Is 117 a high IQ for a 5th grader?

Question

I heard the average is about 100, and 115 for college graduates, so does that mean I was smarter then most college graduates when I was in 5th grade?

Answer 1

no, iq takes age into account. your iq won't get higher as you get older, it will stay roughly the same your whole life. iq isn't a measure of how smart your are necessarily, and this all depends on what the defintion of smart is. don't go nuts with this. you got an above average score, take pride in it, but don't go around thinking you're "smarter" than everyone else, you will gain nothing from it other than an inflated ego and a false sense of superiority. the best way to celebrate having a higher iq is to put it to good use, not gloat about it. use your mind, do great things in your life, don't go around bragging.

Answer 2

Mandy-

Age has nothing to do with it.  IQ is not a variable that changes as we grow-up.  That said, it IS possible to raise your IQ test score as it is with any test score.  By understanding what will be asked, you can prepare.

First, 100 is average and 15 is one standard deviation.  You are outside one standard deviation which means (roughly) you are in the top 15%.  It is NOT bad (and many extreemly successful people have IQs in this neighborhood...in other words, you don't have to be in the Promethius Society (>150 IQ) to succeed in life).

The way you prepare is...

Do crosswords and increase your vocabulary by 5,000-10,000 words.  Vocabulary is key to the verbal portions of the test.  Play Scrabble or make as many words from the letters in an eight letter word as possible in three minutes.

If you like SUDOKU, do those...or any number type problem or puzzle.  

Learn how do do logic puzzles of the type asked on the GRE exam.  Any review book for the GRE will have sections on how to do this "class" of problems.

Do those "silly" pre-installed games like minesweeper on your computer.  This game is timed and has logic involved.

Sign up for a philosophy course at your local community college and start talking with others about what you are learning.  One of the best ways to learn is to teach...so donate a little of your time at a high school tutoring center.

These IQ tests are "beatable" regardless of what the "experts" (whose companies make a fortune administering/selling these tests) say.

gl2u!

-Fred

Answer 3

Tuna is right, expect the part about your IQ stays the same your whole life. Peoples brains develop just like height, some peoples brains develop later in life, for example Einstein did poorly in school when he was younger since his brain did not developed yet. Especially for men, guys brains develope later and can either develope quickly or it could take a long time.

When I was in elementary school I was practically retarded and then by middle school I was average intelligence high school slightly above average now I am a pretty smart dude in college.

Same thing happened to my dad they deemed him mentally retarded in elementary school, and then in graduate school graduated top of his class at MIT in engineering.

So Id say you IQ most definitely has went up and i bet you are above average, but being smarter then a college graduate id say no but you were able to process logic better then them. Yet that's just a few levels of intelligence measured.

One last thing is some people are bad at taking tests even tho they are real smart, and some people like me are kinda smart but excellent at taking tests. I was able to get a 137 but I'm probably a 125

Answer 4

your iq is above average but by no means excellent .however on the brighter side it is way higher than forrest gump's iq of 70 who then went on to do great things in life. there are many gret people and leaders who had an average iq . if at all you believe iq is a measure of intelligence (common belief). so be it . but iq is NOT a measure of what one's going to achieve in life . which i think is more important than intelligence .

best of luck!!!