What's your IQ level?

[Dch48]

I find that extremely difficult to believe.

Then again, this is the internet. There is no way of being sure anyone is telling the truth.

You can believe it or not but the facts are that I have taken 5 or 6 different IQ tests in my 64 years on the planet . The first one in Elementary School, then High School, then College, then the Army, and lastly one called "the world's hardest IQ test" which was certainly the least valid of the bunch but I still scored 153 (it was in a magazine and sponsored by Mensa). My High School had 8 divisions in each grade based on learning ability and I was always in the top division in every subject where we got more advanced material than those in the lower tiers. I know they don't do that kind of thing any more but in my opinion, they should. My lowest IQ score was 152 in the Army one and the highest was 162 in College (which I quit after 3 semesters even though I had a NY State Regents Scholarship). I can attest to the social problems too since I have always hated parties and never had more than 3 or 4 friends at one time. I never even asked for a date until I was 25 and that didn't go well. The main reason why I hated College was also the social aspects.

I also was at one time a Mensa member but dropped out because at the meetings, 99.9% of the people were pure closed minded Liberal snobs.

[Wells]

the world's hardest IQ test

This right here is not how IQ tests work.

[Deleted]

At the army, I was at an interview after having taken multiple tests, where the interviewer told me: "Looking at your IQ score, you should probably go to university instead."
I don't know what that means and I don't know the score, but I like to think it means I'm clever

I'd say that your signature proves that.

[Deleted]

Should be around 165. But who knows. I am getting dumber every day.

[Voraliska]

Had to take an IQ test in middle school. Never got the results on it, but my mom started filling out a bunch of applications and I wound up going to a specialized high school that focused in the medical field. The only thing I remember from those years was I got a letter from the president(Bill Clinton), though I don't remember what it was for either! I do not think IQ tests are truly relevant though.

[Snuffleupagus]

Wow, everyone who has said their IQ so far is in the 97th percentile or better. That seems likely.

Welcome to the internet, where everyone is a genius, ripped, and has a 16 inch penis (or is pencil thin, a genius, and has E cups).

[Vizardlorde]

Welcome to the internet, where everyone is a genius, ripped, and has a 16 inch penis (or is pencil thin, a genius, and has E cups).

lies (ok most do but i just hate generalizations that wrongfully include me)
<<<< is me no need to lie about it, just an average, skinny, weird 20 year old.

[Grogar]

I did one in school and got a 139, although I also did a national one and got a 141 which got me into this special program. I just have a really strong mathematical mind and have always been really good at IQ tests I guess

[Snuffleupagus]

lies (ok most do but i just hate generalizations that wrongfully include me)
<<<< is me no need to lie about it, just an average, skinny, weird 20 year old.

And yet I'm expected to believe that almost everyone in this thread is Mensa material, or close to?

Please.

[Raphtheone]

I did the mensa.dk test since it was linked (I've done it before though, a few years back), and I must say I'm fairly disappointed with my result. What's the cap on the test for spread-15? I googled and couldn't find anything.

[StayTuned]

Yeah i just took the online mensa pre test on the official German mensa webpage, and they kindly asked me afterwards to apply for the real thing as they think I have a high chance of passing it. I had 30 out of 33 logic questions correct, all answered fair without cheating.

After that I went to the "harder puzzles" section on their website and I was faced with scribbles and math problems Ive never seen before. Shit looked like something only a mad man could have come up with. I got headache and closed the tab after 5 minutes.

At least I was smart for some 15 minutes.

[Kerath]

I've never taken an official IQ test, but I would imagine I'm somewhere in the average, maybe the upper end of average. I'm more about (not-so)common sense anyway. I've met some extremely intelligent people in highly specialised jobs in my line of work, completely useless at coping with their personal administration (tax returns, payslips, getting registered in a foreign country, that kind of thing).

[ddsad2212]

I did an IQ test once, but it was on the internet. I scored 120 or something, however I do not no time was taken into account and got bored half way through and watch a youtube video lol, so it might be higher. Honestly I have no real idea how high or low that is, I think 100 is average? or is it 110. Can't really remember.

[StayTuned]

I've never taken an official IQ test, but I would imagine I'm somewhere in the average, maybe the upper end of average. I'm more about (not-so)common sense anyway. I've met some extremely intelligent people in highly specialised jobs in my line of work, completely useless at coping with their personal administration (tax returns, payslips, getting registered in a foreign country, that kind of thing).

Thats exactly my saying.

Listen to this story and please tell me what you think about it:

I know a guy here in Croatia; he is some distant relative of my father. He is 25 years old, he's a Prof. Dr. (PhD) in philosophy and also studied theology. He speaks 7 languages, writes books in different languages such as French and Spanish about philosophy, his IQ is estimated to be somewhere between 160 and 170 and he is a Mensa member.

This guy is best friends with a girl he met at his university and they are living together. She is also a Mensa member, speaks around 35 languages most likely fluently (Ive been to their home, they have hieroglyphs and translations of them written on their walls...wtf) and was ASKED by Harvard to go and work with them. She declined (because Harvard is too mainstream? I dont know) and now plans on going to Egypt to teach Coptic at a University over there.

Both are highly intelligent and I have to admit its the first time ever I felt like Penny from Big Bang Theory, but those people are so socially awkward and inapt to communicate like a "normal" person, its un.be.lieve.able. Period.

They earn little to no money, because they cant get a job other than working for universities, which isnt very profitable. Their apartment looks like SHIT, trash everywhere, nobody is doing the dishes, ash and cigs lying around everywhere and half open bottles of Red Label Whiskey in every corner. Every piece of furniture they have was previously owned by the guys father. He gave it to them because they would live in a apartment without anything at all but books, a computer and maybe a bed. His sister has to come over regularly to clean up whatever she can, but she cant be there every day just to take care of his daily housework, so things pile up naturally.

His parents and grandparents pay him money every month so he can afford food and rent.

He doesnt go out, he doesnt socialize with people but with those who are in his league of intelligence or field of expertise, at least. And he tries to keep even that to a bare minimum, according to his grandfather.
The guy offered me a glass of whiskey, even though I came with my car to deliver yet another piece of furniture. Who in his right mind offers a car driver a glass full of whiskey??

And now, please tell me how being exceptional smart is in any way favorable to your life.

[Vizardlorde]

And now, please tell me how being exceptional smart is in any way favorable to your life.

I dont think it is, it's just favorable for the world .Maybe if your research is understood by the dumber people your family might get some sort of recognition after you are dead?

[Raphtheone]

Thats exactly my saying.

Listen to this story and please tell me what you think about it:

<a story>

I've always believed that if society takes care of its intelligent people (even if some/most/whatever can take care of themselves, not all are completely dependent on others, but still keep an eye out for them), and they will take care of society. It'll be a symbiosis, but given the inept nature of high intelligence, society has to take the first step to start spinning the (positive) spiral.

[Kerath]

Thats exactly my saying.

Listen to this story and please tell me what you think about it:

*snip*

I would say: I'll stick with my average intelligence levels and above-average dose of common sense, thanks very much
My experiences are not as extreme as the one you have described, but enough to make me think that I'm happy with my brain as it is.
One acquaintance in particular sticks in my mind. Extremely intelligent guy but utterly useless at handling mundane things.
I was helping him get set up in the Netherlands temporarily, booked him an appointment at the tax office to get his Sofi number (he was coming here to work for a couple of months, so not long enough to have to register an address).
Anyway, I sent him an email with the appointment details - the address, instructions on which public transport links to take, detailed directions on how to find the place from the train station - he calls me up 10 minutes after he was supposed to show up at the tax office, he'd taken the wrong train (I'd told him the exact train, the platform he needed, and which stop to get off) gotten completely lost (he took the exit the station that I specifically told him NOT TO TAKE), so I have to talk him through finding the place.
So he finds it. Calls me back 2 minutes later.
"Why am I here?"
*facepalm*
The purpose of the appointment was in the subject line on the email I sent him.
Seriously. Mensa level intelligence and you can't read the heading of an email and follow directions.

[Deleted]

maxed out

[Raphtheone]

^The thing with intelligence is that the higher it is, the more you live in another world at the expense of disconnecting yourself from this one.

[kojinshugi]

So many people in this thread are in the 99th percentile. It's almost as if they're full of shit.