Since your brain has dedicated centers for everything but math (that I’m aware of ) would the neural circuits ability to compensate for that be correlated to iq?

So, the goal is to figure out the pattern, then provide the shaded regions for the last row. Apparently, two of the items yields two solutions.

I got 120 from mensa denmark is it good or nah?

Is this test properly normed? I can barely reach 80th percentile on human benchmark. What can this do for me?
Simple reaction time is 95th percentile

I used to have extreme adhd when I was young (less so because I take meds now) so much so I had no idea why I was there and would vividly remember just getting up while the teacher wasn’t paying attention and just walk out of class (never caught me because I sneakily went back in) anyways when I looks at my past scores they were crazy low like I should’ve been in special classes lows (which I did up until middle school) these were the score
Iq :~56 (at 5 years old)
Iq: ~60 (at 6)
Iq:84 (at 9 which I remember vividly, it’s also full scale)
These were official tests that they give to you at school which I got from a paper, I believe they were the WAIS tests. I don’t know what my iq is currently (I don’t really need too I pretty much know my capabilities).My question is why would I my iq change so suddenly? It’s quite odd since I thought iq is in generally a fixed value. I did heard that before that iq may change as you age up to puberty due to various factors but I’m not sure. I do know that around 9-11 I was actually diagnosed and treated for my adhd. Anyways I also highly doubt my own iq as I have a deep fascination with the sciences and have A’s with little study and moderate difficulty. What are your thoughts, do you know anyone else who experienced this, please let me know!!

I personality have it, and basically I am acutely aware of my own limitations and problem, aware how much everyone around me is more smarter, very aware that my reasoning is not very reliable but at the same time not smart enough to fix it, I am pretty much stuck between 2 identity, disabled or too normal. Like too normal to be in specialized programs but not normal enough to be in normal programs. That is what it is in a nutshell.

Originally I just did the CORE because it was said to be the most reliable, but I wanted to see if my VCI was a fluke, so I did the CAT and it was now apparently my strongest capacity which I know is wrong because my mental rotation is bussing. However, fluid reasoning being dead average gave me an idea as to a very specific, possibly autistic incapacitation.

Whenever there is a double/triple negative, or negative-positive-negative series of information (or some other combo), like for example "I didn't go to the store not because I wanted to get green apples, but because I didn't want to see whether Patricia did or didn't want me at home," I get very confused. Now I knew the components to be coherent independently so I could write it and know it made sense, but to comprehend the meaning, I literally had to re-read it for 2 full minutes. (I timed myself.) Now when I re-read it, it makes perfect sense and I feel like an idiot for having to re-read it for so long to understand it in the first place. This explains my struggle with antonyms too!

This is why I also always take ALL the exam time at school: I end up re-reading questions and realizing I answered the *opposite question correctly*. What does this mean?? It bleeds over into quantitative reasoning too via confusing negatives and positives at some stage of the equation which is also fascinating! This means all forms of testing where answering requires continuous, "non-cancelling out" comprehension appears to be my strongest suit: VSI, PSI, matrix reasoning, graph mapping, etc) Nonetheless, idk why my GRE is outrageously low on all facets so maybe my theory is missing the big picture or it's just an unreliable test, idk.

Any other theories? Does my theory already have a name?

(Other attributes to inform any other theories: I've read 3 total books in my adult life (early 20s), my father and grandfather are both sculptors, my mom is undiagnosed autistic but I would bet my soul she could get diagnosed, and my sister is highly verbally intelligent. Also I didn't retake anything except Symbol Search because I scored a 91 IQ first/misread the instructions.)

I finally got a couple days of good sleep so I thought of taking the Core test. I’ve lurked this sub for a while now but took the core for the first time today. I’m not sure what to think of it, I don’t really believe it’s this low frankly. I was expecting mid/high 120s . I’m 16 in high school. In my personal experience of observing lots of people in my classes( ranging from standard gym to calc Bc) , I thought I was distinctly above the range of average but not super standout smart at all. I have friends across the iq spectrum from 140 to 100 and I’ve felt “ smarter” than most of them in the 120 range but ofc it’s all in my head. I have a 36 composite act, 36 on Reading and English with 3hrs of sleep and 35 on math after 4 hours of studying. I know the digital act is less correlated with iq tho. Im especially confused about the vsi, I really don’t think im 102. I felt the fri and vsi tests were kind of hard to understand and that’s why I didn’t do well but maybe thats cope. I also took 2 tests in elementary to qualify for gifted, the WISCH 5 for elementary (120 GAI with 115 Fri and 130 verbal and didn’t include PSI), and the Reynolds iq test(126 with 120 Fluid and 130 Verbal). Around 9th grade, I could have sworn my fluid increased a lot. I was rlly bad at fluid heavy classes and I was able to intuition my way through knowledge based classes like bio and history. In a period of a month tho, fluid heavy classes became a breeze with no change that I remember. Math became easy as well. This is incredibly subjective, but I’ve always felt like my general reasoning or intuition has been my strongest point. Idk if it’s called common sense or g but it’s not like a specific subtype of iq but just general thinking if that makes sense. I might just be coping hard on the dunning Kruger effect . Another note, I felt rlly rlly time constrained on these tests , for a lot of the questions I felt if I had a minute more I could have solved it or on some tests I just didn’t understand the test fully. I didn’t take graph mapping or figure sets bcz I didn’t understand it. Same thing with VSI but I finished the subtests anyways. Also I’ve seen a couple of posts from a few months ago talking about how core is deflated by 10-20 points especially for low psi/ working memory so maybe that explains it? But the act tests speed heavily so that contradicts that statement.

Subtest: Character Pairing
Index: PSI
Scaled Score: 14
Percentile: 90.9

Symbol Search
Subtest: Symbol Search →
Index: PSI
Scaled Score: 7
Percentile: 15.9

Quantitative Knowledge
Subtest: Quantitative Knowledge →
Index: QRI
Scaled Score: —
Percentile: [Not shown]

Arithmetic
Subtest: Arithmetic
Index: QRI
Scaled Score: 13
Percentile: 84.1

Block Counting
Subtest: Block Counting
Index: VSI
Scaled Score: 11
Percentile: 63.1

Spatial Awareness
Subtest: Spatial Awareness
Index: VSI
Scaled Score: 11

Percentile: 63.1

Visual Puzzles
Subtest: Visual Puzzles
Index: VSI
Scaled Score: 10
Percentile: 50.0

Figure Sets
Subtest: Figure Sets →
Index: FRI
Scaled Score: —
Percentile: —

Figure Weights
Subtest: Figure Weights
Index: FRI
Scaled Score: 12
Percentile: 74.8

Graph Mapping
Subtest: Graph Mapping →
Index: FRI
Scaled Score: —
Percentile: —

Matrix Reasoning
Subtest: Matrix Reasoning

Index: FRI
Scaled Score: 13
Percentile: 84.1

Comprehension
Subtest: Comprehension →
Index: VCI
Scaled Score: —
Percentile: —

Information
Subtest: Information
Index: VCI
Scaled Score: 17
Percentile: 99.0

Antonyms
Subtest: Antonyms
Index: VCI
Scaled Score: 12
Percentile: 74.8

Analogies
Subtest: Analogies
Index: VCI
Scaled Score: 15
Percentile: 95.2

Digit Span Sequencing

Subtest: Digit Span Sequencing
Index: WMI
Scaled Score: 5
Percentile: 4.8

Digit Span Backward
Subtest: Digit Span Backward
Index: WMI
Scaled Score: 9
Percentile: 36.9

Digit Span Forward
Subtest: Digit Span Forward
Index: WMI
Scaled Score: 7
Percentile: 15.9

Digit Span
Subtest: Digit Span
Index: WMI
Scaled Score: 7
Percentile: 15.9

Digit-Letter Sequencing
Subtest: Digit-Letter
Sequencing →
Index: WMI
Scaled Score: —

Looking for a vocab test where all items require the testee to provide the definition for a word — completely open-ended, with no multiple choice (e.g. the Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale Definitions form, WAIS-5 Vocabulary) — along with a scoring manual with credit criteria (full/partial/no credit) and norms.

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I'd like to ask for some clarification, preferably from people with a background in psychometrics or experience with Mensa's admission requirements.

I recently took the Raven's 2 - Clinical Edition and received the following results:

• Raw score: 41/48
• Ability score: 600
• Standard score: 130
• Percentile rank: 98th
• Qualitative classification: Extremely High
• 95% confidence interval: 123–137

I submitted my documentation to Mensa Italy, but my application was rejected because my standard score was 130 rather than the required 131.

What puzzled me is that Mensa Italy's official statutes specify admission at or above the 98th percentile, while their webpage concerning admission through external testing explicitly mentions an IQ threshold of 131 for the WAIS, without specifying an equivalent numerical cutoff for Raven's Progressive Matrices.

P.S. This post was rewritten with the help of AI because I'm not very proficient in English. I used an LLM to make sure my thoughts were expressed clearly and naturally for an English-speaking audience.

Hello experts, my 5 year old just got his WPPSI-IV** results.** His GAI was “only” 134, but his VSI is 145, and his Math application on the academic part is 154.

There’s a regional program in our area that serves exceptionally gifted kiddos from all school districts, but the GAI cut off is 138.

Based on his other scores, what kind of shot do I have of getting him into this program?

He’s the highest performing student in his Montessori class, he teaches the other kids, he’s doing crazy awesome math, he’s highly inquisitive and philosophical, he has no behavior issues. He’s one of those kids where everyone in the school building talks about him.

So, if it matters, the gifted program in our district in simply just an accelerated program with no opportunity for bespoke pacing or really student-led project based learning.

Lawd. Help a mother out!!

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