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Gifted (120-140 IQ) 44%  44%  [ 132 ]
A Genius (140+ IQ) 38%  38%  [ 115 ]
Above-Average (101-120 IQ) 13%  13%  [ 39 ]
Average (100 IQ) 2%  2%  [ 7 ]
Below-Average (80-99 IQ) 0%  0%  [ 1 ]
Borderline Retardation (70-80 IQ) 2%  2%  [ 7 ]
Total votes : 301

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12 Sep 2007, 3:52 am

Sora wrote:
I get that a lot, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm horrible at schoolwork and that my teachers can't understand whatever I write in Klausuren. Those who claim I'm smart, mostly friends and family, have high expectations of me. That's why I want to proof that I'm not smart; to stop everybody from saying that I just do bad on purpose. It's horrible having to listen to this.


I'm guessing you haven't reached college yet. That's when you get to use your brilliant IQ and get to think on your own.



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12 Sep 2007, 4:05 am

Sora wrote:
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Sora wrote:
I'm denied an IQ test. I really wish I could take one to prove people I'm a dunce - people think I'm highly gifted, that's terrible, even my mother recently admitted she's certain on that. The only test I was allowed to take was one for children up to age 16/17 when I just got 19 to prove to me that I'm not stupid. Since that was a kid's test and everybody would score high on that I made a point by ignoring it.


I think you are wrong all the way.


I get that a lot, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm horrible at schoolwork and that my teachers can't understand whatever I write in Klausuren. Those who claim I'm smart, mostly friends and family, have high expectations of me. That's why I want to proof that I'm not smart; to stop everybody from saying that I just do bad on purpose. It's horrible having to listen to this.


Having to be a person one really is not is really bad. But you cannot compare how you appear to yourself and how you appear to others. If you want to be yourself and do the things meaning fun to you then you should tell your parents and your friends. You shoulkd not claim to be stupid. They will not believe it anyway.

You may be doing things appearing natural to you but being special to others. It is normal and healthy that you want to be "normal" and that you perceive everything you do as perfectly normal.

People should not impose a different attitude on you and neither should you do that yourself. Try to do things you have fun doing and you are good at. There is a good chance that those are your strong features. Even if not, having fun is normal and healthy for young people and you will have better chances to excell at things in your future, perhaps when going to college or university and when you have more control about your life in general as an adult.



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12 Sep 2007, 6:40 am

from a mensa test,a few years ago,the results were at a borderline MR level.

on some online ones including the bbcs one,they gave the same result,but another gave genious level.



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14 Sep 2007, 8:43 am

ive never really been tested but alot of NTs ive known at schools thought i was a genious



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15 Sep 2007, 11:26 am

I'm a genius.

I strive for perfection and don't compare myself to other people.



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16 Sep 2007, 11:22 am

This poll is inherently flawed, given that the majority of different IQ tests use their own scale (and that's not even going into the use of web-based IQ tests being used as sources). That being said I shall contribute none-the-less. I got 130+ on Wechsler's Intelligence Scale for Children a couple of weeks ago. I was actualy quite suprised because I hadn't been paying much attention at the time (I agreed to do the test because it got me out of the three worst lessons of the day).


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16 Sep 2007, 11:49 am

Suicune1000 wrote:
This poll is inherently flawed, given that the majority of different IQ tests use their own scale (and that's not even going into the use of web-based IQ tests being used as sources). That being said I shall contribute none-the-less. I got 130+ on Wechsler's Intelligence Scale for Children a couple of weeks ago. I was actualy quite suprised because I hadn't been paying much attention at the time (I agreed to do the test because it got me out of the three worst lessons of the day).


I am sure most people here have been Wechsler tested at least once.



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18 Sep 2007, 1:34 pm

On the only real iq test I've taken I had an around 140 iq...i wasnt paying attention. anyways um what do we do and get from our superior results? nothing. Peace of mind? na. Respect, na (we dont deserve it). It's what you do with what you've got that matters and the brightest most important piece of the intelligence puzzle is the HEART. And Im not talking about being a nice person alone..



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18 Sep 2007, 1:40 pm

Also there is a difference between new and older iq tests. The new ceiling is 140 anything over that is bull (if you've taken a more updated test that is)



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20 Sep 2007, 10:24 pm

I've never taken an official IQ test, usually I range around "gifted" in the unofficial ones. My ex was in the "Genius" category until he overdosed on ADD meds (he was misdiagnosed, he was actually Bi-Polar) and was brought down to something between average and above average.

I don't think IQ tests properly measure intelligence anyways.



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22 Sep 2007, 5:52 am

I'm definitely not gifted. I wish I were though. Lol, I could do more with more intelligence. I'm quite positive that I've above average intelligence, although I'd never taken a formally prescribed IQ test.



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22 Sep 2007, 3:32 pm

Genius here, please make space for giant head. (Ego? yikes)



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23 Dec 2007, 8:26 am

Is genius really that low on the IQ score? I figured genius was in the 160s. Wow, makes me want to take an official test. Peace of mind never hurts.

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23 Dec 2007, 8:40 am

forgive me, but i think IQs are stupid :oops: gifted, btw. according to the scale.


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24 Dec 2007, 9:47 am

dexkaden wrote:
So if I got quite a bit higher than 140, does that make me a Super Gifted Genius?

Let's see...in junior high school I was subjected to an entire battery of tests to determine what was wrong with me since I obviously had a lot of brains, just no grades to prove it --too bad AS was relatively new then or I could have been saved years of frustration -- and completely wowed the psychologist administering the test. I had to take another one since I maxed out the ceiling on whatever the original test was -- pretty sure it was the WISC -- and don't remember what I got, just that it was apparently very good.

Took another test a few years ago that reaffirmed by apparent arrogance concering my intelligence. IQ 153 sd15-- that puts me in the 99.98th percentile.

Doesn't mean a thing to me. I am still a "terrible" student, and anyone looking at my grades would assume I was a complete idiot. Little do they know I have them right where I want them, content in their assumptions, allowing me the time and space with which to implement my plan to take over the world. [insert diabolical laugh]

Edited to reveal my true genius: I clicked the top option, which was "gifted," rather than the second option, which was "genius," 'cause I got all sorts of confused. I figured it was a descending poll, with the top option being the highest and so on. My bad. See, IQ tests are lame...


This is the smartest post I ever ever read concerning IQ.



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24 Dec 2007, 11:59 am

Evidently, I had to have been gifted at some point a long time ago when I was placed in the gifted program at my elementary school. Now, I'm probably ret*d or something. :lol:

i r teh smartz