<p>So would it hypothetically even be worth mentioning? Because on my resume I have almost nothing under awards/ honors and I was hoping to cushion it with something!</p>
<p>I personally believe more in Harold Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences than in IQ alone.</p>
<p>Enter some contests between now and application time. Try to win some prizes. Look for local contests. Check with the Lions Club, Rotary, . . . they all offer small-time contests.</p>
<p>What are your strengths?</p>
<p>Honor roll is an award. Try for honor roll.</p>
<p>Basketball is my strength but somehow I got screwed out of all-district, and the next nomination is at the end of my senior year… too late. </p>
<p>What are the criteria for honor roll?</p>
<p>Raising your IQ from 130 to 160 would be like going from 2150 to 2400. I think they don’t accept recent administrations of the SAT for political reasons (and because the ceiling is too low for some groups).</p>
<p>only 3 people have posted on this thread and yet it has 27 responses.</p>
<p>Are you saying it is possible to raise your IQ from 130 to 160? I believe with most accepted IQ tests you could never raise your score that much. I have no statistics to back that up but I have never heard of such a thing.</p>
<p>I’m saying it would be extremely unlikely - just like raising your SAT from 2150 to 2400 (if you don’t including maturing over years).</p>
<p>I don’t think it is possible to raise your IQ from 130 to 160 unless there is some extenuating circumstance.</p>
<p>I do think it is highly possible to gain 200-300 points on the SAT with study.</p>
<p>So back on topic… The resounding response is that the societies are not worth it and I should try for awards instead. Thanks, case closed</p>
<p>Then why do only a few hundred people get perfect scores, but 50,000 get scores in the range of 2100-2390?</p>
<p>And I’ve gotten IQ scores throughout that range, never on the same test though.</p>
<p>Edit: posted before your response.</p>
<p>Does everyone agree with kollegkid and lockn on this or does anyone have a different opinion?</p>
<p>I just want to get some more input…</p>
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<p>Learn more about the theory, and you may rethink that speculation. </p>
<p>[Books</a> on IQ Tests and Human Intelligence (Learn in Freedom)](<a href=“http://learninfreedom.org/iqbooks.html]Books”>Books on IQ Tests and Human Intelligence (Learn in Freedom)) </p>
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<p>That is the more correct statement of fact.</p>
<p>From my limited experience, it seems to me that college ad coms value hard work equally as much as intelligence, as demonstrated by a high GPA in a rigorous course of study. Therefore, membership in a high-IQ society probably won’t attract the favorable attention you are hoping for. But it doesn’t cost much to apply and take their tests, so how can it hurt to include it in your ECs if you qualify? Just be realistic that it most likely won’t make that much difference.</p>
<p>Also, you might want to Google this free IQ site:</p>
<p>Raven’s Progressive Matrices Denmark Mensa test</p>
<p>Enter those words in about that order, and the site should come up. You can take this free IQ test and find out about what your IQ should be. My advice is to focus, not try to answer every question unless you are really brilliant in which case it should be possible, and by all means, ignore the time clock which is very distracting.</p>
<p>ivydreamin, you think I should put it in my EC’s? As I thought more about it, I came to fear that mentioning it would appear pompous or naive that I would be the type of person to join such a society.</p>
<p>I have already qualified for numerous societies with test scores from when I was younger, so qualification is not the issue. I was wondering if it would look arrogant or something on the app?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think so, i too am contemplating high iq society, MENSA, but for other reasons. If anything it would show a passion for engaging discussions among like-minded individuals.
As to lockn i have to agree with kollegekid, i don’t think that the SAT is a good measure of intelligence at all. It’s more of an achievement test than anything now that they have discarded the verbal section and added a writing section. Moreover, where are the spatial-reasoning skills on the SAT? Verbal analogies? IQ tests by their nature preclude studying for them as a means to improving one’s score in any significant way. The SAT on the other hand, well one can easily bring up their score 300-600 points if they are determined to do so. </p>
<p>You can’t reason that just because smart kids do well on the SAT that the SAT must be an intelligence test. I know plenty of idiots who get 2150s and 2200s and who can’t solve a simple puzzle.</p>