<p>I know that the SAT isn't an IQ test, but a test of how well you take the test. But I believe there has to be SOME correlation between the two. After all, how would people score 2400 the first time?
How would one go about increasing IQ, and thus SAT scores?</p>
<p>i was under the impression that iq is more or less set in stone lol.
i mean, the ability to just ‘get’ something, or the ability to be innovative and stuff is innate and can’t be taught.</p>
<p>but it’s a good thing the sat doesn’t require one to have a high iq really. just practice a lot and learn from your mistakes.</p>
<p>You can’t increase your IQ, but you can increase your SAT scores with study and practice.</p>
<p>but then how would you explain a high school freshmen and a college graduate’s difference in intelligence? Memory improves with a lot of other things. So doesn’t the IQ increase?</p>
<p>Intelligence does not equal IQ. Of course a college graduate is smarter than a high schooler. That doesnt mean his IQ is higher than the person in high school. Also, memory does not equal IQ. You can definitely increase your SAT score by practicing but your IQ is pretty much static. You’re inability to differentiate the two suggests that you have some greater problems to address.</p>
<p>You’re confusing intelligence with education. Intelligence, which as a construct can be measured by IQ tests, essentially is someone’s innate ability to reason and learn, both verbally and non-verbally, as compared to the same age group. It really doesn’t change over time, unless you have some sort of brain injury. You cannot increase your IQ. College grads don’t have higher IQ’s because they went to college. They just have a higher level of education.</p>
<p>But IQ does not take into account someone’s level of education, their access to education and their effort. Someone with a lower IQ may in fact score higher on the SAT than someone with a higher IQ simply because he or she puts more effort into preparing. So stop stressing about your IQ. It is what it is. Throw that energy into preparing for the test and you’ll see results.</p>
<p>You can’t really do anything about your iq youre born with it. </p>
<p>But coming from someone who has a 160+, it makes it way easier to bump up your score.</p>
<p>No one really knows what IQ measures. The idea is to measure a non-changing “Intelligence Quotient,” but the test is certainly flawed in many ways. My personal opinion is that it can change with practice of logic puzzles, reading, analyzing, etc. Anything that a good school will make you do, plus some.</p>
<p>If you have a 160+, it should’ve been a 2400 from the get go, or at least very close to that.</p>
<p>I think IQ takes into account age? You certainly get smarter as you grow, so you can increase your intelligence (for the SAT) but because IQ takes into account age, your IQ <em>should</em> stay around the same.</p>
<p>The SAT used to be a 100% IQ test. That obviously is gone now, but there is definitely still a HUGE correlation between the two.</p>
<p>The way I learned, IQ was considered how much or the capacity of what a person could learn, not how much they knew. I’ve happily learned to never use that as a valid explanation. SAT is a measure of how you can take a test, and common skills, imo.</p>
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<p>What test isn’t a measure of how well one takes the test? There is a strong correlation between IQ scores and SAT scores.</p>
<p>Theoretically, with proper preparation, a person could ace a SAT with an IQ only around 100.</p>
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<p>That is an absurd claim. Over 50% of each graduating high school class has an IQ over 100, yet about .01% of them achieve a perfect score on the SAT.</p>
<p>I forgot to add a theoretically to that above statement. I’m saying as an intelligence or aptitude test, the SAT really isn’t.</p>
<p>Intelligence encompasses capacities regarding learning, problem solving, reasoning, planning, communication, etc., all of which are central to the SAT. Yes, learning topics is an important part of the SAT, but that is because high school students take it. The IQ test is universal and, hence, is not concentrated on a particular curriculum. In other words, it is completely natural to regard the SAT as an intelligence test as well. Intelligence improves as you age. One’s SAT score does as well.</p>
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<p>According to a 2004 study, SAT scores had a .82 correlation to IQ scores. Whether or not we call it an aptitude or intelligence test is arbitrary; the SAT functions as a strong predictor of IQ.</p>
<p>The maximum IQ change in a person is 8 points. I’d have to say that Critical Reading is the best indicator of IQ.</p>
<p>^That claim is garbage. I know plenty of people with high IQ’s that never read when they were kids. They didn’t get 800’s on CR but their composites were 2300+ . I think the score as a whole should be used to indicate a correlation.</p>
<p>The scores of each can be raised. But the inherent potential of an individual doesn’t change.</p>