what's your IQ score?

[HerbertTheHamster]

If you're anything far above 100, you're either full of shit or the test is full of shit.

IQ tests are balanced so the average is always 100. This is why internet IQ tests always suck.

Spoiler

They don't say anything about your intelligence either

 

[Drop_D-Bombshell]

Last time I checked mine was 142.

 

[Danny Ocean]

I had an IQ of 135 when I was 11, which was based on an estimate of how well I did on the UK's national IQ test.

Now, according to an online test, it's only 110.

As others have said, though, motivation can make up for IQ. I think intelligence =

Savvy+Smarts

IQ is a measure of Savvy, or the ability to learn, which is why it's all about pattern recognition and logic puzzles, analyzing the way you think. Smarts come from bombing through books, but bombing through books can also increase your Savvy, if you're reading the right kind of books.

 

[Wierdguy]

did an online test a few years ago that said i had "Somewhere inbetween 120-135"

Translation: Fuck if i know =p

 

[conflictofinterests]

Mine was 115 the last time I checked, and I think that's within a standard deviation of the mean. (100 right?) So I'm just the high side of average. Haven't procured a job yet, but other factors seem to have lent themselves towards making me a nigh ridiculously fast learner.

 

[Lawnmooer]

I've done a few IQ tests and they all said that my IQ was around 180ish (183 was the last one I believe)

Not that I really pay attention to it. Since it doesn't matter what my IQ is (Because those tests are most likely wrong) all that matters is what grades you get in School, how well you do in college and if you get through university...

Also paying attention in lessons and watching some educational television helps...

There is no real way to compare how intelligent people are due to many different factors (Some people are good at tests, others arn't. Some people know alot of general knowledge and some people only just know alot about specific subjects ect.) Especially since alot of people with some mental disabilities are infact very good at some subjects (Maths being fairly common)

You also have to decide what intelligence is. Is it knowing alot of information? Remembering alot of information? Putting things they know into practice? Writing down and solving long mathematical/scientifical equations?

 

[Flames66]

I Got something around 120. It varied by at least 10 depending on where I took it so I don't take it very seriously.

 

[conflictofinterests]

I had an IQ of 135 when I was 11, which was based on an estimate of how well I did on the UK's national IQ test.

Now, according to an online test, it's only 110.

As others have said, though, motivation can make up for IQ. I think intelligence =

Savvy+Smarts

IQ is a measure of Savvy, or the ability to learn, which is why it's all about pattern recognition and logic puzzles, analyzing the way you think. Smarts come from bombing through books, but bombing through books can also increase your Savvy, if you're reading the right kind of books.

From the rhetoric I've heard spouted, your IQ shouldn't change over time. So yeah, pattern recognition and whatnot, but books shouldn't really affect that.

 

[CactiComplex]

The average of my online tests is 132, taking into account I struggle with the numerical ones, and a few others, because of my dyscalculia. So, really, it doesn't say much at all. I'd love to get officially tested if there's one out there that caters for dyscalculic people. Should be if there's one that caters for dyslexics, I think. I'd quite like to know my 'official' IQ, but I don't believe for a moment it tells you exactly how intelligent you are. Too many factors for a single test to calculate, really.

 

[ultimateownage]

IQ's are retarded and an extremely superficial measure of intellect. There are different types of intellect.
CATs on the other hand, are at least slightly more reliable and sensible.

 

[ninjapenguin981]

I just did the same one and got 121.

 

[OldRat]

Free internet tests really aren't the way to go with measuring IQ, people.
And on that note, IQ really isn't really all that important for most people anyway.

But anyhow, I can't even recall it right now without the little paper, but my Mensa-approved test ranks me in the category of "Enough to get in, but not really enough to actually be of note in there."
I think it was around 140.

I've never even considered joining that club, from the fear of becoming an elitist asshole and flaunting my masterful number to people with a smaller number.

 

[conflictofinterests]

I've done a few IQ tests and they all said that my IQ was around 180ish (183 was the last one I believe)

Not that I really pay attention to it. Since it doesn't matter what my IQ is (Because those tests are most likely wrong) all that matters is what grades you get in School, how well you do in college and if you get through university...

Also paying attention in lessons and watching some educational television helps...

There is no real way to compare how intelligent people are due to many different factors (Some people are good at tests, others arn't. Some people know alot of general knowledge and some people only just know alot about specific subjects ect.) Especially since alot of people with some mental disabilities are infact very good at some subjects (Maths being fairly common)

You also have to decide what intelligence is. Is it knowing alot of information? Remembering alot of information? Putting things they know into practice? Writing down and solving long mathematical/scientifical equations?

From what I hear, getting a job isn't just about how well you do in school, though that does help. It's more about how connected you are with the people in the company in which you're seeking employment. I highly doubt anyone with a marginally higher IQ but low social skills or interest in social interactions is going to be hired over someone with an average IQ that has done their research on the company, and is able to form some sort of working relationship with the person who's hiring.

 

[CrystalShadow]

I just took an on-line IQ test on the BBC website and scored 87, Go Me! (sarcasm).
Along with your own score, feel free to say how much relevance IQ score has on ones occupational prospects and there life in general.

Well, I was tested and had an overall score in the range of 136-142 (with a 95% probability of this being accurate).

Somewhere in one of the sub-scores to do with visual-spatial processing I got as high as 155.

(Officially, 100 is defined as the statistical norm of the population. Eg: 66% of the population should be close to an IQ of 100)

But, IQ scores aren't a good predictor of success in life, or even studies.

I'm good at a lot of things, and pick up new knowledge and abilities quite easily, which I guess is sort of consistent with my IQ results.

But, considering how useless I am compared to 'dumber' people sometimes, there's obviously something very crucial to success in life that isn't measured at all by IQ tests.


One final thing; Officially, IQ scores can't be compared between different tests.

So saying you have an IQ of 70. Or 100 or 150 or whatever is meaningless out of context, and you can't blindly compare two numbers.

IQ scores can only be validly compared if they are scores for the same IQ test.

If they're different tests, comparisons are meaningless.

 

[Wolfram23]

The only IQ test I've taken that I recall is a free one on Facebook. Obviously unrealiable. Still, I scored a 135.

 

[hmwm]

IQ score is your "mental age" (which is figured out by taking your raw IQ test score and then referencing the IQ test table), divided by your actual age, multiplied by 100. So it shouldn't change over time, because as you're getting older to score more correct, the total number is also being divided by a higher number anyway. Because of this, an IQ score can only really be compared to others of the same age.

68% of the population is within 30 points of 100, 85-115, which is one standard deviation. 95% of the population is within 30 points (two standard deviations) of 100, 70-130.
Anyone who claims to have scored over 130 is likely lying, especially if they're posting on escapistmagazine's forums.
Only 4% of the world's population has a score that's three standard deviations out, that's 130-145, or on the other end, 55-70, and then four standard deviations from the norm (0-55, 145+) is the territory of only 1% of the population. A quick google search tells me that the highest IQ on record is 210, and it belongs to physicist Kim Ung-Yong.

tl;dr because of the way IQ tests and standard deviation statistics work, it's a fair to doubt people who claim to be above 115, and that almost everyone who claims to be above 130 is lying. Also you can only compare IQ tests to people your age.

I guess at this point I have to claim that I took an IQ test and my score is 153, but then make a modesty claim that they probably don't mean anything anyway, yeah?

edit: typos, oops. Even people with "IQ's" of 153 slip up occasionally

 

[fgdfgdgd]

It seems we have the brain-trust of the internet right here in one thread, considering the average is somewhere between 80-115.

OT: High enough to know it doesn't matter.

 

[tigermilk]

Wow the national average (In the UK) is about 100, clearly nearly everyone who has replied is borderline genius. What do IQ tests matter/how will they effect your prospects?

There appear to be a lot of very very intelligent people who are wasting away the hours on the Escapist instead of living the highlife that speaks volumes.

I do acknowledge most people used the prefix of "they are meaningless and I don't care" before revealing there prodigous talents.

Yup it has been a shit day at a shit job that doesn't utilise my undergraduate or masters degrees and I needed an outlet, sorry if I offended anyone.

 

[Raesvelg]

The things to remember when you post this topic, like so many people on so many forums have done before you ever thought about it, are as follows.

Thing the first: There is more than one IQ scale. Holy shit, I know right? You could score an 87 and be considered slightly above Forrest Gump, or you could score an 87 and be considered on the high side of normal. Yes, the typical score places the mean at 100, and measures from there, but even that is debatable most of the time.

Thing the second: Not all IQ tests are created equal. A proper test takes quite a while to administer, requires a controlled environment, etc etc etc. And even those will have a deviation of 10-20% depending on the precise nature of the test in relation to the individual taking it.

Thing the third: People lie their asses off, particularly in online settings where they can't possibly be called out for, y'know, lying their asses off, as to what their IQ scores are. During the course of my tenure here on teh intarwebz, I have seen enough people claiming an IQ in excess of 160 that Mensa must be second only to bloody FACEBOOK in total membership.