iq scores are dumb....especially ones that people take online that are less than 50 questions.
Its practically random chance of knowing the questions and luck that can either make or break you. I've gotten scores from 100 to 145 w/ almost no consistency in cheaply made tests.
mensa is the single dominant word on intelligence.
http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10
take this simple non-IQ-scoring, short quiz...
http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php
i got a 21 outta 30. deffinately puts you in your place in the world of true geniuses, lol.
I think i was probably a sub-genius when i was younger though. Some kids hit puberty earlier than others..some get intelligent way earlier. If i'd assume my scores of a 200 question IQ test that was timed program via CD Rom (145)...and my scores apon getting into my advanced placement classes in Junior High (top 1 percentile) yea..it would have been correct to say i was a genius then.
But truth be told...IQ is relative to your age (stopping at an 18+ mark)...and i think i'm pretty much the same intelligence i was 5 years ago. So it wouldn't surprise me if i'd be 130 now or something.
iq scores are dumb....especially ones that people take online that are less than 50 questions.
Its practically random chance of knowing the questions and luck that can either make or break you. I've gotten scores from 100 to 145 w/ almost no consistency in cheaply made tests.
If i take 2 tests, of course its more convenient for me to believe i just "messed up" on the worse one, or did my
real best on this other one..and assume the highest score is always the one for me. People have good and bad days..and an IQ test is just that. A test..not a determining, permanent cap on our potential.
Generally though, "genius" is considered above 130, and mentally ******** could be set at 70. Personally...i think the the word "genius" deserves more
oomph than that and should be at 150, but i can't argue with the very statistical classes i've taken in Psychology, right? :-/
anyway..thats why i rather percentile ranking. Its not as guessingly-specific as actual IQ scores.