Nah, they’re probably just going to be angry at the reported results and claim they’re total bullshit.
I never got an IQ test either. I wish I had because I’m relatively smart and a good test-taker. I would have liked to have known.
I was tested in early grade school and came out as “155+”. I don’t know what the “plus” part was, so I guess all I can say with reasonable certainty is that it’s at least 155. My mom told me my score, and a few years later showed me the results paper. Surprisingly, every kid in my class was displayed along with their IQs on the results–something that would be unthinkable nowadays and would probably lead to lawsuits. I was kind of proud of the fact that I scored the highest.
I sure don’t feel like it these days, though. I’d be afraid to take the test again. Sometimes I still feel pretty smart, and sometimes I feel like my brains have all turned into oatmeal.
You’re just jealous because you’re not smart enough to have realized about the horseshit.
Nuh uh, I just went back and took the exact same IQ test I took when I was six and scored even higher!
That proves I’ve only gotten smarter.
You know, I’ve never taken a proper IQ test. Sometimes I get curious about what my score would be. Then I realize that I truly, honestly don’t care. At all.
And *then *I realize that if I never get tested, I can just assume that I have a higher IQ than everyone else. So, you know, win-win.
I don’t know what mine is, but once I got a letter from Mensa saying based on some test I’d taken I could join.
Mensa!
I took a Mensa test once and got a 148. Which I knew we’re not supposed to include but my mother showed me the paperwork from when they tested me in grade school and placed me in all the advanced classes and programs and it was right in that range. I don’t recall the official grade school score but 148 is close enough for government work anyway. So I guess the Mensa tests aren’t entirely worthless (or else I had a pretty nifty coincidence)
When I was in 7th and 8th grades, 1964 - 1965, the teacher’s book had IQ scores. She left it open on her desk sometimes, and the kids in the front row wrote down the scores. This happened more than once, with different kids reporting, so I consider that independent verification.
As for the bs claims - in a thread a while ago where people doubted self reported high sores, I did an analysis of the percentage of Dopers who have been on Jeopardy vs that for the population as a whole. We come out several orders of magnitude higher. This is clearly not a solid indicator of the distribution of Doper IQs, but I suspect there is a correlation. There is also obviously bias to the high end in the survey results, even if everyone answers honestly.
I’m actually rather afraid of taking a proper IQ test. I think I have some arrogancy and self-entitlement issues and obviously a good score on an IQ test would excaserbate things needlessly.
Don’t remember.
I’ve been crushing standardized tests for as long as I can remember. It’s sorta my ‘thing’. My brother’s the funny one, my sister’s the popular one, I’m the smart one. I mean, my username is a chess term, for chrissake.
I remember being surprised by an IQ test in high school. They just asked me to come to the office and all of a sudden, this lady was asking me questions. “Look at this chart. How many more fish did Bob catch than Suzy?” “Put these pictures in order to make a story.” They told me my score later on. It was 92nd percentile or something. Apparently, though, I put the pictures in order faster than anyone had ever done. The paper said “99” in that category but had a little, handwritten ‘+’ next to it. I thought that was funny.
When I take fake online tests, I get 140-160, so I put down 125 as my best guess to a real IQ score.
Mine was measured in high school and I believe it was 134 or 136. About ten years ago I took a fairly thorough one on the internet that everyone in the office was taking to prove who was smartest (hah!) and I scored in pretty much the same vicinity. I didn’t win the office genius contest either.
I can be clever in certain situations and subjects but also feel like a huge dumbass a lot of times and have a hard time with some areas like electronics/electricity and higher math.
Okay, three 195+. Who is joining me in the SUPER AWESOME GENIUS! club?
To obtain actual SAT score, multiply claimed score by 6 and divide by claimed penis length.
Above room temperature; below boiling point.
ETA: that’s Fahrenheit, smartasses
Well, I guess that proves it.
It’s interesting to see that despite some obvious dicking around, something of a bell curve appearing already. How much of the high bias (mode at 140 rather than 100) is self-selection, lying, genuine misapprehension, or a genuine reflection of the SDMB population is, shall we say, speculative.
Anyway thanks for all answers and votes so far - there’s no option for Don’t Know as, well, that would hardly be relevant to the stats would it?
I’ve always felt belief in the validity of IQs was evidence of low intelligence. Elsewhere here, I’ve documented my past work back in Texas assisting a blind psychology doctoral candidate whose thesis topic dealt with IQs. Among other things, I had to help her score them. She for one became convinced of their uselessness.
I’ve known one Mensa member, and I can only hope he was not representative of the rest. He did not go around crowing about what a high IQ he had, but he might as well have. His was THE definitive opinion on any- and everything under the sun. The mere mention of any topic was enough to get him spewing his endless font of wisdom on it, and good luck getting a word in edgewise. A completely insufferable individual.
Tested in high school at 134. Joined the Army immediately after high school. Tested again after getting out of the Army: 125.
I’ve since recovered.