Intelligence Interval/Cognitive Designation/(Common Possessors)
85 - 114 Average (Pupils at junior high school)
115 - 124 Above average (Pupils at senior high school)
125 - 134 Gifted (University graduates)
135 - 144 Highly gifted (Intellectuals)
145 - 154 Genius (Professors)
155 - 164 Genius (Nobel Prize Winners)
165 - 179 High genius
180 - 200 Highest genius
>200 "Unmeasurable" genius
Only approximately 1% of the people in the world have an IQ of 135 or over.
If I remember correctly, an IQ of 150 can get you into Mensa (as it puts you above the 98th percentile that is necessary for membership)
But there are a large number of tests with different scales. The result on one test of 132 can be the same as a score 148 on another test. Therefore, it's difficult to compare.
IQs CAN go over 200 (scores of 210 and 220 have been reported), but once they get that high, the numbers don't mean much. They're just estimations.
I have a feeling that some of the IQs posted were scored in online IQ tests, as those are always exaggerated scores.
My IQ was tested when I was being tested for ADHD, but I was under 18 and my parents wouldn't tell me the results of that.
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Updated On: 6/18/05 at 05:01 PM