Anyone feel like this?

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<p>The man was reading the New York Times at the age of 18 months, for Christ’s sake. I’m sure they are reliable enough.</p>

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<p>^ While impressive, that fact does not validate the extent to which his IQ score fell above the average.</p>

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<p>You’re saying it’s impossible that his IQ was that high?
I think it could very well be possible.</p>

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<p>No, I’m saying there is no metric to indicate that his IQ was that high.</p>

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<p>Then you should have said a test told you your IQ was 187, not that your IQ is 187.</p>

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<p>Check the math yourself. I used a standard deviation of 15, which is typically what is used. If you use the other major scale with has a standard deviation if 16, there are 189 people of that IQ or higher.</p>

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<p>Draw obvious analogy from my first comment in this post.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064833357-post28.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064833357-post28.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

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<p>I apologize, you misunderstood me. I was only rejecting the claim that your IQ was 187, not that a test said that your IQ was 187. </p>

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<p>Official test only gives official score, not accurate score. It’s basically a guess by someone who is good at making guesses. They’re probably pretty close, but they don’t define what an IQ is.</p>

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<p>Further, I really wasn’t trying to attack you, just trying to attack your semantics, and it didn’t come out that way, so I apologize for that.</p>

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<p>Ah, IQ. My chem teacher believes that a high IQ means you have a high capacity for knowledge, which I can understand.</p>

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<p>Yes, my semantics were wrong. Sorry.</p>

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<p>Like, are you looking for a way to fix this? :smiley: Because Michael Ma qualified for USAMO in fourth grade this year. <a href=“American Mathematics Competitions | Mathematical Association of America”>American Mathematics Competitions | Mathematical Association of America;

<p>It’s not that I’m doubting people resent you. It’s just that I’m finding it a bit uncomfortable labeling myself as smart, whatever my surroundings indicate. And whenever I see other people doing it, I kind of cringe a little bit. If you’re not mifune, silverturtle, or DataBox (omgomgomgomgomg), then it’s better to act a bit humbler. That way people won’t overestimate your intelligence as much, and will be even more astonished when it shows. ;)</p>

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<p>^^That’s cool. I’m sorry for being a dick.</p>

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<p>this is quite literally, the most ostentatious thread i have ever had the pleasure (and amusement) to read. ;)</p>

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<p>I wanna say “I feel guilty at how giant my third leg is, it crushes small villages as I walk”</p>

<p>But I’m not a guy and I have no third leg.</p>

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<p>^^ Damn. Just think when he hits HS. He’ll be amazing. Far better than me at that point.</p>

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<p>^ There’s no point in even attempting to make a comparison.</p>

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<p>Well maybe I feel like making one. Maybe I don’t give a damn if there is no point.</p>

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<p>Well he’s already basically above you. Therefore, your comparison is absurd.</p>

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<p>Have these last 5 posts been part of some sort of inside joke, or what? I’m lost.</p>

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<p>Maybe people should stop constantly ranking themselves based on intelligence. We rank others on a lot of things, beauty, talent and intelligence. But it’s arrogant to rank yourself in all that. Let others rank you, but never rank yourself because you’re always wrong. IQ tests are just a way for people to rank themselves, so are the SATs and most tests. </p>

<p>And people never really like or think as highly of you as you do when you rank yourself.</p>

<p>It doesn’t seem like people hated you for being smarter, maybe it was because of your smarter-than-thou attitude that didn’t always correlate with your actual intelligence from their perspective?</p>

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<p>MIThopeful16, your ungrammatical post seems blatantly incompatible with your supposed IQ. </p>

<p>“…I feel guilty of being smart.”</p>

<p>If idiomatically correct, that statement should read “I feel guilty for being smart.” </p>

<p>I try not be the annoying CCer who comments on a thread merely to defame the OP, but posts like these invite criticism. If you intend to further advertise your “intelligence,” please do so intelligently.</p>

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<p>You know, I’m not going to even argue anymore. Yes, that was a grammatical mistake. I’m intelligent, not perfect. Do not mistake the two.</p>

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<p>Wait why are you intelligent again? Because your classmates told you so?</p>