So this girl I know got an IQ of 200. Is that even possible???

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<p>So this girl I know of (she's the friend of a friend) apparently took an IQ test and got 200. She is really young (in middle school) but supposedly, Duke University has already accepted her (as in told her she could skip all of high school and just come straight to the University.)</p>

<p>Is this even possible? I've never heard of anything like it and I have a hard time believing it.</p>

<p>P.S- I heard this from all the parents in the neighborhood.</p>

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<p>I don’t think Duke would accept a middle school girl based off an IQ test, although a 200 is impressive.</p>

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<p>Yes, it is theoretically possible to have an IQ of 200. It’s just really, really rare.</p>

<p>I too doubt that Duke accepted her already. IQ is a measure of the capacity you have for knowledge, not necessarily how much knowledge you already have. She (supposedly) has quite a high IQ, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to go to college (academically or emotionally).</p>

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<p>That’s 6 2/3 standard deviations above the mean, or the 99.99999999 percentile. Well done (cough).</p>

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<p>Don’t you have to be from an underdeveloped country to be accepted to colleges at that age?</p>

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<p>like the indian girlie?</p>

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<p>It’s possible she’s participating the the Duke TIP program for gifted students…</p>

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<p>we are assuming here IQ means something.</p>

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<p>It is undoubtedly a calculated ratio IQ. Most all IQ tests are normed around 100, so they are mostly accurate only up to about 150, so anything above that is just a numerical estimate.
It would be interesting to know what the test was (for example Standford Binet LM 3, etc).
There are actually hundreds of various IQ and emotional skills assessment tests out there. </p>

<p>Very doubtful in any case that she’d be accepted solely on the basis of an IQ test. Let her take the SAT, submit her transcript and GPA, etc. then Duke could accept her like anyone else.</p>

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<p>I thought the Duke TIPS program was based on SAT scores. Perhaps her SAT scores were translated into IQ (it’s common) and based on that she was told she had a 200 IQ? </p>

<p>I think IQ is overrated. There should also be emphasis on an emotional quotient (EQ).</p>

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<p>Yea, this makes a lot more sense. It’s basically a program to let middle-schoolers take the SAT.</p>

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<p>Shhsh. I met some people that supposedly had high I.Q but they lack many things. They can solve some crazy problem on the board, but couldn’t preform the simplest tasks. We only use like what 10% of our brain. It just depends what part of a brain you use. Just like some people can remember better than others, and some remember better visually and some don’ t. Some learn fast and some don’ t. If we used more than 10% we would be able to understand every Pearson in the room talking. So there you go so much for the I.Q test, anyone with that high of an I.Q is in fact unbalanced. A balanced human being, can perform various tasks to a level it adapted to. Back in the day when you saw someone swim it was like WOW, now its just like ok. Humans adapt to civilization, try and take someone from 100 years ago, and have them run Microsoft.</p>

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<p>There’s a society called the Giga-society. And only members with acknowlegded IQ of 196 are allowed in. And that means one in a billion, hence giga. And how come this little girl is not in this society or why haven’t anyone heard of her?</p>

<p>If anyone in the world would break the 196 IQ barrier I think it would be known internationally.</p>

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<p>We don’t use 10% of our brain that is a myth! We use all of our brain. The 10% thing came from the fact that we don’t use 100% ALL THE TIME. We only use approximately4 10% at a given time. To use 100% we’d have to be reading, eating, having sex, listening to music, doing math problems, etc. etc. Your intelligence in different areas (how well you perform in certain tasks) has nothing to do with “what part of your brain you use.”</p>

<p>Lastly, IQ is a sham. I mean, how can you judge your capacity for learning on a test designed to test what you already know? That is one of many things wrong with IQ tests.</p>

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<p>Granted that the IQ thing is very subjective. But still. if a girl has an IQ of 200, it is possible that she is an exceptionally quick learner, and that school doesn’t pose enough of a challenge for her.
I doubt if Duke inducted her into their undergrad program but it is possible that she is allowed to take classes, etc.
Anjyway, i am intrigued. OP Why dont you do some digging</p>

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<p>Most legit IQ tests top out around 150. There is at least one which is very old and of somewhat unclear value that goes up into the 200s. However, it’s certainly the case that having a very high IQ doesn’t mean that a student is ready for college. I imagine some googling will provide more info.</p>

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<p>“People who talk about their IQs are losers.” Stephen Hawking</p>

<p>“If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one. If there isn’t, I don’t care.” John Lennon</p>

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<p>So, this Gigi-Society for the one-in-a-billion 196 IQ folk… </p>

<p>Like, 6 people sit around a room in Lisbon or somewhere neutral like that, drink chai tea, and contemplate the value of renaming themselves the 500 milli-society to double the odds that they might get a cute woman to show up?</p>

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<p>[228</a> IQ at age ten, WUStL dropout.](<a href=“http://www.ratpackstlouis.com/VosSavant2.jpg]228”>http://www.ratpackstlouis.com/VosSavant2.jpg)</p>

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<p>[snopes.com:</a> Ten Percent of our Brains](<a href=“http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp]snopes.com:”>Do We Only Use 10% of our Brains? | Snopes.com)</p>