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What percentile is profoundly gifted?
99.9th percentile
But what is profoundly gifted? Those who are profoundly gifted score in the 99.9th percentile on IQ tests and have an exceptionally high level of intellectual prowess.
How does it feel to be profoundly gifted?
The highly and the profoundly gifted learners tend to evidence more energy than gifted individuals; they think faster and are more intent and focused on their interests. They exhibit a higher degree of ability in most of the traits we have identified with giftedness.
What percentage of gifted children have a gifted score below 70?
That leaves only about 5\% of the population who will have scores somewhere beyond those first two standard deviations away from the norm. 3 Roughly 2.5\% will have scores below 70, and around 2.5\% will have scores above 130. People often want to lump all gifted children into a single group, assuming that all of these children have the same needs.
What does an IQ score of 150 mean for your child?
Your child takes an IQ test and you get the score back. You learn that your child, with an IQ score of 150, falls into the highly gifted range. What does that mean? Before you can understand what it means for a child to be highly gifted (or moderately gifted, or profoundly gifted), you need to understand what IQ scores represent.
What is the highest score on an IQ test?
What is the highest IQ test score? According to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest IQ test score ever achieved was by Marilyn vos Savant, who score a 228 at the age of 10. However, it is rare that an individual’s IQ score would be above 140. Only 0.5\% of the population has scored above 140 on an IQ test.
What are some famous people with high IQs?
Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, had an IQ test score of 167. Jeffrey Dahmer, Serial Killer, had an IQ test score of 144. Mariah Carey, famous singer, had an IQ test score of 95.