Low FSIQ score (47th percentile)

I have always been gifted academically. I went to an elite prep school, got a 1500 SAT, and now go to a t-20 college. However my FSIQ test says I have an IQ in 47th percentile. I want to work IB and don’t understand how it is so low. Attatched are specific scores and percentiles from each section of the test. If anyone can help me make sense of this please do.

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My academic subsets including math fluency all sit in the high 90’s, so I would imagine I would be fine with the majority of the work. Is there anything about being an analyst that would require an elite short term memory?

 

The fact you're asking is telling. Academic study doesn't represent intelligence, the same problem exists for reasoning capabilities of popular AI models

 

Stupid comment. My reasoning scores were high, quick memory recall was low. Which an AI would be able to do at high proficiency.

 

short term memory recall + processing speed is what you need to be a successful analyst. none of these tasks are hard, the difficult part is the amount of tasks that get handed to you at once and your ability to turn them around quickly with no error

 

This has to be trollbait, perceptual reasoning subscores 16, 37, 25th percentile and claims he has high reasoning scores

 

I think you should take a couple seconds before commenting so you can provide some meaningful insight to the conversation. Perceptual reasoning relates to visual/spacial reasoning, like being able to visualize a 3D object rotating in your mind. Last I checked in IB analysts don’t usually spend their time physically building objects or assembling blocks. If I wanted to be an engineer or architect maybe your comment would hold some weight. 

 

Dude how did you pass the second grade? But on a serious note: 46th percentile is practically right at average, so I don’t see how you’re surprised. If I had to guess how tall you are, assuming you’re a guy, I’d be right to choose 5’ 9”.

All your accolades might make it more likely that you sit somewhere higher on an IQ measure, but not by much; there’s so many other variables that get you there (e.g. discipline, background, intelligence not measured in an IQ test), none of which are any more or less valuable than an IQ score. Reality is, there may be a druggie in Brazil with a higher IQ than all of the people on this forum - who knows and who cares?

Additionally, the analyst job is task work. I swear a middle schooler could do it with a little training. Relax

 

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