All very true. My point was I think IQ is about much more than a standardized test.

Lets not generalize. :D It depends on the high school.

The whole notion of IQ is pretty controversial anyways even if you have your test administered reliably. (As in... at an officially proctored testing center)

Even then most studies find that IQ is heavily subject to the law of diminishing returns. Its important to score relatively well, but there are no significant advantages between high and super-high scores. All this points to the conclusion that IQ tests are not directly measuring "intelligence" but rather are merely another test which require "intelligence" in order to score well on.

136 -> 8 years ago

Now it would be slightly less I believe

I took one about 2 years ago and it was about 161 or so... not sure how it is now.

wow that's a lot! Congrats :) Consider working at NASA

From a previous job, an IQ test and psych eval was required several different times, so I knew what mine was from several tests. I also had a car wreck and a TBI and it dropped considerably. There were more tests after the accident. However, I was informed that the knowledge is still there but the pathways were destroyed and need to rebuild. That's kinda' interesting, but it was very frustrating at first. I'm still building new roads in my brain! :)

You can get your results from MENSA. I was a member for awhile, fresh out of HS, but didn't continue on when going to college. There's a pre-test that lasts about 1/2 hour just to determine if you can take the "big" test.

At any given time, to be MENSA material, you have to be in the top 2% of the population when it comes to having an accredited test. There's consistently about 100,000 members worldwide, but that doesn't mean that if you're not in it that you're not MENSA material. It might mean that you don't want to continue paying your dues. LoL! And you want to balance your checkbook with the extra money that you didn't spend on dues.

And I think that all y'all are pretty smart. All triple digits. BTW, I used to have a breakdown of the MENSA people, and they ranged all over the place in their life styles, jobs, etc., including the homeless to millionaires. Smart doesn't always mean wise.