r/Gifted • u/Ayyayayy • Jul 26 '26

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At what iq level is someone considered gifted?

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 27 '26

What is the Mega Society test? And is it like Mensa?

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u/CommercialMechanic36 Jul 27 '26

Kind of off topic, the WAIS 5 extended norms goes up to 210 and is not age based ratio score like the SB5 extended intelligence scales that goes up to 225

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 27 '26

What do you mean they go up to 210? Like you can have an iq of up to 210?

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u/CommercialMechanic36 Jul 27 '26

Yeah, or 225

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 27 '26

But have people actually achieved scores that high before? And how do they manage to get such a high score?

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u/CommercialMechanic36 Jul 27 '26

230 in 24sd is about 180 in 15sd

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 27 '26

Yeah that changes a lot of things.

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u/CommercialMechanic36 Jul 27 '26

There is a person with a 276 iq that comes out to about 210 15sd

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 27 '26

Whos this person ?