Are you a genius if your IQ is 123 and you are 11?

Answer 1

No, it means your smart and you might be a genius, but IQ tests are sometimes wrong.

I.Q. tests also do not perfectly measure genius. It shows what you alreay know, not what you can learn.

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In theory, IQ does not change with age so the only question is whether an IQ of 123 qualifies as genius.

Officially, on the original Stanford-Binet scale:

Above 140 => near genius or genius

120-140 => Very superior intelligence

110-120 => Superior intelligence

90-110 => Normal, or average intelligence

Other IQ scales don't normally use the term "genius". Even the revised Stanford-Binet scale instead uses the terms Average (89-110), Above Average (111-120), Superior (121-130), and Above Superior (131 and above)

Genius is, of course, more than just IQ; it's also the ability and inclination to harness that intelligence. The current view of psychologists and other scholars of genius is that a minimum level of IQ, no lower than about IQ 125, is strictly necessary to develop into a "genius"

With all that said - if you are 11 and have an IQ of 123 - NO - you are NOT a genius.