<p>Maybe he’s only 12 years old.</p>
<p>“My IQ is higher than yours.”</p>
<p>How pretentious did that sound?</p>
<p>In real life, it may or may not be but it doesn’t really matter. Also, you should be aware that an IQ is not a hard number; it depends on what version of which test you take.</p>
<p>Generally, applicants who include extraneous information show that they are not confident in the strength of their applications. It’s OK to send them a demo or a video recording (don’t know if they ever get around to listening/watching it), but only if what you send is reflective of your true passions.</p>
<p>If a number is your kinda thing, then go ahead.</p>
<p>Uhh, I know plently of people who’d have IQs of 160+ and 170+ if tested, and they’re still in high school as 17 year olds. Granted, they top the state in academics and make it onto national teams, but they’re still at school.</p>
<p>Colleges care about what you’ve accomplished --grades, scores, and ECs. They don’t care what your IQ is. Someone with, for instance, a genius IQ but failing grades isn’t going to get into college because while they can do the work, they haven’t displayed the motivation to do the work.</p>
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<p>I doubt that you know too many like this: an IQ of 170 is in the 99.9998 percentile.</p>
<p>I thought it was the 99.999th percentile, but I could be mistaken.</p>
<p>I do know quite a few people who’d be in at the very least, the 99.99th percentile. I’m involved heavily in my national olympiad programs, so I know most of the smartest students in my country.</p>
<p>If you’re active in Mensa and enjoy it, then I think you could list that as an ec. An IQ alone would be useless.</p>
<p>The unabomber, Theodore Kasczynski, had an IQ of 167. He spent all his free time practicing differential equations and other calculus pursuits, according to his wikipedia article. He graduated high school at the age of 15 and entered Harvard at 16. This gives you an idea of what people with IQ levels around 170 are like.</p>
<p>IQ scores above 160 are not validated scores on any current IQ test. </p>
<p>To answer the OP, what you have done as a precollege student is of most interest to college admission committees. What your IQ is really has nothing to do with your application, especially because IQ score proxies (other standardized test scores) are already asked about on your application forms.</p>
<p>by the way… whats your IQ?</p>
<p>are u in mensa. if not join and then cite that as an EC. that more subtly gets the info across.</p>
<p>Colleges don’t care if you’re in Mensa. They care about what you do with your IQ, not what your IQ is. When it comes to the top applicants, probably the majority of applicants would qualify for Mensa.</p>