<p>I took a real IQ test and I scored about a 120. My score was in the range of 115-120. My SAT score was only a1460. If the SAT and IQ scores have such a strong correlation why is my SAT score so much different from my IQ score.</p>
<p>I got 118 in my IQ test. </p>
<p>I believe that SAT requires practice and skills u obtain and it’s taken mostly by students who want to go to college. However, IQ tests can be taken by anyone and not necessarily for academical purposes. I think IQ tests are more accurate than SAT when it comes to measuring intelligence ( generally ). As u have seen, SAT only deals with 3 sections which are … u know</p>
<p>maybe because they have different questions…? besides, how does 120 not correlate with 1460? they are both average</p>
<p>Simple answer: because they measure different things
IQ ~ capacity to learn
SAT ~ what you’ve learned in school</p>
<p>You don’t say how old you are; that matters; a 1460 from an 8th grader is different than a 1460 from a 12th grader.</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>yo Ruby92, what was ur SAT score?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken it yet. In practice tests my score fluctuates between 1200 - 1300 and I guess that what my score will be =</p>
<p>my test is on Oct, will see how things work out!!</p>
<p>Good luck. I guess the SAT is as related to intelligence as I though it was. If it was your score would be much higher. Do you really have an IQ 118? Did you take a real iq test?</p>
<p>The IQ is innate. The SAT, you can study for. My “innate” SAT score per se would be in the 1800’s b/c that’s what I got on my first practice test beginning of junior year. But after a lot of studying, I’ve spiked that score into the 2200’s and hopefully 2300’s come October. So you can study for the SAT but not an IQ test</p>
<p>There is probably a strong correlation between SAT scores of those who have not prepared and their IQs.</p>
<p>My SAT score as a freshman with no preparation correlates approximately with my IQ.</p>
<p>i have a 135 on my iq test (i took the otis-lennon test) but my score is only a around a 2100-2150. (not that good for me since i want 2300+) im 16 yrs old btw. I haven’t taken the SAT’s yet cuz im gonna be a junior.</p>
<p>@Kei-o-lei–Iq does have somewhat of a correlation with the SAT’s but only when you take the SAT’s the first time. After you take it more than once, you start to increase your scores, and thus a true vision of your intellgence becomes distorted since you become more familiarized with the format of the test. Besides, doesn’t your capacity to learn affect how well you learn the materials in school, which as you say is tested on the SAT’s?</p>
<p>■■■■■. Human beings can’t even get a grip on their own intelligence, let alone define it. Let’s not even bring a mere standardized test into this.</p>
<p>The tests may not be solid measures, but to claim them without merit is false. The fact that an inter-correlation of significance exists between two tests that use different types of questions exists is indicative of some meaning.</p>
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<p>Huh, 120 is like a 90%+ on an IQ test a 1460 is like 40% on the SAT. There isn’t a correlation between IQ and SAT, you actually have to do something.</p>
<p>My sister got a 140 on a legitimate IQ test, was in a gifted program and had a 1700 on the SAT (much higher on the ACT though). I don’t see a correlation honestly. Go with the ACT, you might fair better with that test.</p>
<p>Unless memorizing idioms and vocabulary words and seeing recycled math problems made for 5th graders that you probably forgot how to do by now is intelligience, the SAT is not an IQ test nor is there any significant correlation.</p>
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Fortunately there isn’t any significant correlation.</p>
<p>“Unless memorizing idioms and vocabulary words and seeing recycled math problems made for 5th graders that you probably forgot how to do by now is intelligience, the SAT is not an IQ test nor is there any significant correlation.”</p>
<p>The claims were for correlations between IQ and SAT scores after no preparation.</p>
<p>“Fortunately there isn’t any significant correlation.”</p>
<p>It’s common sense that there is a correlation. I can say with a high degree of confidence that no one with an IQ below average (<100) has scored a 2400 on the SAT with no preparation. I also say that with certainty that someone with an about average IQ has scored a 2400 with no preparation.</p>
<p>Preparation can help one’s score, but no one with a very low IQ (<75) will score very highly on the SAT (>2350). Thus, there is significant correlation.</p>
<p>There is, according to various psychological studies, a 0.83 (out of 1.00) correlation between IQ and SAT scores. There are various conversion charts on the Internet, but only on the 1600 scale. A 2400 on the SAT would correlate to an IQ in the high 160s or so considering that even at a 1500, your IQ would be estimated at approximately 106 since SAT takers are often college bound and naturally ahead of the ordinary curve. But then again, it is truly impossible to strictly measure innate intelligence. Nearly anything can be improved with diligent practice; the same goes for IQ and SAT scores.</p>
<p>That’s a high correlation. I’d be interested in seeing any of those studies if you have them.</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>To answer the TC’s question, it is because he cannot do a FORUM SEARCH. Geez, srsly, how many times do I have to say it?</p>
<p>Yes am sure that my IQ is 118 and it was real, I had taken it at school when I was a junior!! The reason why my SAT score in practice tests is always low is cuz am not a native speaker and I’ve never lived in US. I take ESL courses at school so am having so many troubles in the CR and W. However, my Math score is higher.</p>
<p>in my 1st trial, I got 90% in the Arabic SAT which is considered very high comparing to the senior students who had taken it with me and the highest among my other sophomore classmates.</p>
<p>IQ is BS, it can be trained…
By doing a few anaology problems, you can “increase” your IQ tremendously</p>