florida have actually taken a real test. They only took those that scored >98th percentile. I scored a 136 and was accepted to the program. Later they changed it to incorperate both an IQ test as well as standardized test scores because they said that IQ tests did not incorperate a person's determination

I'm a teacher in Florida, and unless they changed it in the past 2 years it's still based on IQ test. Teachers and parents can nominate students for the program no matter what their FCAT score. They are then given the IQ test by the school. You must score 135 or higher to be placed in it (or 125 if you are a minority/low income).

The problem is, many districts do nothing for these students. The school I work at simply puts them all on the same "team," but there are never enough gifted students to fill the team so they pack the rest with FCAT 4s and 5s. This, however, does not mean the school gets the extra cash for all of the students, just the traditionally marked gifted.

What the lawsuits resulted in the 10 pt lowering for minorities and low income.

 

[DbDan]

I'm a teacher in Florida, and unless they changed it in the past 2 years it's still based on IQ test. Teachers and parents can nominate students for the program no matter what their FCAT score. They are then given the IQ test by the school. You must score 135 or higher to be placed in it (or 125 if you are a minority/low income).

The problem is, many districts do nothing for these students. The school I work at simply puts them all on the same "team," but there are never enough gifted students to fill the team so they pack the rest with FCAT 4s and 5s. This, however, does not mean the school gets the extra cash for all of the students, just the traditionally marked gifted.

What the lawsuits resulted in the 10 pt lowering for minorities and low income.

I left the Florida school system in 7th grade so it was just a quick google search that lead me to believe that the testing had changed. Thanks for the update. 👍

I was in the Dr. Phillips district and I know for the two years that I was in school there, 6th & 7th grade, our school put us in a different English class (there was only 1 group of 19 or 20 of us), different math class and a "logic and reasoning" class where we played logic games and solved puzzles instead of PE (good move there florida... 😡)

 

[werd]

the iq curve is supposed to be approx. gaussian with an average of 100 and a sd of 15. i agree the online tests aren't that valid... i always score like 30 points higher on math-based internet iq tests than reading-based iq tests.

 

[familyaerospace]

The test for Mensa doesn't actually give you a score. You just know if you're top 2% or not. I know my IQ from HS records (back when I was a kid if you were in a wheelchair they made you take an IQ test before allowing you in regular classes...I think that's illegal now). However, I never got my score from Mensa, just an acceptance letter.

Ah, good. Guess my partner will still never know if his IQ is higher than mine. He is taking the Mensa test next Saturday as since I got in under prior testing with elementary records (and of course was just sent an acceptance letter although I knew my score because I asked for a copy for myself), he's been making comments.

There was a time, at least when he was in school, that they were making everyone take IQ tests. He just missed the gifted cutoff by a few points.

 

[rafflecopter]

Hey guys, it's EQ that really matters ; )

What Sandler movie is that line from...
"My mom says real beauty's on the inside."
"That's just something ugly people say."

Its from Liar, Liar.

"The god damn pen is blue!"