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S/O - how does everyone know their IQ?
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I was tested at school in the early 80s. I think I remember the score being around 135, but that was a long time ago.
Just for fun, I took a free online test recently. Scored 126. I think I could have done better if I hadn't been at work, and had three people pop in to talk to me during my allotted 15 minutes. Or, I've just gotten dumber. Certainly feels that way some days! |
Anonymous
| I was tested in (public) elementary school in the late 60s. I went to "the enrichment school" (still public school) for 4th through 6th grade. |
Anonymous
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I was tested in 6th grade in Fairfax County schools in the mid 80s. My parents didn't tell me the result but I recall seeing it and the number 122 or 133. Probably 122 since for a long time I remembered my undergrad GPA was 3.87 and when I looked later it was 3.77.
Other than not telling the score, my parents didn't do a good job of encouraging me to work hard rather than rely on my supposedly being "smart." I slacked off during high school and college -- there's no reason I shouldn't have been able to get a 4.0 (except maybe for that one art class). |
Anonymous
| I don't know mine, my parents wouldn't tell me, but it's at least 130, because the program I was in in middle school required that as a cutoff. |
Anonymous
My brother challenged me to a 'computer IQ' test after watching Forest Gump and seeing how low his was . I was always the straight "A" student...#10 out of a class of 620....he was the underachiever, class clown, star athlete....
I am sad to say we tied. I will say that I was really surprised his was as high as it was ....he must have found a way to cheat.
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Anonymous
"#10 out of a class of 620" - not high enough for Asian parents. |
Anonymous
Or he was smart but lazy in school. . .happens to a lot of people. One of my friends scored 1900 on the SATs in 8th grade with no test prep and ended up dropping out of high school in 10th grade. |
Anonymous
Well- there was only 1 Asian in the 9 slots ahead of me...and she wasn't the Valedictorian. My class had an Asian population of ~30%. Don't know where the Tiger moms were in our school .
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Anonymous
He's a smart-a**. Clearly a case of not applying himself....no matter how hard my parents got up his a**. He just didn't care. He finally did graduate college after 8 years, a school transfer, etc....we joke that he could have been a Doctor. His books were paid for by his scholarship...and he never went to the bookstore to pick them up. Believe it or not--he's doing well today...and he is one of the funniest ppl you'll ever meet. Clearly has the social skills. |
Anonymous
The SAT only went to 1600 until 2005. For your friend to have scored a 1900, they would have had to be in 8th grade in 2005 or later. And 1900/2400 (current scale) is not that hot of a score. Either you're younger than 19 or this story is fabricated. |
Anonymous
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In my view it is important to discuss your children's I.Q.s with them, particularly if they are high.
I know that growing up it really helped me to understand why people acted the way they did, and to be more gracious when dealing with incompetence or obtuseness. Once I realized that not everyone had the advantages that I did in terms of intelligence I was better able to tolerate sub-optimal behaviors in others. |
Anonymous
Believ
My DH is like this. He tests very high but he barely graduated high school and in college had a C average. If it was a subject he liked he would do well, but if it was something that wasn't interesting to him, he just simply did not care to do any work. He was the kind to only show up for tests and finals. Drove his parents crazy. But he has an engineering degree and is vey social and naturally gregarious. He is now a lobbyist for a major technology company and makes over 200K.
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Anonymous
Huh. Well, I'm going to go ahead and say that this post is a good example of why NOT to tell your kids that their IQ is high. Or, you're kidding, in which case, nice. Subtle. I nearly missed it. |
Anonymous
This. Still not sure which it is ... Anyway, my parents never told me my IQ but I know it was high enough to put me in the GT program in FFX County. I gew up knowing I was smart and slacked off because iof it. Read The Inverse Power of Praise -- first chapter in NurtureShock. Totally true for me. |
Anonymous
| It's important to remember that the test and the version of the test are key pieces of info if you are comparing scores. Better to use percentiles. |