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Old 12-02-2005, 02:16 PM
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Browsing through a list of the IQ societies....

"Poetic Genius Society" - barf
"International Society for Philosophical Enquiry" - pompous, though not as bad as the "Poetic Genius" one
"IQuadrivium Society" - pulled up their new website and noticed that it had been hacked ("This Site Hacked By forhacker..."). Not auspicious.
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Old 12-02-2005, 02:44 PM
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And I thought everyone was tested early? I was 4, the first time I was tested.

Nope -- in fact, most IQ tests are not particularly accurate before age 16. They can show trends towards "giftedness" or lackthereof, but in terms of an exact number? Usually not very accurate.
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Old 12-02-2005, 03:46 PM
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What's the point of joining them, though? If it's just sitting around feeling superior to others, then I really don't want to be a part of it.

That's why I joined a sorority
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Old 12-02-2005, 05:06 PM
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My older brother is. For him, I think it is mostly a pride and honor thing.
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Old 12-02-2005, 05:16 PM
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Its impolite to tell people you are in mensa . . .

Luckily I am quite slow and score sub-average so don't have to worry about stuff like that.
I disagree. It is impolite to <i>brag</i> about being in Mensa, but you can talk about it just like any other closed organization (ie, NPC / NIC / NPHC group). The OP just wanted to know who else on here is in Mensa, just as I'm sure you would want to know who else on here is in your fraternity.
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Old 12-02-2005, 10:34 PM
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I've always wanted to take the test, but have never got around to finding out any info about it.

sageofages, any info or advice?
Read the questions carefully....it is really pretty easy.
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Old 12-02-2005, 10:56 PM
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Nope -- in fact, most IQ tests are not particularly accurate before age 16. They can show trends towards "giftedness" or lackthereof, but in terms of an exact number? Usually not very accurate.
Please note the word "first" in my post. There was question about how early some people were first tested; I answered how old I was when first tested.

Trust me, to have had the scholarships offered to me which were, I was tested several times since. I graduated from high school when I was 16 (actually, a few months beforehand).

Now, was that too hard to understand, or do you just like to search for my posts and try to make fun of them? It has to be more than a little boring to the other people of GC, also.
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Old 12-02-2005, 11:52 PM
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Most kids are tested when they start school - we learned about it my "exceptional learners" class this summer. I'd be willing to bet that the kids who get tested at age 4 are probably the same kids whose parents start them in educational programs to learn to read by the age of 2 and think they're behind if the kid can't read him/herself the newspaper by about age 3...

Actually, most children who are tested in public schools are tested in order to place them in gifted classes. I was tested at age 4 in order to place me in gifted classes when I started school the next year. I had been reading for some time (without classes, thank you)

The majority of children tested at an early age are tested for the exact opposite reason. It's not because the parents are highly into their child's educational advancement. It's usually because some head-start, etc. program has identified them as a potentially advanced/gifted student. In order to make sure they are given the fullest opportunity for learning experiences, they are tested for placement.
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Old 12-03-2005, 12:17 AM
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Now, was that too hard to understand, or do you just like to search for my posts and try to make fun of them? It has to be more than a little boring to the other people of GC, also.
Touchy tonight, aren't we?

Nowhere did I say that you didn't deserve any of the scholarships you were given or that your IQ wasn't high. I'm just correcting the wide-spread assumption (that, while you may not believe in it yourself, was perpetuated by your post) that early IQ tests are accurate. They're not. This is why a number of schools have moved away from the IQ test as a method of measuring "giftedness" in recent years.
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Old 12-03-2005, 12:20 AM
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Not at all touchy. Just wanted to let you know that many people have noticed your Achilles' heel.
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Old 12-03-2005, 12:36 AM
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Ksigkid, you might want to take the test now - law school makes your IQ go down.
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Old 12-03-2005, 01:52 AM
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Touchy tonight, aren't we?

Nowhere did I say that you didn't deserve any of the scholarships you were given or that your IQ wasn't high. I'm just correcting the wide-spread assumption (that, while you may not believe in it yourself, was perpetuated by your post) that early IQ tests are accurate. They're not. This is why a number of schools have moved away from the IQ test as a method of measuring "giftedness" in recent years.
isn't youth the point in time in a person's life in which their mental capacities are the most (for lack of a better term) pure?
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Old 12-03-2005, 03:55 AM
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http://www.psychologicaltesting.com/iqtest.htm
http://www.gt-cybersource.org/Articl...aspx?rid=11267

The rationale for assessment conveniently coincides with the experts' recommendations regarding the best age for testing. Generally, testing is believed to be most reliable and most predictive between the ages of six and nine years old. Although many of the modern assessments are approved to be administered to children as young as two years old, the consensus among professionals is that there is rarely a need to test before the child is ready to enter school and that testing at younger ages may not provide reliable results.

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Old 12-03-2005, 12:40 PM
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Ksigkid, you might want to take the test now - law school makes your IQ go down.
Haha, maybe. Although, working at a preschool during college may have done some damage as well.
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Old 12-03-2005, 02:29 PM
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