How to estimate your IQ based on your GRE or SAT scores

New and improved method to estimate your IQ based on your GRE scores:

1. Add up your Verbal + Quantitative scores.

2. Look at the table given below. It also gives your percentile with respect to the general population. An example of a test with 15 IQ points per standard deviation (SD) is the Wechsler. An example of a 16 SD test is the Stanford-Binet.

This way of estimating was based simply on an interpolation between two points: 1) the theoretical average IQ of GRE takers= 115* with the average GRE V+Q score being 1035 in 1999-2000, and 2) the minimum IQ level of the Ultranet society= 164 with the accepted (old) GRE score being 1610. The resulting formula was IQ=26.8+0.085*GRE. The formula corresponded serendipitously well with existing critera. For example, the Triple Nine Society and IQuadrivium, both 99.9th percentile societies, accept GRE scores of 1460 or 1454 and IQ scores of 149 or 150. Intertel and the Top One Percent Society ask for IQs of 136 or 137 and a GRE score of 1300. Mensa asks for an IQ of 132 and asked for a V+Q score of 1250. You can see below how close the table came to these values (1.3 IQ points or less). The IQs referred to are on the 16 SD scale. I don't know if the IQ values much below 115 are as accurate or not.



You may want to see a list of entrance criteria for high IQ societies with direct links to their entrance requirement pages.

To estimate your IQ based on your SAT scores:

Note: The first two links are based on my formulae and the last two links are from published sources.

If you took the SAT I, go to this page.

If you took your SAT before April 1995 and your score was higher than 1280, go to this page otherwise go here.

If you took the SAT many decades ago, go to this page.

Note: Mensa considers that scores from after January 31, 1994, "No longer correlate with an IQ test."

Questions? My email address is given near the bottom of this page.

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GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile 1610 159.67 163.65 99.997 1010 111.86 112.65 78.542 1600 158.88 162.80 99.996 1000 111.06 111.80 76.959 1590 158.08 161.95 99.995 990 110.27 110.95 75.313 1580 157.28 161.10 99.993 980 109.47 110.10 73.606 1570 156.48 160.25 99.992 970 108.67 109.25 71.841 1560 155.69 159.40 99.990 960 107.88 108.40 70.021 1550 154.89 158.55 99.987 950 107.08 107.55 68.149 1540 154.09 157.70 99.984 940 106.28 106.70 66.230 1530 153.30 156.85 99.981 930 105.48 105.85 64.268 1520 152.50 156.00 99.977 920 104.69 105.00 62.267 1510 151.70 155.15 99.972 910 103.89 104.15 60.233 1500 150.91 154.30 99.966 900 103.09 103.30 58.170 1490 150.11 153.45 99.958 890 102.30 102.45 56.085 1480 149.31 152.60 99.949 880 101.50 101.60 53.983 GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile 1470 148.52 151.75 99.939 870 100.70 100.75 51.869 1460 147.72 150.90 99.927 860 99.91 99.90 49.751 1450 146.92 150.05 99.912 850 99.11 99.05 47.633 1440 146.13 149.20 99.895 840 98.31 98.20 45.521 1430 145.33 148.35 99.874 830 97.52 97.35 43.423 1420 144.53 147.50 99.850 820 96.72 96.50 41.342 1410 143.73 146.65 99.823 810 95.92 95.65 39.286 1400 142.94 145.80 99.790 800 95.13 94.80 37.259 1390 142.14 144.95 99.752 790 94.33 93.95 35.267 1380 141.34 144.10 99.708 780 93.53 93.10 33.314 1370 140.55 143.25 99.657 770 92.73 92.25 31.406 1360 139.75 142.40 99.598 760 91.94 91.40 29.546 1350 138.95 141.55 99.530 750 91.14 90.55 27.739 1340 138.16 140.70 99.452 740 90.34 89.70 25.987 1330 137.36 139.85 99.362 730 89.55 88.85 24.294 GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile 1320 136.56 139.00 99.261 720 88.75 88.00 22.663 1310 135.77 138.15 99.145 710 87.95 87.15 21.095 1300 134.97 137.30 99.013 700 87.16 86.30 19.593 1290 134.17 136.45 98.864 690 86.36 85.45 18.158 1280 133.38 135.60 98.696 680 85.56 84.60 16.790 1270 132.58 134.75 98.507 670 84.77 83.75 15.490 1260 131.78 133.90 98.294 660 83.97 82.90 14.259 1250 130.98 133.05 98.057 650 83.17 82.05 13.096 1240 130.19 132.20 97.792 640 82.38 81.20 12.000 1230 129.39 131.35 97.497 630 81.58 80.35 10.970 1220 128.59 130.50 97.169 620 80.78 79.50 10.005 1210 127.80 129.65 96.807 610 79.98 78.65 9.104 1200 127.00 128.80 96.407 600 79.19 77.80 8.264 1190 126.20 127.95 95.967 590 78.39 76.95 7.485 1180 125.41 127.10 95.484 580 77.59 76.10 6.762 GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile GRE

V+Q IQ

15 SD IQ

16 SD %ile 1170 124.61 126.25 94.956 570 76.80 75.25 6.095 1160 123.81 125.40 94.380 560 76.00 74.40 5.480 1150 123.02 124.55 93.753 550 75.20 73.55 4.915 1140 122.22 123.70 93.073 540 74.41 72.70 4.398 1130 121.42 122.85 92.337 530 73.61 71.85 3.926 1120 120.63 122.00 91.543 520 72.81 71.00 3.495 1110 119.83 121.15 90.690 510 72.02 70.15 3.105 1100 119.03 120.30 89.773 500 71.22 69.30 2.751 1090 118.23 119.45 88.794 490 70.42 68.45 2.431 1080 117.44 118.60 87.748 480 69.63 67.60 2.143 1070 116.64 117.75 86.637 470 68.83 66.75 1.885 1060 115.84 116.90 85.457 460 68.03 65.90 1.653 1050 115.05 116.05 84.210 450 67.23 65.05 1.447 1040 114.25 115.20 82.894 440 66.44 64.20 1.263 1030 113.45 114.35 81.511 430 65.64 63.35 1.099 1020 112.66 113.50 80.060 420 64.84 62.50 0.955

* Mean of college graduates: p. 178, Wechsler's Measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence by J.D. Matarazzo. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1972

Please note that the decimal places give the impression that the numbers are more precise than they really are.

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