<p>I was bored so i took a few IQ tests (i know). But one in particular said ''You did reasonably good''. What does that mean? It was cultural so it apparently had no biases. However, i feel that was quite vague. The other ones i took said my IQ was 134-139. I know it sounds silly but i just want to understand what reasonably good is supposed to imply. Basic skill or above average?</p>
<p>Hopefully i'll be able to take a reliable one in the future.</p>
<p>If the tests which you have taken is based on internet, they all are completely useless. Do not get any wrong idea with that. You should go to psychiatric hospitals or clinics for more accurate results. And besides that, range of 130-140 isn’t that superior. </p>
<p>I think hardworking is the best thing to do for archieving goals, giving much thought to IQ won’t get you anywhere. Do the things that you like, spend time on it. You don’t need 160+ IQ for being the best.</p>
<p>Online IQ tests aren’t totally worthless, but they are not reliable (as a whole or individually) or particularly valid.</p>
<p>As far as I can remember, the scores I’ve gotten from various online IQ tests are 97, 115, 126, 130 (this one is supposed to be pretty highly esteemed), 132, 135, 138, 142, 146, 150, and 160+ (it didn’t go any higher).</p>
<p>None of the scores has done me any good. There are many people in my grade who are probably less intelligent than me but have better grades and will probably end up more successful. An example I like to bring up is highly well-respected theoretical physicist Richard Feynman. His IQ was 124, which is quite good among the general population but low among high-level academics, and he never cared a whit about it. He laughed in the face of IQ testing. However high your IQ really is with respect to any population you’re in won’t matter as much as you think.</p>
<p>That said, I’d guess that reasonably good represents an IQ from 100 to 120 or so. That may not be your real IQ, though; it’s what the site thinks it is. It’s also possible that “reasonably good” is the highest category.</p>
<p>If you really want to get a good estimate of your IQ, use your SAT (or ACT, though this is considered to be more achievement-oriented) score. Find the IQ that has the percentile of your SAT score to get a rough estimate. This is not a flawless procedure, but at least it has no website intervening with its own opinion.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend using any official SAT-to-IQ conversion widgets as they make a few undue assumptions about the applicant pools that I won’t get into right now. There’s also a formula floating around the Internet that involves multiplying a math score by .8 and a verbal/critical reading score by -.03 and adding some number… needless to say, it’s a load of crap; it has a few contradictions with what the article it’s a part of says and it looks pretty ridiculous on its own.</p>
<p>Whatever your IQ score is, or what people think it is, you can overcome it. Don’t let it define you. Personally, I currently do not want to know my IQ; I think I’d find it limiting and depressing.</p>
<p>Oh, and how does being “cultural” mean it has no biases? This is what people usually bemoan about IQ (and standardized) testing.</p>