What is a decent IQ score for a 23 year old?
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IQ tests follow a sysetm of normal distribution. If the IQs of the entire population were put into a graph you would get whats known as a bell jar curve; a symmetrical line peaking in the middle. The value at this mid point would be 100. So the average IQ score is 100. A bit long winded, I know, but I thought just writing 100 looked a bit thin!
1016164
Um, I thought something like 180 was a very high IQ. 110? How about "not stupid?"
758003
The average IQ is by definition 100.  Scores above 100 indicate a higher than average IQ and scores below 100 indicate a lower that average IQ.  The range from 85 to 115 is considered low average to high average.  Theoretically, scores can range any amount below or above 100, but in practice they do not meaningfully go much below 50 or above 150. \n\nI hope this helps.  Here is a link that discusses IQ scores in more detail.
326102
Wow. All these geniuses online with nothing to do but brag about IQ scores. LMAO!!! Same reason I left Mensa...too much talk about how wonderful we are, and not enough action to really improve the lives of the people around us. Now, I teach.\n\nAnyway...\n\nAn IQ score of 118 is high average. It means that you learn quickly enough and apply your knowledge well enough to be a good success in any work you choose to do. Congratulations!  Actually, being high average is preferable to being in the "genius" range because minds that think much quicker than average also tend to have difficulty slowing down to pick up on social cues, routine tasks, etc. That's why we have Gifted Education (not just academic acceleration). \n\nBe proud of how smart you are... you're just right to survive effectively and productively in our world. Most people around you will think of you as smart, because you are above average. WTG!
147986
Generally, IQ tests have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15.  Most people are between 85 and 115.  A person with an IQ of 130 or higher is considered to be a genius; a person with an IQ of 70 or below is considered to be mentally retarded.\n\nSpecifically, average is 100, and any score above 100 would be above average.
663092
145+ is borderline genius and 160+ Is genius. Below 80 is considered socially retarded. You can do an online search for Intelligent Quotient ( IQ) and you can not only see different scores and their determining factors. but you can take several sample tests. I wouldnt take just one and live by that score as different tests are rated differently. I took 3 and then took the avereage of the scores to guestimate what my IQ is.
419359
Umm, you mean more then 100 points?  The IQ test is ranked by points, up to 200.
1048791
IQ scores are normallized so that the mean (average) is 100 and the standard deviation is 16.  Also, IQ scores are normally distributed.  So, using this information, you are 1.69 standard deviations above average, which puts you at the 95th percentile, meaning that your IQ score is as good or better than 95% of all IQ scores.
343812
It depends on which test you take, since different tests give different numeric results.  The generally accepted approximate IQ for entrance to Mensa is 140.  They're looking for the top 2% really, and that's not all that tough anymore.
518621
It's better to find out what the average score was for the particular IQ test you took, as all IQ tests are different.  They try to be as close to a standard as possible, but not all tests are created equal.  I scored something over 140 on one, but it may have been easier than the test you took.  I know that 120 was considered above average for the test I took.
966442
An IQ is your "intelligence quotient"  115 is slightly above average.  basically in a nut shell, less than 50, a sack of hammers is smarter than you, less than 90, still dumb, above 100 you will survive, above 110, you can converse with most people, above 130, you will succeed at most things you do, above 150, join Mensa, because you a smart MF.
949798
The average IQ is defined to be 100. most people range from about 85 to 115. The distribution of IQ scores lies on a Bell curve. It has been noted that the average IQ worldwide seems to have been rising at a rate of about 3 points per decade, so tests are periodically renormalized so that 100 is once again the average.\n\nNote that IQ tests are designed to measure specific aspects of intelligence, and there are forms and manifestations of intellect that are not indicated by one's IQ score.
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166 really?? I would think you could figure it out. LOL\n\ntop score 300. average 110-115, genius (top 2 %) 130+\n\nIt was estimated that Marilyn Vos Savants IQ was 230. but when IQ gets very high it is impossible to tell. There actually is not top score but it is estimated that it is almost beyond improbability for a homo sapiens to score higher than 300 and not be another species.\n\nPart of the measuring problem is ceiling bump. i.e. how does a person with an IQ of 135 design a test to quantify the IQ of someone with and IQ of 200 or 250.\n\nWith an IQ of 166 one thing that you Will notice. People that have IQ of less than say 120 will notice that you are smart but not be able to discern how smart. People that are over 135 can discern the difference between two people one with say an IQ of 145 an another with an IQ of 165.
976657
Not old enough for the real thing. My score at Duke that was for preperation and guaging was a 1580. I took it before the 2400 scale was implimented. IQ is 178. My ratio IQ is higher. EQ is 113. IQ was professional and EQ was online.\nOddly enough, almost all the questions I answer have something to do with IQ.
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It's not a matter of "good." Your IQ is slightly above average...so is 50% of the population!\n\nI have a student in my class (also 13) who tested at 145. That's pretty high, probably the highest IQ of anyone that I have met. But to speak with him and to work with him, you wouldn't know it. He seems quite average. Therefore, I doubt the veracity of the test. I don't know who tested him. I'm assuming it was at his previous school.\n\nPlease remember that these test must be preformed by a trained professional to be accurate.
578728
You have to pass an IQ test before they allow you to use it. Anyone under 80 is OK, so I think you'll pass.
1011612
IQ tests are a good measure of overall intelligence, but it is not worth getting "hung up" over a score lower than average. Naturally we are all skilled in different areas, and a good IQ test will test you on all of these. Often people who are good at the literature based questions are not so strong on mathematical ones and vice versa. Also many online IQ tests copy questions, so people can become used to the types of questions they will answer. This isnt therefore testing IQ, but memory!!\n\nPersonally my IQ is 145, which is considered high, but I dont think this makes me any more intelligent than those with a lower score. \n\nI dont think intelligence can be measured - and I find the need to measure children on an IQ level quite disturbing.\n\nWhat does everyone else think?