IQ points

[Tat]

what do they mean? what's good/bad? what do you need for mensa?

[Tinker]

You need an IQ of 131 or over to join Mensa. A score that high puts you in the top 2% of the population, like my Grandma! I also believe that 'mensa' means 'table' in latin.

[Tat]

really!? cool! i scored 137 on one just now!

[Tinker]

Yay! Well done! On that 'Test the Nation' thing a couple of years ago i got 124! I heard somewhere that the average is 100, so it looks like you and me are pretty good!!

[tracymort]

when i was 17 mine was 155 i have no idea how that happened! after kids it's probably about 55!

[sft42]

Don't bother joining Mensa whatever you do....I went to an open testing day a few years back.....did the small test first of all and then got the full test they do....paid my cash to get it marked then got a letter back saying they had ratified my IQ at 164 and I was invited to join.....I did for a year but to paraphrase groucho "I shouldn't have joined any club that would have me as a member"....I went to three meetings and was bored witless at each one....ended up getting drunk at the bar with one of the few other persons there with a sense of humour.

[Quizmonster]

Click http://maxpages.com/raindrops/IQ_score for a website that outlines the 'significance' of IQ scores. (Basically, 100 is average.) However, be aware that - almost since such tests were introduced - many experts have believed they prove nothing more than one's ability to do IQ tests! In addition, anything you attempt in the way of a test on the Internet is almost certainly valueless.

As Sft says, Mensa-members may well be intelligent, but that's no guarantee that they're anything else worthwhile...such as exciting, interesting, amusing etc etc!

[bernardo]

The average of the population is by definition 100, but with reference to the "Test the Nation" programme, I was confused: I have always understood that genius level (i.e. the top 2 per cent of the population) is 150 and above, but on TTN they said it was 130 and above. They must have used a different standard deviation, but otherwise it is the same thing.

[coemgen]

I took a test about 10 years ago and was told that I had an IQ of 138 but couldn't join their Elitist club as I wasn't intelligent enough, apparently then you had to have an IQ of 144 or more. Have they lowered their standards then?

[Clinterus]

Hey guys, you know what's funny? I just scored a 131 IQ on a test, and I'm only 13 going on 14! Plus I'm not some kid genius either. Does that mean that, according to tinker, I could probably join Mensa in a couple years if I wanted?

[Clinterus]

And, actually, as I just figured out, there are some very inaccurate IQ tests out there. I just took a different one, and it said my IQ was 162! I know that's not right. (oh, and I didnt cheat, and followed its rules)

[Supercutie89]

i don't know what is going on...but i have a question. I got a 124 on tickle.com and i am only 15.. Is that good or bad? I know I am not a genius cause that is like 160 or something. But am I atleast above average?

[fleurpot]

I'm 11 and i' ve taken an iq test on the internet. i put myself down as 13 as they didn't have 11 and i came up as 131 what does that mean as my age was wrong.