What does an IQ of 137 mean?
An IQ of 137 is classified as Very high intelligence. It is higher than 99.3% of people — roughly 1 in 150.
Higher than
99.3%
How rare
1 in 150
From the average
+2.47
Classification
Very high intelligence
IQ scores follow a bell curve centred on 100, with a standard deviation of 15. About 68% of people score between 85 and 115, and about 95% between 70 and 130.
What it means in practice
Mensa admits the top 2% — about IQ 130 on a test with a standard deviation of 15. A score of 137 clears that line, so it would qualify on most tests Mensa accepts.
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No test measures IQ exactly. A typical standard error is about 5 points, so a result of 137 really means "somewhere between 132 and 142" — and a second test on another day can land anywhere in that range.
For a child the number compares them with others of the same age, not with adults. IQ scores are age-normed, so a 10-year-old and a 40-year-old with the same score are each equally far ahead of their own age group.
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