IQ results... Can anyone explain this to me?

2Leashes
Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:37:06 +0000

My now 35 year old twins took this IQ test, along with the Stanford-Binet back when they were 5 years old and both were 144 and 145–very superior 99.8% percentile. I don’t have the rest of the information with me right now that snows the break down of every category. They were referred to go through testing when there was some acting out in their pre-school.

I can tell you this, though: I never felt they were properly challenged in school (for the most part) and as a result, they got comfortable with it and I honestly feel they never did work up to their potential. Both of my girls were quite talented in art and other areas such as piano and dancing. In fact, I think they were sometimes overwhelmed with their interests and talent and in the end, never really got serious about any of it. Also, IQ is one thing. “I will” is another. Unfortunately, if a child or young adult makes poor choices in life as one of my twin daughter did, it makes you wonder what happened to that gifted IQ score. :-/

When my current college freshman came along 16 years later I almost prayed for a kid with a “normal IQ” but who worked exceptionally hard and really wanted to succeed. Well, she’s probably *more *intelligent than her sisters! She didn’t go through the same battery of IQ tests that her sisters did, so I have no idea what her IQ scores are. However, so far, she’s exhibited a wonderful work ethic to go along with her “smarts”. And, so far, she’s making excellent choices in life! :)