<p>hi all
I had a discussion with my colleagues yesterday about the IQ tests.
so some of them say it doesn't matter if your result is 160 or 90 , if you work hard then you get good GPA and you will have the chance to get into the ivy league.
if you never done the IQ test before and you do it after reading this topic , what if your result is lower than your expectations?? will you be disappointed?? what if it's higher than your expectations ?? what you feeling would be?? will you be sad because you are not in Harvard??</p>
<p>some people and researchers say that the IQ test are not accurate because the test itself need to be developed over and over and over...</p>
<p>what do you think guys??</p>
<p>best regards; </p>
<p>BTW I have not taken the test yet :D and may not do it.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the IQ test has very little, if any validity. I took one a few years back and scored 140. Does that mean I’m a genius? I hope so, but I put very little stock in it. The problem I see with IQ tests is that there is really no standard model for comparison. The tests vary greatly from one another, and are designed in completely different methods. </p>
<p>Some of the most intelligent people who’ve ever lived have scored low on IQ tests, and some of the dumbest people I’ve ever met personally, claim to have scored very high on IQ tests.</p>
<p>I put little to no stock in them personally.</p>
<p>I agree 100% with you.
maybe some 1 is a genius in math and I am a genius in chemistry and someone is a genius in arts&music… it doesn’t matter my friend.</p>
<p>Oddly enough, I’ve heard before that the IQ tests and SAT tests were designed similarly, and thus there’s some correlation between SAT scores and IQ scores. </p>
<p>The thing is, you can easily study for an SAT test. Sure, that may NOT be easy, but it seems like 6 months of fairly regular studying for the SATs can make a 2000+ score very trivial. THEREFORE…</p>
<p>I think if you took a couple of IQ tests and maybe the SAT, without studying for any of them at all you’d have a more reasonable guess how your brain measures up. Of course, all of those tests are really long, cost a good deal of money to take, and even then the accuracy of them is totally debatable. </p>
<p>Getting into a high end university isn’t about high test scores or a high GPA alone, but persistence and luck as well… oh, and lots of money.</p>
<p>I Would say that the actual test result does not matter. </p>
<p>However, being more intelligent than the majority of the population will help you to succeed in school. But beyond a certain IQ, the downsides of a high intelligence actually outweigh the benefits, in my opinion. </p>
<p>I was “diagnosed” as high-gifted when I was 8. Skipped a grade, but afterwards I was still top of my class. Went abroad for a year, did not catch up a thing, still the best in most subjects. Unfortunately, I have rarely made the experience to work towards a goal and achieve it. I am perfectionist, if not obsessive and my fear of failing in outdoing everyone else and myself hinders me in so many ways. I do not understand what most of my classmates do (just from a psychological point of view), and most of my friends are between 25 and 28. I am 15. It is awkward to never be allowed to drink, go out or do anything with them. It is even more awkward to have nothing in common with people who are your age. </p>
<p>So do not worry about the test. It doesn’t matter. What matters it who you are and what you do with your life. I would not burden myself with the pressure to succeed, or to live up to the expectations.</p>