<p>A lot of teens often ask me that whenever I go on some manifesto about some abstruse topic (I have Asperger's Syndrome, so I have a tendency to do that - and I find it fun :p). Anyhow that's the question that keeps on being asked. I never reveal it (actually I never even took an IQ test in a long time) so I just tell them that IQ really doesn't say that much about an individual (even if it has some use in populations)</p>
<p>Once in a while people ask me, and I tell them because, hey, they wanted to know. Then they immediately say they don't believe me and I'm a liar. </p>
<p>Someone actually told me, after I told her my IQ, that IQ only goes up to 100, so I must be a big fat liar who is soooo condescending.</p>
<p>I know that IQ isn't really a very accurate measure, but if they ask and won't stop asking, I just go ahead and tell them rather than risk having them make fun of me the rest of the day.</p>
<p>An old man (coworker) asked me this the other day and I looked at him, stunned. I was thinking, "excuse me?" I don't know my IQ (haven't paid the $$$ to have it professionally done and probably never will) but I do know my ACT and GPA. :) And I do have enough common courtesy to not ask someone a seemingly pointless and somewhat intrusive question.</p>
<p>lol0rz, I should just expect that question (it's my fault if it irritates me) since I'm the one who's actively acting weird around other teenagers. :p Heh - really - it doesn't irritate me that much (then I acted like it irritated me according to the thread title - oh well - that's more due to the ignorance people have wrt equating IQ to intelligence)</p>
<p>People ask, and I don't tell 'em. :cool: My response is usually something like "Oh, something like 105, why?" Then, the person [who asked me the question] starts bragging about his\her 160 IQ ... Then, other people in the vicinity start yelling out their IQs:</p>
<p>"Mine IQ is 155!"
"Well, mine is 158!"
"Oh I was just lying, my IQ is actually 180!"
"I was lying too, my IQ is actually 190!"
"Haha, your IQ is only 190!"
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<p>HAHA! Amazing! Do all of these people have ~$200 to shell out, or do you think they're quoting their free internet IQ test results? ;)</p>
<p>Free internet IQ, duh. That's what I say. ;)</p>
<p>101, baby, 101. </p>
<p>"But IQ only goes up to 100! Mine is 55!"</p>
<p>Yes.
I find that usually when people ask me that, they've already started to perceive me as an alien species. So I prefer to deflect such questions, and make self-deprecating comments. If you're the "smart kid", it's a lot harder to make friends since all conversation starts revolving around academics etc., which is usually awkward.</p>
<p>oh, thanks for asking! its 167.</p>
<p>At my school, no one asks about IQ. It's all about the SAT score, baby.</p>
<p>IQ can be on different scales anyway, I don't remember their names but something like a 120 on one can be equivalent to 145 on the other, so it really depends. I hate saying my IQ, although I do know it from a real IQ test. It's very high, but people who take internet IQ tests get ridiculous scores like 170 and think mine is bad because their score is inflated quite a lot.</p>
<p>i hate it more when people assume/guess my IQ.</p>
<p>"I got it from Vons. Where'd you get yours?"</p>
<p>I hate it when people ask my SAT score. I just tell them I haven't checked it yet.</p>
<p>Hmm. I'm not sure what my IQ is. And I don't think anybody's ever asked me.</p>
<p>Answer: "Higher than yours."</p>
<p>does 132 sound about right? i don't remember. i did one of those online testers awhile ago haha.</p>
<p>Online test depends on your internet speed as well and I have slow internet so can't rely. :D A high score is a score above 130 and my online value is and I don't believe online tests are accurate when they tell anyone they have an IQ above 160 because so many people get that and we're not all geniuses now come on.</p>
<p>tokenadult's response (on AoPS): "higher than anyone who cares about it"</p>
<p>Usually only people who've scored high on the online free tests care about it.</p>