<p>What's the average IQs of Harvard students do you reckon?</p>
<p>I predict around 140-150...... It is my aspiration to go to Harvard or other Ivy league colleges, but I don't think I would have the IQ of around that lol</p>
<p>Does IQ matter do you think?</p>
<p>I figure around 75.032. I reckon they fare better over there than the rest of society.</p>
<p>How can you measure intelligence? IQ is flawed.</p>
<p>IQ is 15 points a standard deviation and the SATs are 100 points. A 145 is then 3 standard deviations and would correspond in rarity to an 800. Since the SAT is not an IQ test and since the average score at Harvard is less than 800, I would guess that 140 to 150 is quite a bit too high.</p>
<p>I thought the SAT people denied virtually any correlation with IQ and their test.</p>
<p>The SAT is a ****ing joke. The essay is the most absurd idea I've ever come across.. no wonder there's no correlation.</p>
<p>There used to be days when SAT had IQ-based questions.</p>
<p>not any more.</p>
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<p>the SAT people denied virtually any correlation with IQ and their test.</p>
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<p>They can deny this all they want. Ask a research psychologist -- the correlation is still very high. That doesn't tell you anything about the value of either score, of course, but there's a strong correlation.</p>
<p>I really don't know if there is. I don't think it takes a genious to answer those SAT questions, just motivation and perseverence to prep for the test. </p>
<p>My sis is a 4th year PhD psychology student at a top program so I'll ask her.</p>
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<p>I don't think it takes a genious to answer those SAT questions</p>
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<p>It doesn't take a genius to answer the questions on an IQ test, either.</p>
<p>Some are pretty difficult. </p>
<p>My sis and I have similar IQs. I, however, scored a 2320 on my SAT while she got an 1180. Does this mean I'm any smarter? Nope. It just means I prepared more.</p>
<p>Two quick points: </p>
<p>IQ scores are not a "measurement" of anything. </p>
<p>Two mental ability tests that correlate very highly in the order by which they sort test-takers will still, at best, only predict a RANGE of scores on one test for any given score on the other test. </p>
<p>Some Harvard students surely post high IQ scores, and some post merely above-average IQ scores. We haven't specified which brand name of IQ test we are talking about here, nor has anyone referred to any actual empirical data about IQ tests (so named) themselves, rather than referring to other mental ability tests. </p>
<p>For much more, see </p>
<p><a href="http://learninfreedom.org/iqbooks.html%5B/url%5D">http://learninfreedom.org/iqbooks.html</a> </p>
<p>Bottom line: the average IQ at Harvard is irrelevant to any concern of any serious applicant.</p>
<p>mine is a 159, but that's like, really, like, bad right?</p>
<p>An IQ of any number does not mean anything unless the standard deviation is known.</p>
<p>I loved the IQ test. It said I was a friggin genius. 167 somehow</p>
<p>My SAT score, on the otherhand, was 1910. Not really low, but it doesn't correlate with my IQ score. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>IQ tests have different scales, and yes, the mean (usually 100) and the standard dev should be known.</p>
<p>To return to the OP's basic question, my advice is to apply if you think the Harvard experience would be good for you. As far as what admission officers are looking for, they are looking for signs of your "I did" much more than for signs of your IQ. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>
<p>I think that that is an unrealistic assumption that many kids at Harvard have very high IQs. I think much of it is how much drive you have. Most of the kids (not all but most of the kids) got where they were with a good mind but an even greater push to succeed. I agree that yeah you have to be smart to get in, but with a school like harvard where everybody is smart, its the driven ones that get in.</p>
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I think that that is an unrealistic assumption that many kids at Harvard have very high IQs. I think much of it is how much drive you have. Most of the kids (not all but most of the kids) got where they were with a good mind but an even greater push to succeed. I agree that yeah you have to be smart to get in, but with a school like harvard where everybody is smart, its the driven ones that get in.
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Agreed. In fact, MIT students may score higher on IQ tests, since those tests focus greatly on logic.</p>
<p>After looking at the population precentage of IQ scores, an educated guess would be that the average IQ at Harvard would be in the 130s.</p>
<p>IQ and SAT are definitely correlated. If you say you got a high score in one and not the other to try to disprove this, you may not know what correlation is.</p>