I took an IQ test and got a 119?

Question

it says i have a high inteligence but i get like 1-2 A's 2-3 B's and 2-3 C's

Answer 1

IQ just classifies how teachable you are. It does not test your commitment or interest in learning. Don't invest any effort or time in your score, just give 100% all the time

Answer 2

I'm assuming this is an internet IQ test.  They're pretty much meaningless.  They don't agree with the official tests or each other, and all tend to give inflated scores.

Your IQ does not determine your GPA.  Your own motivation will take you further (or hold you back more) than a test score will ever do.

Answer 3

Lewis Terman (1916) developed the original notion of IQ and proposed this scale for classifying IQ scores:

Over 140 - Genius or near genius

120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence

110 - 119 - Superior intelligence

90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence

80 - 89 - Dullness

70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency

Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness

Normal Distribution & IQ Scores

The properties of the normal distribution apply to IQ scores:

50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110

70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115

95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130

99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140

Low IQ & Mental Retardation

5% of people have an IQ under 70 and this is generally considered as the benchmark for "mental retardation", a condition of limited mental ability in that it produces difficulty in adapting to the demands of life.

Severity of mental retardation can be broken into 4 levels:

50-70 - Mild mental retardation (85%)

35-50 - Moderate mental retardation (10%)

20-35 - Severe mental retardation (4%)

IQ < 20 - Profound mental retardation (1%)

High IQ & Genius IQ

Genius IQ is generally considered to begin around 140 to 145, representing ~.25% of the population (1 in 400).  Here's a rough guide:

115-124 - Above average (e.g., university students)

125-134 - Gifted (e.g., post-graduate students)

135-144 - Highly gifted (e.g., intellectuals)

145-154 - Genius (e.g., professors)

155-164 - Genius (e.g., Nobel Prize winners)

165-179 - High genius

180-200 - Highest genius

>200 - "Unmeasurable genius"

More notes on High IQ and Genius IQ:

Einstein was considered to "only" have an IQ of about 160.

Mensa is a society for people with high IQ, in the top 2% (1 in 50).

In 1926, psychologist Catherine Morris Cox published a study "of the most eminent men and women" who had lived between 1450 and 1850 to estimate what their IQs might have been.

Go to Estimated IQs of the Greatest Geniuses.