How do you get an IQ test?

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:33 pm

I need to take an IQ test to gain entrance to some clubs I'm intereted in joining. But...I can't for the life of me find where I can take one. Anyone ever taken one before and could point me in the right direction? (FYI I live in Rochester, NY)

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:23 pm

google "IQ test". There are a million out there, some good, some cheesy

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:17 pm

I think he's looking for a real IQ test, not an internet one that gives everyone 160's.

Or is he?

I took one at some public elementary school, but that's probably because I was in public elementary school at the time.

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:15 pm

irony!

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:53 pm

A lot links can be found here. I'd imagine you get into the clubs if you make it into the International High IQ Society.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 7:33 pm

Any club that requires an IQ test must be either a Lord of the Rings fan-nerd club, or the chess club.

Nerd.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:22 pm

"Mensa" would probably offer you a realistic IQ test. Contact them.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:51 am

Mensa sucks. They're a bunch of self-centered people who have no life and so join Mensa. Not all people even seem intelligent there.

I met members of Mensa twice, and after some serious conversation they were all over me with reasons to join their club, oooh, because they were impressed by my speech and reasoning skills. I took a Mensa test once at their 'recruiting' centers, and I think I came out 160-ish, but it was fun to blatantly reject the sign-up form, now that I proved I was 'worthy'. Hah.

Any club that selects on your IQ value sucks, imo. Even if you've an IQ of 200+, if you're a prick you're still a prick. And there are wonderful people with an IQ in the 90's.

ouch · Post by **ouch** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:28 am

I don't like women who even know how to talk.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:25 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tricord:
And there are wonderful people with an IQ in the 90's.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I lurb u two tri

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:39 am

Honestly, I was thinking of Mensa. Not because I'm depressed and have no life, but because I could, kind of something to throw out at the person your dating

.

The high IQ society is 95% percentile, Mensa is 98%, some others like Cerebrus are 99.7%. I don't think I could make it into anything higher than Mensa, but I'll wait and see what the test says.

Mensa testing is a pain to get though. They only test like twice a year and the next one is at earliest in March. Maybe I'll take the high IQ society test online and see what it says.

Thanks for everyone's help!

(And yes, this did start with a online pop-up ad saying something like "Take teh IQ Test!!!1")

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:31 am

I'd stay away from such clubs. Mensa may be worldwide, I just don't like the idea that the intellectual elite should troup together just because it makes them feel better about themselves.

Mensa has no other purpose than give you a member card and an opportunity to meet new people. The former is irrelevant and the latter can be done anywhere, anytime. There's plenty of organisations and clubs out there that do something.

I've known you for a long time, you're a very bright person. You did stuff years ago most people your current age wouldn't be remotely capable of. Find some new interests and pursue them.

Hell, I ended up as a motorhead/car mechanic when I decided I had seen enough of PC's. Just do itâ?¢

Even Sarge declared me crazy back then, but look at me now

D4Cougar · Post by **D4Cougar** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:44 am

"something to throw out at the person your dating "

HAHAHAHAHA

Wow, I can see it now.

"Hey baby, wanna go for a date? I'm in MENSA. You KNOW that means good foreplay..."

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:21 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by D4Cougar:
"Hey baby, wanna go for a date? I'm in MENSA. You KNOW that means good foreplay..."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hehe, that was a joke.

It's not like I'm trying to join the darkside Tricord (an internship with Microsoft over the summer, if I get it, would be closer to that

) it was just something that I stumbled across that seemed like fun.

My interest with Computer Science House will almost always hold my interest, but I'm looking for some other clubs to join as well when the same old gets boring for a bit. Mensa seemed like a good one because it was sorta like "honors" for adults; I've always been a sucker for "hey, that's an academic/smart peoples group, it'll make me special!!".

Arch · Post by **Arch** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:30 pm

Topher, actually, being a member of CSH doesn't make you special, it makes you dorky

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:31 pm

Topher > *

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:51 pm

Mensa sounds like some sort of feminine hygene product.

D4Cougar · Post by **D4Cougar** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:09 am

"Mensa sounds like some sort of feminine hygene product."

HAHAHAHA

Good times.

T-Devil · Post by **T-Devil** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:51 pm

Topher-

You'll get farther with a girl by telling her that you are an Eagle Scout than you will with Mensa.

Mensa = Geek

Eagle Scout = Trustworthy (little do they know...)

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:44 am

HAHAHAHA, yah, that would be like totally awesome. Almost as good as calling her by her AOL screen name in real life (I love you k3ttyx0r12....)