SAT to IQ conversion
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Anonymous
| The standard deviation of IQ tests is nominally 15. The standard deviation of the 1600-point SAT is 100. The math is relatively simple. |
Anonymous
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141
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Anonymous
Apparently not so simple, because the standard deviation of the SAT is 200, not 100. |
Anonymous
| cute... |
Anonymous
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Lol. My IQ is 142. I have ADD and couldn't even sit through the SAT let along get a decent score on it, especially given the fact that I barely passed Geometry and Algebra. I eventually scored 99th percentile on the LSAT though after getting through my open-admissions arts college. Go figure. Wonder how that LSAT score correlates to IQ?
It doesn't. This is all nonsense. I don't know why you DCUM people are always on about things like this. |
Anonymous
| Given that people can study for and retake the SAT, it seems that it is not useful to compare it to an IQ score. |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry but there is no way this is accurate. For one, I thought the 50th percentile for the SAT was somewhere around 1000. Second, I scored 1280 and I DEFINITELY do not have an IQ of 130. |
Anonymous
| The SAT hasn’t been able to be used for admission to MENSA since I think sometime in the 80s. So I don’t think this chart is accurate. |
Anonymous
Yeah, not accurate. At least not if IQ tests are accurate.  In the 80s as a kid, mine was measured at 135 - which was not high enough to qualify for the G&T program at my school. Scored 1510 on the SAT, which the chart says would equate to an IQ of 150 or so. Definitely too high. I am bright but bright enough to know I'm not that bright! I have worked with people who are truly brilliant, and I can say I am not one of them.
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