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<p>Most likely not. I was never raised to feel like a genius. If anything my peers thought I was ■■■■■■■■. I’ll admit that my dad secretly wished I was a prodigy, but I was never really put on a pedestal over intelligence. I don’t think being in honors classes in middle school count because that was hard work more than natural smarts and I knew that.</p>
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<p>True. That’s probably all it is.</p>
<p>Ego is a decent explanation-- most people believe themselves to be more intelligent/ beautiful/ special than they actually are. Your extensive reading, if you are intellectually average, may just be a coping mechanism to deal with too-high expectations. Regardless, either dismiss the 97 score as being something irrelevant to your happiness, or if it is relevant, get another test.</p>
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<p>I used to think that everyone read as much I as did until the 10th grade when someone said, “That sucks,” when I said that I only got books for my birthday. Seriously.</p>
<p>I’m glad I’m not too above average because I don’t want to isolate myself too much from the common experience.</p>
<p>Google ‘Ravens Matrices Denmark Mensa Test’ and that free online IQ test should come up. </p>
<p>Now, when you take the test, do not watch that clock. Relax and just focus on the questions. The first couple of questioins, you will wonder if the obvious answer is the correct one because it is so incredibly siimple. The questioins get much harder, never fear.</p>
<p>I didn’t finish that test. I got an accurate IQ score, by the way. The first time I took it, I was nervous, focused on the time ticking off (a clock shows the time) and just randomly guessed on some of the questions after a certain point. I was aghast at how poorly I scored. My brother took the test, was calm and focused, and did 10 points better. He then suggested I retake, which I did. You can’t memorize the questions, and since a lot of my answers were based on random guessing there was no ‘practice effect’. I got 13 points higher because I calmed down and just focused on the questions and didn’t worry about finishing, and that score reflected my real IQ validated over the years by my SAT scores and an actual IQ test administered by a psychologist taken 10 years ago.</p>
<p>By the way, I have also been told by a few people over the years that I’m ‘smart’, but I agree that I think it’s just my vocab, honed from years and years of reading. I got a 16 on the vocabulary subtest of the IQ test (8-12 is average, 19 is the top score) and I owe that very decent score to all the years and years of reading that I did as a young child on up to the present day. In fact, I’m getting off now and going back to my Jodi Picoult novel!</p>
<p>^ That one only gave me 122! I did get bored and guess on a bunch later in the test though.</p>
<p>^ Where did you find it lockn? I tried to google it and I couldn’t find it.</p>
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<p>sorry lol :)</p>
<p>An IQ of 97 is not bad, it’s typical. It seems like so many people don’t understand the concept of averages anymore. They seem to think average is “normal” and people are expected to be average to above average, but below is seen as weird. </p>
<p>The average IQ is 100, half of people are below 100. 97 is pretty typical, hardly stupid. It’s like being a half-inch under average height and saying you’re a midget, or being 5 lbs less than average weight and complaining you’re malnourished. 97 is nothing to complain about, hardly stupid.</p>
<p>Plus IQ tests are useless and unreliable. I was tested several times in school as a child but didn’t find out my score until recently. I was pleasantly suprised! 
But they never told us in HS because they didn’t want it to have a bad effect.</p>
<p>^ Your IQ must be high. That’s wonderful. I am going to take the Ravens test when I’m more confident.</p>
<p>IQ tests don’t mean anything.</p>
<p>Fishing for compliments?</p>
<p>Face it.</p>
<p>You’re stupid.</p>
<p>Nah, I’m not fishing for compliments. If I wanted compliments, I would’ve included actual brag worthy stuff about myself.</p>
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<p>lol u serious?</p>
<p>totally agree with PVDMom… Child IQ tests are unreliable and you should take one of the free tests available online. But I’d be happy if I felt smarter than what my IQ score indicated than being the other way round where you think the score was a fluke and that you’re really stupid :D</p>