Whats your IQ?
 

If you go to www.brain.com in the left column you see three choices for for types of tests. There is several types of IQ tests, but I understand that the 12 minute test is used commonly. So thats what I took: The Twelve minute IQ test.

I scored a 126, so Im not gifted. Deerrrr Shucks. It looks like they didnt learn me likke they shudda?

I'm curous if anyone here takes the test for exceptional intelligence and how you do. If a low scored is recieved and you dont want to post thats cool, but remember everyone is gifted in different ways, I havent seen anyone in the forum that isnt a seeker of knowledge, even the ones I dont agree with.

online IQ tests are bull
i took 2 IQ tests from two differnts sites, one i got 110 and the other i got 150

thats actually close enuf together to attribute to your error...not the test error

edit:after looking at a bell curve...maybe not, sorry!

I've taken the test for MENSA (didnt score high enough to get in) and this test closely resembled it. But just the same; thank you charlesesl your correct, but that can apply to truely anything one comes across the internet without seeing credentials and being in person.

Anyone that takes it; approach it with a level of seriousness of your choosing. Or just see it as a tool to give you an idea. Or post where there may be a universally acceptable test from a founded site. Kind of like having to take information seen at whitehouse.gov as being stuff really presented by the whitehouse.

Hmm... around 158 or 160 or something like that.

a very pointless bit of information though...

the only thing an IQ test measures is your ability to do IQ tests.

i hit 130, but i think i could probably do better, im beat right now

Well alot of it seems to focus around logic and critical thinking. Doing daily exercises to expand the IQ has been shown to counter organic brain disease. But Loki your right knowing your level is not like getting labwork back from the doctor. Yours is very high.
A question you helped me formulate is why IQ tests were developed. Why is it useful to know what Einstein’s IQ level was. It appears I should have put this in the nonsense thread as the general is very serious. Moderators its your call.

120 according to a MENSA test my ex-girlfriend made me take with her, she got a 158. Yeah, that relationship didn't last too long. That web test gave me a 135, maybe I'm not so helpless after all.
Personally, I feel like IQ is just one way of measuring intelligence. I'll beat most anyone at Trivial Persuit or Jeopardy but damned if the guy taking my order at Subway can't outdo me on an IQ test.

122..I panicked when I saw I only had a few minutes left so I think I can do better..I don't think it really matters though.

Took 2. 139 on one, 144 on another. Both were online tests and therefore suspect (too high, IMO.)

126 after 8 beers dont know what that proves ??? did the beer help or hinder LOL

That puts you in a small percentage MrSelfDestruct. There is one there for people that score in your range as well. Jeopardy and such is another way. THeres something called biomarkers of aging small mini tests to measure reaction, memory, and such. It gauges where a persons measured age is relative to what calculated norms are for that group. The Simon type memory test is part of it. There are memory tests at this site as well, but I havent done them. Its a good thing I didnt post the depression tests that are located there.

139 in eigth grade when i got put into this gifted program deal.

i moved that yr, so that was the end of it.

124 on 12 minute test.

122 on this one but probably would have done better if i wasnt also watching tv

I have an IQ of 160, don't need an online test to tell me that. ;)

This one was hard, I got a 155 on a different test I took in school. I just finished the ultimate IQ test after like an hour of working through it and got the SAME score I got when I took the one that only took me 10 minutes.

apology accepted

I don't know if they're biased, but I know a number of people with high IQ's with no common sense. To me, IQ means nothing if you do stupid shit. I've also known people who don't have high IQ's, but are so profound that they amaze me.

The 12-minute test said I got 130. I have a hard time with a test that gives you the privilege to join some society.

For 60 dollars.

A fast and dirty method if you've taken the new recentered SAT 1- divide your SAT score by 10, and you've got your IQ (16 SD).

130 according to the 12 minute test, which is about what other online tests have given me. (a little less, but the others didn't seem very credible) Never taken a real one. Still, sucks to be ordinary, eh?

damn you guys have pretty high scores. if 100 is supposed to be the median how come I have the lowest of anyone in here at this time with a 118? (12 minute test on 3 beers at 3:15am).

Ferris Bueler distracted me, but 120. going by the SAT trick, it's 145. :shrug: don't care, couldn't give a shit, still can't spell.

My IQ ranges from 125 to 175, depending on the test. That's nearly as vague as the Hubble constant.

Taken tests online and off. In college when getting tested for ADD and recently at this site. I scored 17 points or 12.87878787(ad infinitum)% higher online.

Two extra IQ points to the first person who can figure out my IQ.

hmm, eyeronic... 132? =)


guthmund: like i said earlier, an IQ test score is just a measure as to your ability to do IQ tests. Do they really measure intelligence? well, that depends on how you define intelligence.

My personal definition is that intelligence is a measure of your ability to react to stimuli, or actions that have an impact on you. I don't think IQ tests do a particularly good job of assessing this.

Also, results in IQ tests are hampered by assumed knowledge. For instance, many tests are created and based in the United States. This means that someone like me would always get a lower IQ, because i don't know what a nickel or dime is, or any other "common knowledge" that is known to american residents.

Even with my definition of intelligence though, its still impossible to measure it. A friend of mine, he's as thick as a post, he comes up with the most hilarious and witty comments about events that just happened. Another friend of mine, he doesnt do too good in academic work, but he has an ability to pick out an opportunity to make money where many people wouldnt see one. I am pretty good at academic work, but not particularly witty nor particularly good at seeing opportunities.

So why do i get a higher IQ then the other two? probably because I am doing an extremely spatially orientated course, and have loved doing spatial/logic based activies since i was a kid, so i ace the spatial/logic section. And i read a fair bit, so i understand dem big words in the verbal section.

My own personal assessment of my intelligence is that i'm smart enough to know that im not smart. =)

I tested 110 on a TV show test (with some smart guys and stuff) and the general score was 98 on that test ...

on-line IQ test and stuff like that are just bs I guess, every1 can make a test and make the questions as difficult as possible or easy like nothing ..

don't care about my IQ anyway, I know how smart (or dumb) I am and that's all that counts IMO

I scored 122 on this test. This seems to be a little lower than the other tests I've taken but it gives more precise average.

I'd like to see a common sense test because I know alot of people with high IQs and very low common sense :)

I would say that you don't find the 'stupid' people here for several reasons:

1) A lot of 'stupid' people know they're stupid and so wouldn't voluntarily take an IQ test any more than I would enter a Mr. Universe contest.

2) People who have a lower IQ may not be here in the first place, because written, discussion-based activities may not appeal to them.

3) Anyone with a low IQ is unlikely to publicise the fact any more than anyone with a two-inch wang would go on the 'How big is your penis?' thread.

I was given these tests as a gift (kind of an odd story in itself, a gf's parents gave it to me to help me get direction or something, I felt lke I was being screened, very strange) anyway, I think tests like these are a little more accurate in determining exactly what you are and are not good at.

Well, I must say, that is the hardest IQ test I have taken, I score a 122. My head hurts so bad, I need a beer to kill some more brain cells!!

In second grade I was giving a IQ test, a real one. I got 145.

I got a 122 on the 12-minute test.

I don't have time to take the test right now (gotta leave for a quick trip to FL) but I thought a score of 100 is the average or mean score, not the median. Can anyone clarify?

I agree with many of the observations here that IQ is just one tool to gather info about oneself and just one on-line test means little or nothing. While in college, I took a bunch of the standardized tests while learning how to administer them and I wan't really impressed with the results, i.e. we all pretty much know already about where we land on the bell curve.
Common sense (which ain't so common!) and the so-called emotional IQ, do factor into all this self-assessment.

I got 120 on the 12 minute IQ test. I just woke up, and drank about a case of beer last night, I'm sure that has something to do with these results. I am pleased to see that a 120 is decent. I'll try again when I don't have such a violent hangover.

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I got 135.

Took one just out of high school, scored 155. Yay, beer!

Got a 122. I am not at my best right now though. I could probably add 10 or so if I hadnt just stopped playing CS.

Just wondering, but why would you want to get into the Mensa society? Do they throw some wicked toga/LAN parties or something?

From the disappearance of my post would i be right in thinking that suggesting blacks have lower IQs than whites is a no go area?

wolfman- It's just the privelege of being able to say you're in Mensa. I wouldn't join any organization anal-retentive enough to have two pages of regulations on acceptable ways to display their logo, and violates those regulations on their website.

General IQ tests predict a ton of different things. There is a very large body of literature on the subject. The list of correlates is too long to even include. The online IQ test probably predicts nothing. What are the names of the IQ tests people are taking? (Many of these online IQ tests are neither valid nor reliable)p.

That being said, a general IQ test doesn't make much sense to me. As others have mentioned, there are likely different types of intelligence (verbal, spatial, mathematical, etc.). Also, the IQ test IS culturally biased. It predicts a many things in western cultures. It doesn't necessarily predict as much in a hunting and gathering society, etc.

apparently i have a 131 iq... i liked the test that gave me a 160-something iq better.

here's my problem. i'm very visually-minded. i work well with things i can think through in my head or even enact in front of me... i like being able to see things in order to make my decisions. that's why i'm terrible at math-type questions... crunching random meaningless numbers through endless confusion equations just gives me a big soft one. i know i'm smart, but not necessarily in the same way as others.

I score 130. I am the same way. I am a very visual and logic based person. I excel at some things and have more difficulties with others.

I'm the same way...I think also the time limit had something to do with it. I found myself looking at the timer quite a bit.

75

I don't need a test to tell me how stupid I am.

I recieved a 118. I had to hurry through the last 10 questions becuase I had a minute left, not that I am giving myself excuse for my score, becuase had I more time, it wouldn't have really mattered. 118 is alright I guess.

128. Now I have always been good at IQ tests, though I never thought I was very smart. Thing is this one started bugging out at the end, or maybe it was my internet connection, would not forward to the next question so I ended up having 15 or so left blank!

My normal range for IQ test is from 145-155 they are usually pretty close. I have not tried any internet tests because I do not think they are very valid.
ACT was 31 and ASVAB was 94 if that means anything.

I scored 120 on the 12 minute test. I've never been very good at workin maths out in my head tho *pats calculator*

128. It's so great to be gifted. :D

scored 100 in the 12 min test

woot population average

135, had to hurry a bit at the end cuz i wasted a minute chugging nestea...

Loki gets 2 extra IQ points.

150 for me, which is about the same as if I did the SAT conversion. Still, the test isn't really valid as a pure IQ test since some of the questions required outside knowledge, which really invalidates the whole thing.

When I was younger, I used to care.

Now that I've gotten older, I've learned there are more valuable things in life.

So yeah, I started to take the Ultimate IQ Test...it was too hard. So I stopped.

Online IQ tests are garbage. I have yet to see one give me an IQ below 170, trying to sell me a plaque saying "You're smarter than some random percent of Americans!"

I scored a 132

More than enough

It's the wisdom, heart & experience that I care about.

IQ tests. The educated man's pissing contest.

Seriously. Being really smart does not automatically guarantee you a successful life, nor does it make your opinions more valid than someone else's. And being smart is not the same as being wise. Smart people still do stupid things.

For some of us, talking about our IQ is like talking about the Mafia...

Hi I'm new The link didn't work for me but I've done other tests and I get between 165-203

I've taken tests and gotten between 132 and 234 - a fairly wide margin. I suspect that the best guage of intelect is how one does in life, not on a test. If one has an I.Q. over 150, but can't hold down a job, have good relationships with his or her friends and family, or be happy, what's it worth?

I tooks the tesst and the test said my brain was 75 pounds LOLOLOL!!! what a measure, that TEST IS SO STUPID LOLOLOL

I took the real IQ test back in highschool for my AP psychology course. We were talking about different types of intelligence.

I scored a 187 on the IQ test, but then we played a memory game. Interestingly enough, it was an aboslutely perfect example.

Those that scored lower on the standard IQ test did exceptionally well in the memory game, I had the highest IQ - according to the test - in the class, and I did absolutely the worst. In fact, it was excactly the opposite - person by person. The person that scored 2nd in the IQ test was eliminated 2nd from the memory game, etc. I would attribute it possibly to the class inadvertantly swinging the results, but we didn't know the scores of the IQ test when we played the memory game....

I think the IQ test is good for measuring a specific type of intelligence, but so are other tests. I suppose it depends on what type of intelligence you are looking for...