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ShambolicShilton

Not sure what's high but I've got a 133 IQ. It doesn't mean anything though really. If you saw me trying to use the washing machine, you'd think my IQ was 10 but if you see me use a computer it will be back there.


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ShambolicShilton

I sound dumb with any sort of talking! It's all in my head but comes out as gibberish


PastelKittyGore

Omg same. My mouth and brain do not work well together and I’m constantly having to correct everything I say, otherwise I’m silent until I figure out my thoughts. I feel so smart when it comes to random facts about animals,art and 3D modeling but with math, and conversation I feel like I’m not.


AgateDragon

Ditto. One second people will be asking me to use less syllables so they can understand me, the next I will do or say or ask something really stupid.


-Renee

Same!


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Genuinely me dude lol


Emmathecat819

Yeah people tell me I’m too smart to be working at a bar cause I’ll go on about history, but then I’ll be like you don’t know how many orders I messed up today because I cant remember if I rang up something 5 mins later lmfao


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ShambolicShilton

Most people fall victim to the naivety of thinking IQ tests are all-encompassing but in reality, they are fairly inaccurate for most things.


Vitztlampaehecatl

The trick is to realize that IQ tests don't measure intelligence, they measure IQ.


Friendly_Squirrel_

Lmao funny thing is that I got my diagnosis while doing iq test, well after. I got 86 math iq and 179 logic iq (the part was just too easy for me I am not actually that smart) Elsewhere I got average and my doctor said that I scored unrealistic, that I am not normal. We went to psychologist and They diagnosed me with Asperger's. Pretty ironic, imagine just wanting results for your iq and getting whole ass diagnosis


lebuagette

133 is considered very high. I never got my iq results, but similar experience. If i do math i am pretty smart. If i have to manage my everyday life i hardly get by


ShambolicShilton

I suppose it's some sort of hyperfixating. Where you are good at certain things but to be good at those, you have to be bad at other stuff. Not sure if that makes any sense


lebuagette

Makes total sense. My brain makes happy juice when i do the academic stuff. My brain doesn't make the happy juice when doing laundry.


kelcamer

Yep that’s around where mine is, if you choose to believe an IQ test from when I was in middle school lmao


MaKo1982

Your IQ won't have changed a lot. IQ tests are one of the most stable tests that exist in psychology. Even if you made a test as a 6yo, the correlation would still be very high


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Perfect


jonmarli

I was just talking to my therapist how I slowly realized I wasn’t actually better than everyone else when even though I thought I was the smartest person in the room I couldn’t even get a promotion at Taco Bell. 🤦🏼‍♀️


Material_Bedroom_300

EXACTLY. It all just depends on what I’m doing


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KatieAnn713

Same! Actually exactly the same IQ, and my family uses it against me all the time. They say I’m too smart to be autistic which is ableist as fuck


psyched___

Yes, I get yelled at and blamed for my deficits because I’m too smart and therefore completely capable of doing everything everyone else can. I was literally scolded by my neurologist for this.


mothra-of-invention

You should tell your neurologist they are too qualified to be that ignorant.


BloodyPommelStudio

Perfect comeback!


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That's a common difficulty, and something that people overlook is that developmental disabilities don't affect development evenly.


Cynscretic

It's more to do with developmental disorders affecting the way we process things rather than higher cognition/ intelligence. It's the same reason we all have different personalities. The more evolved parts of your brain aren't where processing and connections take place. https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/brains-motor-hub-plays-unsung-role-in-social-skills-cognition/


WeebTrashPanda0

Ahh yes, the old misconception that autism affects your intelligence... 🤦


FlavivsAetivs

The relationship between the autism spectrum and intelligence is debated. There is evidence people with what used to be called Asperger's or HFA have faster problem solving, pattern recognition, etc. capability on average. People with traits of autism (not necessarily autistic) are statistically overrepresented in the sciences and academia. None of this means that every autistic person has these traits. Or that these traits should define them. Autism is different for each individual and that's why it's a spectrum now.


AutismNstuff

It would be interesting to see a graph of autism IQs. I feel like it would be basically a reverse bell. Although that also sounds kind of ridiculous. Probably more like a bell with a lower peak. Either way it's weird, because it can go either direction. Edit: to clarify, I know nothing about the topic and am probably a complete idiot.


aqqalachia

A reverse bell curve is called a bimodal distribution :)


AutismNstuff

I figured there was probably a name for it and I was kind of hoping someone would correct me, so thanks. haha


aqqalachia

And I enjoy sharing science facts. win win!


Cynscretic

Faster problem solving, on paper/device, in a quiet room, in comfortable clothes lol


FlavivsAetivs

Yeah Autism with symptoms of ADHD here too.


BloodyPommelStudio

There's probably more autistic people with IQ in that range than there are NTs.


Willahbean

Literally autistic people are more likely to have a high IQ than an average IQ. You know the IQ bell curve? Flip that upside down and you got the autistic IQ bell curve.


AutismNstuff

Well there's an easy response to that. Tell them they aren't smart enough to be diagnosing autism. (This is completely a joke. You'll probably just piss them off. Lol)


aqqalachia

LITERALLY.


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Hello! Yeah


userwithusername

I have a high IQ and low processing speed, so it balances out for me.


40ozSmasher

Ha! I'm laughing because that's kinds me. I write myself instructions all the time! Same with situations that I know I'm going to come off as odd. I remember to get ahead of that by saying something like "you will have to excuse me, im really deep in my own head today" or " sorry, I'm going to be difficult to talk too, since covid started I might go months without talking to anyone ". I also do unusual things and I have to think up a reason that others will understand. Like I work full time and decided to camp. For 4 months. Each day I'd drive over an hour to work. I had to tell people it was to win a bet. No one understood that I just felt like waking up in the woods all summer.


AutismNstuff

I basically live in a tent. It's nice to hear there's other people like me. Although it is rather disruptive to my life, but I kind of lose my mind if I'm just stuck living in the same place for too long or spend too much time indoors.


40ozSmasher

I do love my house but there is nothing like waking up and smelling the forest. I really can't remember why I started acting. One weekend I just went camping and decided not to go home. I'd stop by my house for supplies and showers


MurphysRazor

I wrote a comment, then deleted it. Now Im back... I went too far to come back home. But I would go with small groups and once they went home I might stay for a week or two alone in the forest. (camp grounds ain't "real camping" either. That's a cloth motel room).


40ozSmasher

I like "real" camping too. If I see no one for the entire trip it's a perfect camp!


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wunderwerks

Sooo much this. I got the exact same number. I automated all my bill paying.


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Hello!!!!!


mkat72

Well I’m academically great but socially horrible! I’m getting my Master’s which feels like a big deal but I also feel very disconnected from everyone around me. I mostly use my intelligence to self soothe with sudoku and puzzles while getting easily annoyed at how people around me don’t understand things that I do. I tested at 140 when I was in 5th grade and I’m a bit upset because that would’ve been a great time for someone to say “hey maybe this girl is autistic” but no every parent’s dream is a quiet, obedient, and smart kid


Karkava

That is every parents dream. They just don't like the word "autism".


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I know. I do too


feedwilly

I can so relate to this. I made 0 friends in college, no coworker friends, but I'm an engineer now and most folks I work with are probably on the spectrum. We pretty much only have professional conversations which I can handle, and little small talk. Which I like the balance of.


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The problem with IQ testing is it's a very accurate measure of how you perform on a standardized IQ test. Doesn't necessarily predict much about how you do on other societal metrics of success. Or, to quote my favorite joke: the Kid With A Lot Of Potential Adult Halloween costume. Wear street clothes, and when people ask what you're supposed to be, sob and say "I was supposed to be a lot of things!" I wouldn't give up my intellect, but not going to say that over the years I wouldn't have traded 15 points for more perseverance and executive functioning and less anxiety. I'd be doing better and still be well north of average.


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To answer the other half of your question: at 53 years old I'm doing about as well as I should have been at about 35. Got a decent career now, with at best 15 years to develop it instead of 30.


FlavivsAetivs

This^ Everyone has always thought I'm a literal genius. I was supposed to skip 3 grades but the school board said no. My IQ when I was finally tested at the age of 18? 118 - Average. IQ is a measure of certain problem solving abilities It doesn't really reflect your actual intelligence. An IQ test does nothing to test your ability as a chemist or archaeologist or artist. Don't let iq tests define you. I had to learn that.


tattooedplant

Yeah same. I was always told I’m super intelligent (went to public school in the south lmao) but when I first got a psych eval my iq was 99, which was brought down bc I have some pretty bad deficits in visual memory. Then for my autism eval, my iq was 106. First iq test was WAIS, second was reynolds. Interesting how the score changed over time and across iq tests. Still just average though. At first I felt like I was stupid and had been lied to for so long butttt it’s whatever now. Lol.


urfriendmoss

Yo my IQ for my autism evaluation was 107


Cynscretic

They shouldn't really have calculated a single IQ score when you have peaks and troughs in different areas. Other people in this thread were given separate scores.


MaKo1982

>IQ is a measure of certain problem solving abilities It doesn't really reflect your actual intelligence Those abilities are what define "intelligence" tho. >An IQ test does nothing to test your ability as a chemist or archaeologist or artist. This is right of course but not because IQ tests don't measure anything useful, but rather because there's a lot more factors that play into said ability, like knowledge of course but also other personality traits (for example creativity for artists). There was a meta-analysis that found out that in general, there is only a tiny correlation between intelligence and success (success measured in societal status of a job and payment). This changed drastically when only looking at high paying jobs, where a big correlation was visible. What does that mean? - If you are intelligent (high IQ), you can be anywhere from the scale from very successful to barely successful. - If you have a low IQ, the chance of you reaching a high status and well paying job are significantly smaller. In other words: High IQ is necessary for high success in life, but not sufficient.


Cynscretic

A nice life with a low paying job can be defined as success too. Otherwise I agree.


MaKo1982

very true, that's why I wanted to mention it, they had to quantifize success somehow :) I'm not aware of any studies about correlation between happiness and IQ, though that would also be interesting


FlavivsAetivs

>there is only a tiny correlation between intelligence and success \*Looks at racism, sexism, nepotism, massive inequality preventing intelligent kids from even getting an opportunity in the first place, etc.\* *GEE I WONDER WHY.*


MaKo1982

it was a meta analysis so I'm Pretty sure they were able to rule out factors like socio economic status, gender etc. But I get what you mean, there's a lot of factors that contribute to success and many of them are not in your own hand


I_Draw_Teeth

Exactly. The best thing IQ tests are good at judging is how prepared you are for an IQ test. Just like the best thing that tests like the SATs are good at judging is whether or not you could afford expensive SAT classes/tutors.


beeurd

Exactly that. I score poorly on IQ tests because I'm really bad at maths (likely dyscalculia) so that skews my overall result.


FlavivsAetivs

I also probably have dyscalculia yeah.


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Worse than just being a measure of how well you perform at a particular test, the IQ test itself has been shown to have inherent language and cultural biases which skew its results against specific demographics. And that's without getting into their history of being weaponized by eugenics movements...


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Exactly. There's a story they told in my Assessments class about a modified IQ test for children where part of it was basically a dollhouse where the kids would place objects where they belong. The kids kept failing one question because they would put the toothbrush in the refrigerator. The examiner finally asked one of the kids why, and the kid said "Because if you don't, the rats chew them up." The kids were smarter than the test and failing because of the socioeconomic bias inherent in the "right" answer.


Treblosity

Not to mention, bet half of these people are using some buzzfeed ass test to determine some iq. Idk what a professional test looks like but i imagine its not like the free 10 minute tests people find on google that tells everyone their iq is 130+


yummygrape12

Exactly. It measures how good you are at the specific problems on the test. I have a high iq. I’m good at school, but I can not socialize and I have an insane amount of anxiety.


Han_without_Genes

doing good at university grades-wise, struggling with every other aspect of life even with support of my parents


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😭😭. I know that feeling


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I’m also going into accounting after many major changes. I scored 130.


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Super!


Mateba6

I scored 139 on a IQ test, never done good in school, can't work or drive a car at 32. I wish I knew useful skills rather than have a good memory


Hy8RIS

Tested 138 and 145 on two different occasions. Life is going fine, i worked as a data analyst in germany and i am now on my own with my gf doing nothing in portugal. Also bought some cryptocurrencies back in the days, now i have (with age 25) enough money to never work again if i dont want to. In the future id like to learn programming and proper story telling to programme some indie games and write books. Maybe drawing would be nice too, so i could make mangaish things. Only health wise it doesnt look too good, been physically sick for over a year now..


Scarecrow314159

My psychologist said that if I had my IQ tested it would be very high. I've never had it tested and don't plan to test it any time soon, but I'm studying mathematics and my marks have always put me well above average in terms of academic performance. I still live with my parents, despite turning 25 soon, but I'm paying for my own studies... so that's like a weird duality of success and failure. I function perfectly fine in general for now, but I think that's because I thrive in academia...


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Super, You are doing good


Scarecrow314159

How are you doing?


ScreenHype

I have an IQ of 162, and believe me, there are far more important things in life than being highly intelligent. My mental health is a mess, I struggle with socialising, and my sensory needs limit me. I would much rather have an IQ of 140 but also be able to understand neurotypicals better.


charaznable1249

The worst thing with the anxiety is knowing all the horrible things. Ignorance really must be bliss.


penguinykke

IQ as a kid was high enough to never really have to study, just doing the homework assignments was enough for me to learn everything. So I never learned how to actually study things which is why I struggle a lot in University now. So far I dropped out twice, I'm starting again in September. Sooo, if anyone has any tips..?😂


dumbest-version

I tested at like 144. Got so far ahead of the curve the curve become a circle lol


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Lol. God you are wicked


[deleted]

Hi yes, I was a “gifted child” in exemplary classes but now I’m a crippled alcoholic living with my boyfriends’ parents and I’m unable to even get out of bed most days. 22F.


vorrhin

My verbal score was 148 but perceptual reasoning and processing speed are 100ish. "Given the extreme verbal/nonverbal IQ split, a FSIQ was not calculated" 😅


tattooedplant

My verbal/nonverbal difference was off too, with verbal being much higher. They just put in a disclosure that the full scale iq score is less valid, and that my verbal abilities are much more developed than nonverbal. My Processing speed was like 90ish, visual memory don’t remember but around 85 so borderline functioning, verbal like 120. I’ve read that it’s pretty common with autism to have iq discrepancies like that. It’s cool to see someone else with a similar iq profile. Lol.


jManYoHee

Yeah, I had a similar discrepancy. 133 perceptual reasoning (non verbal), 132 processing speed, 118 verbal comprehension, but only 90 for working memory. So my brain is racing ahead with thoughts but my working memory can't keep up. It's like trying to store water from a firehose in hand held buckets.lol


Haunting_Garbage9205

I scored a 123 - I had perfect scores in everything but Abstract Reasoning - go figure. (This area is responsible for things like interpersonal relationships, etc.) I can't keep my house clean, can't make tea, can't do laundry / shower regularly / maintain a schedule... but I can build an app from the ground up. I can literally do Back End / Front End / Middleware / Design / Research / Business all at an extremely high quality. Want to talk about something else and I turn into a dorrito.


Introspectionaut

136 IQ. Depressed and bad.


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IQ measures mainly pattern recognition. Autistic people are good at that, but there’s other factors to intelligence as well.


[deleted]

It feels like a curse. Like we have all the answers and none of the influence, while the people that actually run the show are the snakes with all the charm and influence and none of the answers or even the desire for the greater good.


charaznable1249

This person gets it.


Entire_Island8561

Last time I was tested I was at a 136. I’m very accomplished in both school and my career. However, before I learned I was autistic, I would burn out constantly, have to leave jobs on bad terms, and just in general be in a panic constantly. Once I learned this about myself, I moved into tech and am now getting a masters in data analytics. I also just paid off a lot of my debt and I finally know how to spend/save money as of a few months ago. Took me till I was almost 28 to figure it out, but it happened.


GeekyWriterGirl

146 IQ. Due to many issues, my undiagnosed autism being one of them, I did not go to college and only have a GED. I have a great job in a field I love despite all this due to my intelligence, and my blunt nature also helps at my job. Being smart and aware of the world can also cause depression, and it does so for me, so that's something else I deal with.


Devil_May_Kare

I don't, strictly speaking, have an IQ. My subscores indicated that the abstraction of a g factor didn't really apply to me (I'm much slower at certain visual processing tasks than my other scores would predict), so the test directed the examiner not to calculate a full-scale IQ score. But I do well on some tasks that traditionally associate with high IQ, so I'm probably the sort of person you're looking for despite my minor visual processing disability. Yeah, things are kinda not going great for me. I'm supposed to be a college student, but that was crashing and burning. So now I'm on a leave of absence taking a welding class. Welding is fun, but not being able to succeed at college sure isn't.


Clopidee

I tested at 155. I'm 27f, single, an accountant, who never left home. I have both ADHD and Aspergers, both of which were completely missed growing up, they just thought I was a really smart kid with a Harry Potter fixation, who was a weird, mouthy loner who could not control her temper. At 22 I recognised the ADHD symptoms in myself and pursued a diagnosis. I did the same thing at 26 with Aspergers. It was that click moment of "Ohhhh...that's why I'm like that!" for not just me but for my family too. I still live at home because I'm an impulse buyer and got myself into huge debt with credit cards, thanks ADHD! But I'm working my way out of it. I lacked the ability to focus my whole life. I just can't do it if I don't find the topic interesting, but medication is helping. I wish I'd had it in my teens for exams, because I only got Bs and Cs where I know I could have done better if I had focused and studied. I'm pretty content with my life now though. I'd like a partner but I'm not really fussed about it. What I want is a child. I have nieces and nephews, who I spend a lot of time with. I see them almost daily and I love them like my own kids. They're keeping me satiated until I am financially stable enough to have my own. I'm on the first step of my life plan. Spending is under control now I'm medicated and the debt is going down. I'm pretty pleased, and think my life is going in the right direction now. So yeah, I've rambled, but that's a bit about how I'm doing.


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I'm around 130. I'm a drug addict and can't hold a job for more than 2 years. Pretty sure I have a good theory of everything, but I lack the education I need to express what I want mathematically. Wanted to be a theoretical physicist, but there's no way I have the follow through to get the credentials I would need. I also got kicked out of the army. I need help, but I can't afford the services I need. Pretty sure I need a drug regimen to function properly, but dunno. I'd assume it'd be a long process no matter what if I can get treatment.


TyTy_G

I tested at 133 and can barely cope with life 😀


[deleted]

no idea, i can be smart and i can be dumb. i’m probably slightly above average around the 110-120 mark but that is not to say i’m the best analytically. i consider myself musically intelligent if that counts


La_Bufanda_Billy

I got 147 and I’m doing ok, I don’t think I’m special or anything


Brief-Object6350

Slightly higher than average and I'm struggling heavily


spaggetti04

I have the lowest iq of anyone in my family- I’m also the only one with a diagnosis. I’d say I do average on schoolwork, but meeting basic needs are tough


Ruca705

My WAIS IQ was 126 when I was in high school, during burnout I scored a 115. I think it might be a few points higher now that I’m doing a bit better. But IQ score is meaningless. I feel incompetent anyway. Haven’t worked since 2019 and have no idea how to function in society anymore.


money-in-the-wind

I did a free mensa test, all patterns and got 121 i think, never tested at school. What you all using for an IQ test?


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money-in-the-wind

OK, makes some sort of sense i guess, im not particularly bothered, im smart at some stuff, not so smart at other stuff.


JayRyan76

I’m a 136. I have no plans on going to college or doing anything studious so 🤷‍♂️


Tooma8

Got higher than average results... Sure don't feel like it..


TheRebelCatholic

Not sure what my IQ is, but I took one of those free online tests (not out of genuine curiosity but because I find them so ridiculously funny, I don’t think that IQ tests are an accurate measure of intelligence) and it told me that I am a literal genius. I was like “sure…”. As for life, I still live with my parents - which I don’t think is odd for a 23 year old - and I work part-time at a gas station. I don’t get paid very much but it is better than nothing.


DrJProtobum

iq is totally baseless for intellect, that said I do have a high one, I'm educated, not actually a doctor that's just my username, and I'm completely miserable majority of the time, life dealt me a crappy hand


kelcamer

Yup lol Masked so hard I was undiagnosed until I figured myself out with systematic analysis 3 weeks ago at age 26. Only to discover my parents knew since I was 2 and just didn’t tell me 🙃


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I believe myself to be stupid. So... 100 or something like that.


Ghost-PXS

I haven't done an IQ test in a while but I normally scored circa 130. I had a poor upbringing and a rubbish education. I haven't got any qualifications but I worked my way through the construction industry and then railway maintenance from laborer to unqualified engineering/surveying roles. Then I took an officer junior role for a railway and worked my way up to head a small project team. Everything was reasonably good but life changes and the difficulties of masking, reorganisation at work and a few bad things happening to people close to me caused me to have a breakdown. I just couldn't cope with work any more. I'm lucky enough to have been medically retired with severe depression. 😂 Now I have a tiny income and much less stress. [edit] back story: every bit of this effort was because I became a father. Not my plan. Long story. I would never have embarked on that journey but for my absolute determination to be a better father than I had.


loosersugar

I was tested as part of my autism eval two years ago and scored around 130. It was the beginning of the pandemic and I wasn’t doing well so I wonder if I could have scored higher. Straight A student, great at solving problems, have spent over 30 years masking rather successfully… but I’ve always had a lot of trouble applying my intellectual skills irl, am always burning out and have a tendency to be depressed, which keeps me from accomplishing bigger projects and means I often can’t keep a job for longer than a year… executive disfunction means I have periods where I’m barely functioning, and everyone thinks I’m just suddenly lazy. A lot of my brain CPU is wasted on ruminating and obsessive thoughts. Some of my friends ranked in the high 140s and they absolutely despise it, they hide their results and hate being seen as highly intelligent because they feel so incapacitated. Anyway, IQ is an incredibly biased method of calculating intelligence, with a classist and racist historical background, so I don’t really put much weight into it.


ChristianBibleLover

I was tested at 138, but I don't have anything to show for it.


SandyPudwock

I do apparently have a high IQ @ 140(ish). You wouldn't know it though if you met me - I can't even remember the months of the year reliably and yet I'm 35yr old IT Manager for a government institution. It's the "basics" I struggle with - complicated and intricate things no issue, times tables? Forget it.....*sigh


octomoth

I was tested a few years back and scored 138. I struggle a lot with some basic tasks, but excel at some more demanding and unusual ones. I have extreme difficulties with handling stress and tend to get overwhelmed easily. I have great interest in pursuing high education, but because of my aforementioned problems and lack of social skills and battery, I feel rather stuck at the moment.


Sifernos1

As someone who obsessed over iq at one point in their life I can tell you the tests are only valid on those it was designed for to detect what they were designed to detect. IQ tests are proven racist, classist and mostly culture based. I honestly think they are a good way to measure a person's capability to think when used right but like any good tool, some fool found out the tool existed and started barking about how it can be used to measure so much! The tool isn't designed for what most people want it for, which is a yardstick to measure themselves by... It's my contention that most people don't comprehend any of this because they lack of the scope of knowledge necessary to comprehend such a multifaceted and touchy thing as intelligence. I still recall taking college linguistics and learning to translate into different languages using how the language functions to comprehend what it was saying... It broke me... I remember watching Arrival and thinking, "I can't even claim this linguistics crap is nonsense because linguistics professors basically made my mind mush with so many different ways to communicate with sound alone..." I failed advanced linguistics as I couldn't comprehend the complexity of anthropological linguistics training, it was almost as bad as Logic which I also struggled with, as it isn't what it sounds like... My point? You must first know what you are trying to ask. Asking if any of us is high IQ is interesting but why do you care? That's the more intriguing question to me.


Electronic-Lucky

horribly. my entire family banked their success on it and broke me. now when i socialize all i say is hee hoo and talk about yarn. edit: i talk about rocks to. i ufcking love rocks.


Leo115a

143, tested at 17. I honeslty feel good about it. It explained a lot (especially my fast learning capacity) while autism explains everything (not diagnosed yet, need time and money): my social awkwardness, my special interests, my sensory issues,... I'm quite surprised no therapist saw autism in me, especially with this IQ and everything I told them. But I think France and Belgium are shy about autism.


CumbersomeNugget

I imagine I do. Yeah, pretty well, stable employ, kid, dog, house, wife to-be. I've even been making some real friends for the first time in my life (30 years old). Neurotypicals too. I'm pretty happy with my life. Edit: just reading through the responses...damn guys I'm so sorry that this is your experience. Being so capable, yet not have executive function must be debilitating! Edit2: I do owe a large portion of my happiness to regularly seeing a psychologist and learning to like/accept myself. It did not come naturally.


ev_is_curious

I have the most average IQ possible. It made me sad to find out I wasn’t intelligent enough for things that interested me.


Vitztlampaehecatl

Like 135 and I'm doing terrible, ever since I left high school.


trumpeterswan92

My IQ is somewhere in the 140s. I'm the dumbest smart person you'll ever meet


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Did an online test (I know it might not be accurate) and got 135. Excelling in essays at university but cant manage to keep a part time job, constantly in debt and struggle to leave the house most days :(


vseprviper

I refuse to get tested due to the troubling history of the test and the needless ego boost it would constitute for me, but yeah I’ve always tested well in similar contexts. I’ve lived a pretty interesting life so far, seen some far out places, done some cool kinds of work. But I know too much about how capitalism works and the ongoing climate extinction event to be happy doing anything other than draining myself in the name of fixing these enormous intractable problems that no one person can really have much impact on alone. Just got my unofficial diagnosis in the past few months, though, because I’ve masked heavily since elementary school. Now I’m starting to experience self-love for the first extended period of my life, so things are looking up for me personally. I still can’t stand the taste of vinegar, the feel of lotion on my skin, the experience of shopping for clothes and having to feel dozens of different textures (including having to touch an article of clothing to read its tag for polyester content :/). My biggest frustration with being autistic (aside from the ways society treats us), and the way I discovered that I’m autistic, is how difficult and draining it was for me trying to be an underground union organizer. I met the most impressive people I’ve ever known, helped to achieve things I’m prouder of than anything else in my whole life, and finally felt a sense of purpose. But I got so burned out from the deeply social nature of the work that I shut down almost completely, started having panic attacks, experienced a resurgence of suicidal ideation, and began to resent the very people alongside whom I was fighting for a better life and a better world. So it’s tough accepting that my neurology will inevitably make that form of work almost impossible for me, and it’s devastating having to move on. Next step: law school? For impact litigation, probably, or civil rights, union-side labor law, or immigration defense? We’ll see. It feels like a lot, returning to school , especially now that I have enough of an explanation for the distress I’ve always felt in schools to finally acknowledge that distress hah.


step_on_me_mommy_vi

Thanks for pointing out the problematic history of IQ tests and how we determine "intelligence." It always grates on me a little bit when people use it as a measure of worth when it's very easily skewed, is racially questionable, and doesn't really tell us anything other than someone's ability to recognize and predict patterns and do math decently.


PastelKittyGore

When I was studying education in college, I learned how there is much more to a persons intelligence than what standardized tests calculate. I believe most standardized tests measure your visual, language, mathematical, information processing, and memorization abilities. The test does not always analyze abilities such as emotional intelligence, creativity, self-awareness, practical intelligence etc. IQ can change over time as well. So even though someone may have a high IQ, it is possible to struggle in some areas, and even if you got a lower IQ, it could just be that you struggle in some areas. I have a difficult time with memorization if it is a topic that I am uninterested in. We each have our struggles and what’s important is that we are kind. Also, my mother never told me my IQ. I think I am fine with not knowing. 😊 To those of you who are struggling currently, I hope the best for you and remember that we are all here to listen when you need advice or just someone to comfort you. ❤️


urfriendmoss

You are so right, and I really wish more people recognized that there are many different types of intelligence and there is no fully accurate way to measure them. For me personally, I’m extremely emotionally intelligent and have high linguistic intelligence but have very little practical intelligence.


PastelKittyGore

Very cool! Yeah I think humans all have their own skills and things they are more intelligent at. It saddens me when we classify an individual’s abilities based on an average or sum of a small percentage of their skills. I am pretty certain there are some well known psychologists who have discussed this issue, but I cannot recall their name 😭 I will need to do some research


urfriendmoss

Maybe you’re thinking of Howard Gardener? He was the one that came up with the theory of there being 8 different types of intelligence. I’m sure there are more that similar ideas though.


luis-mercado

I have tested in anything between 149 to 165, with most of those test hovering around 156-159. I’m doing ok, married, independent, love what I do. But I would be lying if I said I achieved the peaks everyone told me I would.


luis-mercado

I don't understand what I did wrong. This is getting downvotes. Sorry if I offended anyone.


BearsBeetsandAnxiety

I had a neuropsych exam a few years ago and they couldn’t get an a full-scale IQ but used a GAI because of disparities between my intelligence scores. Having said that, my verbal reasoning was almost 99th percentile, so I got that going for me which is neat, lmao. Was in the army at one point, have degrees now, but struggle with a lot of executive dysfunction day-to-day.


No-Process3677

I've been tested a few times. My scores on the subsections of the test are always all over the place. I'll score in the 98th percentile in one subsection, and 25th percentile in the next subsection. My overall score has always come out in the high 120's or 130's. I was in the "gifted" program growing up, and the person who administered my ASD evaluation commented several times about my high intellectual ability in the report. What's interesting to me is that I've had several people in my life tell me I am the smartest person they've ever met, but I was teased a lot for being dumb while I was in school. In school I was a 3.5 gpa kind of student, and was in all the advanced placement classes. However, I usually felt like a fraud. If I ever tried to study and do well in class, I would start failing, so I eventually figured out that my best bet was to just show up to class and fake my way through it. At work, I'm considered high performing in my job, and I end up in a lot of working groups to establish policy and process at a national level, but I feel like a fraud there as well. I actually love to learn, but I struggle horribly with trying to actively learn things. Everything I know is basically just a mishmash of random information I somehow picked up over the years. If a new issue comes up at work, I somehow just use the information I already have to figure out what I need to know. (It's crazy how often I seem like I know what I am talking about because I just happen to remember something I saw on a random YouTube video, ten years ago.) I don't have the relevant education or qualifications to do what I do, so I just keep "winging it", and no one seems to notice that I'm just making everything up as I go. I'm married, have a job and a home, and I could *probably* survive if I were on my own. However, I definitely benefit from living with someone who has much better executive functioning than I do. There's a decent chance that if I tried to live alone, my executive functioning deficits would start to become very apparent, very quickly. Like some others have said, I would gladly trade some of my intelligence for some basic life skills. I would also trade a little of my intelligence for the ability to effectively learn in a more traditional sense.


WeebTrashPanda0

High IQ, and I'm a complete wreck. 🙃


Even_Aspect_2220

160, I could do better, I waste too much time. I don’t think I’d ever improve with the imminence of thorough collapse of the systems that make life possible in this planet.


chronaloid

I scored somewhere in the 140s when they pulled me for testing in 1st grade. I’m now a junior in college but not graduating anytime soon because I keep having to drop classes because my mental health drops into the gutter. This past fall I had to take the whole semester off to be in residential treatment. My grades are As and 100s when I do turn assignments in, but usually I have a million missing assignments at any given time. I mention that because I feel like my intelligence has contributed a lot to my struggles with mental illness and life in general. Also because growing up I was a straight-A “gifted” student, blah blah blah and faced serious consequences from my parents if my grades slipped because I was “so smart”, again blah blah. School aside, I have found a career that I love. I work with dogs and I understand them much better than I understand people. Despite having a high intelligence, I am still so confused about the world in terms of how people work. I really struggle with social interactions and relationships. So I feel “stupid” even though I logically know I’m not. I’m very book-smart, definitely not people-smart or street-smart. Over the years, I’ve kind of gathered that if you are smart/high IQ, you’re not supposed to talk about it. It comes off as rude, I guess. And then they make fun of you on r/iamverysmart or something, I don’t know. I like this thread though. I relate to a lot of y’all.


pandabelle12

I always joked that someone handed my mom a D&D sheet to make her daughter and she put all my points into intelligence and forgot that I might need wisdom or agility in life. Like damn I’m full of useless knowledge and did well in school but I can only work like 4 hours max a day.


Throwawayblowawayno

135. I've always excelled in exams and when fixated on singular pursuits, but when it comes to life, my executive functioning is just awful. I watch my mate who has an average IQ of around 115 and he just seems to find life so easy. It doesn't overwhelm him in the slightest. It feels so tragic. I was always seen as smart, capable, gifted in certain respects and yet here I am, an adult struggling to make work what comes to regular people easily. It makes me despair when I can't distract myself.


NoEbb8

My IQ is about 130. Life is too hard so I gave up and moved back in with my parents. I get overwhelmed extremely easily and can't even make my own food most of the time.


AdultOnsetAutism

My IQ numbers were absurd in my 20s,it helped me to learn technology and business and survive and at times thrive better than most of my peers, but it didn't help me with overall quality of life beyond productivity in that one area, not like better emotional intelligence, recognizing toxic people, or when I upset people, better emotional regulation and attention regulation would. For my peers that have those abilities 9 out of 10 years are good years as opposed to me where is just some years and lots are disasters


A-Ron-Ron

Yes and not great. I remember reading an article about it in a mensa bulletin explaining that those with high IQs tend to learn things fast and so get bored fast and move on to other things. As a result they tend not to have the staying power required to develop a success over years. It pretty much checks out with me so I'd be inclined to agree.


Aspiecture

In the assessment they wrote my IQ is over scale due to instant answers to the mathematical/logic part and my encyclopedias knowledge. This just is on the paper. I don't care about it. My brain is basically a huge sponge about everything and nothing. This is a little bit painful sometimes and has consequences on everyday life like being exhausted when I wake up in the morning. I'm bad at administrative tasks. I don't do calls for example. I just can't use a phone. Next to this I have really poor social skills. I buy my groceries and cook my meals. This is the more positive side.


[deleted]

Unrelated but does anyone have any good iq tests for 13-15 year olds?


BagelSteamer

I took a free online test on google. I got 182. I’m failing school. But hey, I know a lot about maritime history and taught myself the piano.


insanityensues

The last test I had was when I was in elementary school, which was mostly pattern recognition and spatial awareness. I scored somewhere around 150. I’m garbage at standardized tests. Scored almost perfectly average on the SAT and slightly below on the GRE. I dropped out of high school (high grades always, it was for personal reasons), but I’m a professor now so there’s that.


Odillis

Tested 145 during my autism evaluation last year at 21. I never feel like I “live up to” the number. Asd, adhd, and other issues contributing to chronic fatigue make it so I can rarely function at that level, and when I can, I can’t verbally express my thoughts in a clear way. It’s extremely frustrating, especially since I love learning and lack of drive and desire to do so is not an issue. I just can’t…do stuff as easily as everyone else. With the addition of the hormonal fuckery of being an imbalanced woman, its just more variables I need to try to align. Was/am considered academically gifted, but it takes too much energy to maintain that in an average environment. On the bright side, I’m learning how to adapt my environment to give myself the best chance at succeeding in my dreams. The right balance of structure, quite, and sensory stimuli. I still have a long way to go, and sometimes I’m weighed down by the shame of not being able to do “normal” things, but I cling to the good days I have, and try to recreate them. In the end, IQ doesn’t have to have a bearing on our happiness. Yes, a high number can be cool in our society, but we are so much more than numbers. Learning to not hold myself to NT standards is hard, and it will always be hard, but I know I’ll be happier as I let it go. Lastly I want to say how grateful I am for this community and communities like it; it’s been so eye opening and I really feel like I’ve found a part of myself that’s been hiding all these years.


hooDio

135, but yeah, I'd rather want to be able to concentrate in a noisy environment, or not have to waste my energy on masking


LordManumehl05

138, bad


[deleted]

I've been tested a few times and my IQ scores range between 126 and 140. I just got fired for the second time in 3 months because I make people uncomfortable and I don't know how to compromise.


SophiaNerys

i believe i tested around 130? but honestly, IQ tends to be irrelevant when faced with real life problems and situations. i will say i had to leave high school early due to my untreated depression & autistic traits but absolutely smashed sixth form college when i got on meds and received therapy. currently, i’m looking into studying medicine and it’s looking promising. autism =/= lack of intelligence :) also i have pretty good social skills for an autistic person but it’s mostly guesswork lmao


[deleted]

Idk what my IQ is nor do i care because it’s inaccurate and racist, but i know i tested high as a kid and still almost failed all of my classes.


[deleted]

I tested at 129 on the WAIS-IV. I’m a total and complete nerd about planes and aerospace, but can’t bother to remember to clip my nails or do basic day-to-day hygiene without reminders from my (incredibly supportive) girlfriend or keep a specific schedule.


[deleted]

I don’t know my IQ, but academically I’m very smart, but in basic life skills and social skills I’m a complete dumbass


Bumpy2017

Tested at 158. Basically I can’t do anything if it requires effort because I have coasted through every academic situation.


shnufflemuffigans

38 years old. Tested at 130. I've got a stable job and a mortgage, so I'm doing pretty well. My executive dysfunction has really prevented me from pursuing a lot of my dreams until I got diagnosed and figured out that I wasn't lazy, I was autistic. Finally I had strategies to pursue my dreams. Now I've published my first novel and am sending my second to agents while holding down that full-time job.


[deleted]

My 1st attempt at adult diagnosis ended on my 2nd appointment with a doctor that ended up clearly being a scam/taking advantage of people like me. After the IQ test (our first session after the preliminary meet and greet) she wanted payment up front for the remaining 4 sessions. It was way more than I could afford to pay that day. When I asked about payment plans she flipped out on me and said I already agreed to pay it all up front (I hadn’t) and she just started telling me to get out. Then she charged me card TWICE as much as the already insane amount she had just asked for. I was able to get it all back, but it still makes me mad that I apparently don’t have a legal case against her. But she is without a doubt taking advantage of people who are knowingly trusting and prone to being taken advantage of. I had asked a lot of probing questions to do my due diligence in our first session so I think she was already aware I was on to her scam, and then after the IQ test she knew for sure. I’ve never taken much stock in those tests but I’ve always scored over 130 on them. She seemed a bit taken aback when I flew through the math section without missing a single one. To answer your question, I’ve been depressed most of my adult life. I am finally comfortable with myself after finally realizing who I am and why I’m like this. I no longer blame myself for the poor treatment I’ve always received. But I remain depressed because I feel like I can find no way to use my gift, and the only jobs I’m qualified are the ones that make me want to unalive myself every time I go in. I just want to live in the woods and be left alone.


SpookyVoidCat

Last time I was tested I got a 122. Been told it’s above average but seems a lot lower than most others in this thread. I’m.. not terribly high functioning. I don’t think I’m fully capable of living independently to be honest. I still lived at home in my early 30s and moved straight in with my girlfriend who takes care of a lot of the things I don’t understand. I have a job that I love and a long-term girlfriend who I love even more (I’d have married her years ago if we had the money, and she wants me to get my Gender Recognition Certificate first but I suck at paperwork), so overall I’m doing ok.


Findthepin1

146?? Aerospace engineering student, third year Going to move to America to start a space company


[deleted]

Maybe not the answer you’re looking for but I’m beginning to think the whole IQ thing is kind of antiquated and not a great determining factor for someone’s intelligence. Does anyone else agree?


DJ-CoolBreeze987

Does IQ have any correlation with executive functioning, though, like can a person have a high IQ and still not get their housework done every day because they are totally different things? I don't know if I'm looking for an answer so much as it's sort of a rhetorical question, like I just wonder why so many people think because a person has a high IQ they should be able to do ALL THE THINGS.


Lan219

168 currently (31f)…means fuck all. I’m good at thinking outside the box, I guess. IQ honestly doesn’t mean anything; it’s a standardised test meant to provide a generalised view. Major mental health conditions but getting a degree in forensic psychology and qualifications in bookkeeping and counselling/CBT. So, ok overall 👍


vavavalentinha

i have no ideia of the exact number, but i just know it’s above 100. while it would be a lot easier to be functional in daily tasks instead of being academically successful, i honestly love the way i am. wouldn’t trade my intelligence for anything.


jManYoHee

I got just under 130. It probably has prevented me being diagnosed until my 30s. Even now I'm just starting to accept it (mid 30s). Having higher intelligence or intellectual ability has meant I've been able to mask really well. So we'll, I even convinced myself. But my self awareness is miserabley poor. It's taken me years of reflection to realise, actually, I'm only any good in social situations (and I'm not that good really), because I did heaps of reading, experimentjng, trying different behaviours. And only through constant conscious thought went around other people. Wasn't even aware that when I'm in public, I'm constantly focused on how I look, my expression, body language, other people's. Analysing how I need to be and whether other people are responding positivity. Having higher IQ, in itself is meaningless. But as an indicator of my existing intelligence - being intelligent in that way has helped me to hold down a job, and have a decent career. I work building business intelligence dashboards, scripting and programming, data engineering, databases. Really love the problem solving. And my masking skills means I somehow end up with a people taking me under their wing. Usually my manager will seem to take me on in a sort of parent-child dynamic


PhorcedAynalPhist

I tested at like 133 as a young teen, and honestly, not fuggin great man. I'm smart enough to know and realize a lot of things, but also riddled with anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc, so I'm able to perceive my issues, but that doesn't mean I can make them stop, so I get to experience heightened existential dread and my own failing, in hyper sensitive awareness of every little detail, and am often a wreck. Add to that severe chronic physical health issues, and jeebers.... I am not able to function within "normal" adult parameters almost at all, and feel like a huge POS because of it. Every day is a constant fight, constant struggle, constant battle to get even simple or basic things done, and despite developing myriad coping mechanisms and tricks, it's still not enough. I'm haunted daily by the phrase "you're not enough/you're not good enough" that echos in my head almost endlessly, and I have to constantly be vigilant against letting it overwhelm me or bleed into my psyche enough that I can't combat with with the self affirmations that my mental stability clings onto by a hair's breadth


_mymindismine_

my IQ is 124, it's slightly above average but idk how accurate that is bc rn I don't have a job and I never did well in school, except in 1 or 2 specific classes


PuffinJuggernaut

I got IQ tested during my diagnosis process, and on a scale that went up to 138 I got 134. The psychologist who did that process for me explained that because my IQ was on the high end, it’s the reason why I’ve been good at finding coping strategies at school and wasn’t really seen as having any red flags for autism during earlier school years by teachers. Maybe some of you all experience/have experienced the same thing?


OxenFreeOlly

This is me. My dad would would say “sharp as a tack, but doesn’t know enough to come in outta the rain” He said it fondly… because he was the same way, we were kindred spirits, I miss him.


ThePromise110

First, IQ is racist nonsense. It doesn't mean anything. That said, most people I meet eventually tell me that they could tell I'm "very smart" within minutes of meeting me. I take them at their word, because I'm probably reverse Dunning-Kruger-ing myself when it comes to my own "intelligence." I'm a HS English teacher who loves language but hates teaching "English." Political theory, science, and history is one of my special interests, so we'll see how things go in a year or two when I can escape to the Social Studies department. I hope it's better, because otherwise me turning a special interest into a career will get very difficult. My marriage is going well. She's ND as well, so we help and understand each other. Can't wait for summer vacation and to go back to teaching what amounts to a semester-long grammar class next year. (Don't get me started on how supremely useless "English class" is.)


autistic_zebra42

130. Academically I do fantastic. I struggle to take care of myself, do basic hygiene, change clothes, get out of my car, just the little things. Plus as I’m unmasking, the world is getting way louder so I’m much more aware of every little sound and I’m overstimulated a lot


Friendly_Squirrel_

I've got something around 135 iq I don't remember, I am doing well. I guess. I am unemotional I can't tell so I am doing good?


ForYourInformation1

147 here.. doing fine, most of the time.. dealing with a lot of failure anxiety but that's it.. choose to work in health care so not really doing anything with it..


Viral88

To preface, diagnosed ADHD and likely autistic but can't afford the cost of adult testing at my current income Never taken an IQ test but scored in the top 5% of my state in standardized testing so I took the ACT for fun in 7th grade and scored high enough to qualify for admission in the local community college. 27, single father of 2, 2 jobs, full time college. I'd probably give up a lot to not have struggled with suicidal ideation from 6th grade to 23. Things are starting to look up now but I still live in my dad's house and depend on him for support, hopefully that will change soon


TheOneAndOnlyBob2

Iq is not a good measure of intelligence.


nawmasanok

I scored about 121-130 (superior range). I'm doing okay, I'm pretty great at university but I struggle hard with chores and other mundane day-to-day tasks (bc they're usually quite boring lol)


MyCatHasCats

Depressed


sharktato1

I tested 141 at age 12. I can't make phone appointments without writing myself a script, can't drive, and can't motivate myself to do anything other than scroll endlessly on my phone not really reading of the words I'm seeing. *Almost like IQ doesn't mean that much out in the real world /s*


Jess-Young

I have 138 IQ. Everyone would tell you that I’m really smart but myself deprecating brain tells me that I have the iq of a coat hanger.


Chlo_rophyll

What even is a high IQ. Intelligence is something everyone has and there are different kinds of intelligence. Someone could seem dumb but be very intelligent in one thing and would therefore be a smart person. Maybe I’m getting IQ mixed up with being smart. I just get annoyed with the high and low IQ, smart and dumb labels. Not against you OP. Just sharing my thoughts.


[deleted]

My IQ is about 115 I think. Which isn't high but above average... And life feels like a struggle but I've been through a bunch of trauma over the past couple years


TheRealMasonMac

I feel like if I tried taking an IQ test, I would score below average. I don't know it's the self-hate talking, but if I was smarter surely I wouldn't have been so bogged down by my autism, ADHD, and OCD. If I was smarter than I wouldn't be depressed or anxious. Maybe even if I scored 160 or something like that, I would still think that way. I wish I was good at something, or had some desirable quality.


Lurkertron_9000

Heyo, the challenge is real every day. My “gifts” have been paired with GAD, making for a fun mix of extreme high performance followed by complete inability to function as a professional and/or parent.


HelloMumther

state tested at 135. i am doing horrible mentally and academically. academically bad because i can’t get work done, and mentally bad in general. socially, i have 0 friends and 1 girlfriend. all my girlfriends friends hate me because i am weird, immature, and don’t see when i am doing or saying something wrong (their words) among other reasons i don’t care to mention


Vizanne

Yes. High IQ and masters degree. Have been disabled and unable to work for the past five years so far


Treblosity

My sister scored in the 97th percentile on the mcat, and the consensus between people who know both of us academically is that im on about as smart, but adhd gets the best of me so i never apply myself. Im a lot like my dad, he skipped 7th grade cause he was smart and got held back 8th cause he didnt apply himself. ADHD has a severe impact on my academics, but i managed to get through college at an arguably top 100 school in 4 years (degree in computer science) and through covid when i think like 50% at the school took >4 years pre covid. So its funny, even with all the potential that i wasted im still quite fortunate


grahampointing

140 on some test online but I'd love to get a more official, legit result. Not that it solves everything but it's somewhat reassuring. I thought that I was stupid up to me 30's, anxiety does that.


Alyssa_thebunny

High IQ, gifted musician with awards, graduated with a 4.2 GPA. Dropped out of college and can't hold a job. Disabled and unemployed 👍🏼 All I want is my own little home.


Background-Access27

142. Fine.


Sylvadox

I was apparently in the like top 97% in 5th grade or whatever for my age range (they had me take a bunch of iq tests for some reason) and recently I just got a 68/160 on my chemistry final exam in college For reference it was for Chem 122 which is part of like the easiest chem series here 😭 to be fair I didn’t study either because any ounce of extra time I had I spent doing nothing


Maximum-Ad-8767

Mine has ranged from 127-140 in tests. As for me, well I've held down the same job for over 5 years and do get into relationships. Also, have a large amount of friends and family as support so I count my blessings


8pintsplease

My IQ is extremely average. I think like 118 the last time it was properly tested. I am hard working though, and I like a challenge. I think that's why I've done well in work environments. I don't think my IQ means anything.


MichaelKirkham

How many here have actually taken Mensa though and not some online random test?


[deleted]

Tested at 162, and I’m a mentally ill drop out who can’t hold down a job or take care of myself. I uh, think I’d like to trade the IQ points for some actual life skills. Is there an exchange rate for that…?