Aptitude is not IQ. It measures your ability to apply what you should know. IQ is trying to test what you don't know. My wife is a super hard worker, and has excelled at most things her whole life. She was even invited by Yale to apply. She's scored in the highest percentiles on all of her tests, but I would wager that she is just shy of 130. If she can work for it and learn it, she will crush any test you put before her.

A higher IQ mind should be able to look at something and begin extrapolating information right away. You can typically tell where someone is based on three things: How quickly do they recall information, how quickly can they apply it, and how quickly can they deduce new information from what was given without being told. Mikesez, If I had to guess, I'd say you're somewhere in the upper 120's, which is a respectable number, but probably not what you want to hear. You should use some of that engineering money and take a real IQ test if you're curious.

Also, can you change the title of this thread before it gets locked down, too? Don't want to get too far off topic.

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Thanks RJ.

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