<p>I would rather be successful at an ivy with a low IQ.</p>
<p>Tests can't measure intelligence. You cannot attach a number to intellectual ability....but that's just what I think. I know some people with 145 and higher IQ's that are in the gifted program at my school, and some aren't very bright at all. Some of them fail their classes, and don't care about learning at all. BTW my IQ from the WISC in 7th grade was a 129-woohoo for not being gifted!</p>
<p>An IQ of 129 puts you at the 96-97th percentile. That is quite gifted and makes you suited for 99.5% of professions.</p>
<p>Going from a 129 to 100 IQ is nearly two standard deviations...you wouldn't be the same person.</p>
<p>Having high IQ doesn't mean you are inherently going to be unhappy or somehow unable to enjoy the "blissful ignorance" that others may enjoy. Many people forget about emotional intelligence. You can have a high "IQ" and still be able to see good in the world and enjoy life.</p>
<p>I've already made that choice. </p>
<p>I have a high IQ and had the HS stats to be competitive in Ivy admissions, but I chose to go to a lesser known state school that I loved (and still do). </p>
<p>Not everyone wants to work 60+ hour weeks for a huge pay check and no real life. That's just how I see it...more power to you if that's what will truly make you happy, but it's definitely not for me.</p>
<p>I would rather have the creative genius.</p>
<p>um Bush's IQ...is about the value of the budget surplus.....-300bln.</p>
<p>IQ is overrated.
You can have a genius who sits there and ponders the mysteries of the world but contributes nothing to society.
Or you can have the hard-working average IQ who helps in his/her own small way to benefit the human race.</p>