What? Your intelligence quotient is 150?! LOL! Almost (so far I know) nobody in the world has an IQ 150! VERY RARE!
IQ scores are still often misunderstood. Comments like, “What do you mean my child isn’t gifted — he got 99 on those tests! That’s nearly a perfect score, isn’t it?” or “The criteria you handed out says ‘a score in the 97th percentile or above.’ Susan got an IQ score of 97! That meets the requirement, doesn’t it?” are not unusual and indicate a complete misunderstanding of IQ scores.
Supposedly, it is a score that tells one how “bright” a person is compared to other people. 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. Theoretically, scores can range any amount below or above 100, but in practice they do not meaningfully go much below 50 or above 150.
Half of the population have IQ’s of between 90 and 110, while 25% have higher IQ’s and 25% have lower IQ’s.
130+ = Very superior and only has 2.2% of population
120-129 = Superior and only has 6.7% of population
110-119 = High average and only 16.1% of population
90-109 = Average and only 50% of population
Apparently, the IQ gives a good indication of the occupational group that a person will end up in, though not of course the specific occupation:
140 = Top Civil Servants; Professors and Research Scientists.
130 = Physicians and Surgeons; Lawyers; Engineers (Civil and Mechanical)
120 = School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.
110 = Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.
100+ = Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.
100- = Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck and Van Drivers.
90 = Laborers; Gardeners; Upholsterers; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers and Sorters.
With that said, I totally agree with what Im seeing on this forum with profanities, pointing fingers against each others, etc. that needs to be stopped. Yeah, but with what you said about your IQ is almost inapplicable or pointless. Im not trying to put you down, but its just the number 150 is almost unheard of.
Magnix2k
