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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having been given tons of IQ tests throughout my childhood, I will say that being more familiar with the format and types of questions will bump you up a few points, because you get better at those types of questions, at taking the test, and you get calmer about it. I remember they had to limit the frequency of testing me in order not to mess up their results. (Apparently I was a consistently ultra-high-scoring kid, and they had a tiny collection of us they'd test their tests on back in the 60s and 70s.)[/quote]

Can you take more than 1 IQ test per year? Don't you have to space them out to prevent skewing results. If you take it in October and then in December of the same year, isn't that cheating? [/quote]

I am not the PP.  In my life, I have probably taken 20 IQ tests.  Mostly because I was the kid who refused to do homework once I understood the material.  FWIW, I also have a photographic memory: I see it once and I remember what I saw, the context where I saw it, and the discussions around it.  (you would think that is good, but trust me, it is not in the real world).

In the second grade, when the school recommended holding me back, my parents had me evaluated; I came back with a very high: 144;  When my parents presented it to the school, the school had me evaluated -- and gave me the same test; I scored a bit better, particularly on the timed sections (I had seen the questions before), and scored 155, which is practically off the charts.

But, in school, I coasted.  I relied on my memory and my ability to derive the answers; I never studied until college.  And even then, I did not put much effort in compared to my peers.

Now, as a professional, I work hard -- the work is interesting.  Many of you would know my name.  I have a reputation for solving hard complex technical problems that are of national and international importance.  And it is not because of my prepping for IQ tests. [/quote]

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