I remember being tested for something individually by the school principal when I was in the fifth grade. The test was similar to aptitude tests I took later, including the military entrance exam. I was never told what the test was about. My mother seemed happy with the results.
"People said I was crazy, but my mother had me tested"
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Originally Posted by
CraigB
I didn't need IQ scores to know I was an underachiever. I knew it all through high school. And comparing my college boards to my grades proved it. I went from a congratulatory letter from the dean of Notre Dame's engineering school, suggesting I apply for early admission, to getting the dreaded "skinny envelope" containing the news I was rejected.
Oh, well.
Applied UCLA. Accepted Cal State. It's all good.
I.Q. lately has been discredited as a metric for intelligence. It doesn't take into account the variably in spacial vs linguistic aptitudes, memory, or even that vague squishy notion of personality. Example; Ronald Reagan had personality in spades, but would have scored about average on I.Q.