IQ going to hold me back?

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>So, I’ve been admitted into Princeton Comp Sci. Over the past few months, I’ve developed an obsession with IQ. From common data, it seems like the average IQ of a Princeton Undergrad(Or most ivy league undergrads for that matter) hovers around 130-140. Now, I’ve never struggled in school. I’ve always gotten my 4.0. Since I go to a private school, my curriculum is not specifically tailored to the AP curriculum, so I basically had to self study AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Stats, and AP Calc AB from march - may(since I was busy earlier), and managed to pull off all 5’s. And previous to that I was able to get a 2310 on my SAT(albeit with more than a month of prep). But I don’t feel, at least from online tests, that I have that 130-140 IQ. I’d hazard a guess of around 115-120? Can someone of my IQ succeed in a competitive school like Princeton?</p>

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<p>Your IQ isn’t helping you with logical conclusions or drawing meaningful and practical analyses. No one asks you your IQ. They don’t care. Because the predictive ability of IQ is extremely limited. I don’t understand why you don’t know this.</p>

<p>You’ve said you’ve never struggled in school and got 5s on extremely difficult standardized tests. What is your logical conclusion from this fact?</p>

<p>You seriously need to relax and enjoy learning new things and not worry about getting a 4.0. In my opinion, your priorities are skewed and the metrics you use with yourself are not inline with what any future employer or grad school admissions council are concerned with.</p>

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<p>You’ve proved your ability. From now on, it’s mostly going to be about your work ethic.</p>

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<p>I have no idea where you got “common data” for IQs of ivy graduates</p>

<p>“Online tests” for IQ are not legit</p>

<p>Different IQ tests have different scales.</p>

<p>IQ measures ability not achievement. Life measures achievement not ability. It seems that you have the achievement part down at the very very least, so why are you worried?</p>

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<p>Thanks! This made me feel a lot better. </p>

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<p>No, it’s not</p>

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<p>“IQ going to hold me back?”</p>

<p>If you’re serious when asking this, then maybe yes.</p>

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<p>An IQ test said that my IQ was low enough to have me considered as mentally ■■■■■■■■… which I’m not. Or at least haven’t been diagnosed with.</p>

<p>I still got into Princeton.
If anything holds me back from doing well at Princeton, I can guarantee that it won’t be the “IQ” that I got from a doubtfully credible online test.</p>

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<p>This is a bit late, but if you’re concerned about potentially having a sub-130 IQ, you should know that Richard Feynman was measured to have an IQ of 125.</p>

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<p>99% of success at Princeton (and in life) is a combination of work ethic and time management. So you’re fine. IQ is a pretty unreliable statistic anyway. A much more relevant statistic for predicting college GPA is high school GPA, so you’re fine.</p>