IQ test- Should I look too much into it?

Whether it's an official test or a random one in the internet, you shouldn't "bother too much about it" either way as they mean sod all.

Well Stephen Hawking doesn't think much of them...

“I don't know what my IQ is. People who gloat about their IQ's are losers”

Well sorry

Like I say on the last reply though, it would be nice to know that I am actually above average at something for once , which is why im hoping that having a good IQ actually means something.

The fact you are paying for the test creates a conflict of interest. People want to hear good news. They want to be told they're clever, not told they're thick. So the people running this website have a financial motivation for exaggerating the scores. I wouldn't trust the result you've been given.

Don't be sorry; and I'm sure there's something to them! Get a proper one done my a psychologist and then you can gloat!

But they give you result after you had paid, so why would they purposely give you a high score just so you get what you want to hear? you have already given them the money.

Anyway, at the end of the test, after I had paid the £5, they give my a free 'code' which I can use to have a free test. Maybe I will use it, and purposely put wrong answers in, and see if it still gives me a high score or not. Put your theory into practise.

What they told you isn't a true representation of your IQ. Anyone who pays £5 for an IQ test MUST - okay not MUST, but most probably - have a pretty low IQ when there are a myriad of free tests available.

I've done one too, but I don't put too much stock in it. My dad joined Mensa with his high IQ. But all that proves is that you're good at IQ tests, and if anything memory or pattern recognition. There are plenty of types of intelligence, and IQ is hardly a comprehensive test of how "smart" you are overall. For instance, my dad is a bit of a moron

Well tbh, I always knew that an IQ score wasn't an indicator of your intelligence. I never said it was.

I'm more just saying that maybe a good IQ test shows that somebody, like you say, are better than average at solving patterns, or memory, stuff which I would be glad to be better than average at. I know that I probably should look TOO much into it, but like I say, I just wanted to find out if it mean't that I was actually better than average at something for a change

Ok so I did this IQ test. It was the first one that came up on Google, so I presumed it was reliable. It also cost £5.00, which I paid. And, the Facebook page of the website has around 21k likes, which hopefully shows that it is well used and reliable.

Anyway, I did it, and I got an IQ score of 128, which it said was in the top 6% of the Country. Should I look too much into, or is it just a random test that means nothing?

On one of the questions, I admit I did sort of cheat, as there was a picture with a blank square in it, and then like 5 pictures next to see, and you had to say which of the 5 mini pictures should be added to the big picture. I dragged the pictures to see if you could use them almost like a jigsaw, to find the answer, and it worked. I only did this with one thought, so I didnt go through it all cheating. Also, my tea was ready, and going cold towards the end of the test. I had to rush the last 5, and got one wrong, which i may have got right had of not been rushing. So it kind of evens it self out. I got one right due to sort of cheating, and one wrong due to rushing. If I would of done the test 100% properly (i.e no cheating, and also no rushing), I would of probably got the question I sort of cheated on, wrong, and the question that I rushed and got wrong, correct, so i would of got the same score in the long run, yeah?

Anyway, forgetting that last paragraph, should I look too much into this test? Am I really in the top 6% in the Country with regard to my IQ, or is it just a random test that I shouldnt bother too much about.

This is the website btw: http://www.test-my-iq.co.uk/

No it proves you are good at IQ tests, i reckon my sister could get into Mensa if she did one of those tests a day from a couple of weeks and she's 8.