Iranian girl gets highest possible Mensa IQ score

An 11-year-old Iranian school girl has just become the new face of braininess after receiving the highest possible score on the Mensa IQ test.

"Tara Sharifi, a student in UK's Aylesbury High School, recently took the test in Oxford, where she scored an impressive 162 points. The result puts Sharifi well above the “genius benchmark” of 140.

It also places her just ahead of Albert Einstein's projected IQ of 160 (although Einstein never sat for the test and this estimation has been questioned).

Her father Hossein Sharifi told reporters that he is "extremely proud" of his daughter -- though he had an inkling of her intellectual prowess. “I figured she might do well when we watched TV and she would get maths questions before the contestants. I knew she was very clever but I did not think she would have such a high IQ.”

The 11-year-old has expressed an interest in pursuing further studies in maths -- a sign, perhaps, that she will follow late the late [Iranian] Fields Medal-winning mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani's footsteps?"

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“Iranian girl”

Wonder why you posted this

In all seriousness, that’s really impressive.

Her name is Tara...

Well my name is Hannah...

If those are your views thats fine but i and many others don't give a **** about what muhammad said. Please don't assume shes muslim and its sad you need someone to be a muslim to relate to them.
Its a damaging stereotype to dump her under muslim just because shes iranian. In times like this I wish iran was truly iran with zoroastrian and not a silly religion imposed on them but oh well i will read this letter forever and dream http://www.persepolis.nu/timeline-letters.htm

have a good day

"Its imperative that Muslim children are named with Islamic names"

Can't be that imperative then can it...

Tara and Hannah are both Islamic names

an 11-year-old iranian school girl has just become the new face of braininess after receiving the highest possible score on the mensa iq test.

"tara sharifi, a student in uk's aylesbury high school, recently took the test in oxford, where she scored an impressive 162 points. The result puts sharifi well above the “genius benchmark” of 140.

It also places her just ahead of albert einstein's projected iq of 160 (although einstein never sat for the test and this estimation has been questioned).

Her father hossein sharifi told reporters that he is "extremely proud" of his daughter -- though he had an inkling of her intellectual prowess. “i figured she might do well when we watched tv and she would get maths questions before the contestants. I knew she was very clever but i did not think she would have such a high iq.”

the 11-year-old has expressed an interest in pursuing further studies in maths -- a sign, perhaps, that she will follow late the late [iranian] fields medal-winning mathematician maryam mirzakhani's footsteps?"

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Yes, but is she nice?

Hannah is a Hebrew name and Tara is NOT an Islamic name (it's Persian).

http://quranicnames.com/tara/
https://www.behindthename.com/name/hannah

Hannah was the wife of Imran and Isa (AS) grandmother- how is that not Islamic?
Tara can be used as a Muslim name- it’s just not mentioned in the qur’aan: even the link states that.

When we speak about names 'belonging' to a religion/race we typically speak of origins. The origins of Hannah is in Hebrew, not Arabic or Islam. Islam is a plagiarism of Judaism and hence the overlap.

Anything can be "used as a Muslim name", that doesn't make it a Muslim name (you said "Tara and Hannah are both Islamic names"). Tara is not in the Koran thus not an Islamic name, pretty simple.

isn't the children's test a maximum of 162 and the adults max is lower?

yeah she goes to my school and all the teachers are so gassed to have her as part of our school

Ummmm good for her I guess
IQ is utter BS lol
There is so much more to life and a person than some number from some test. It's so bad at measuring what it claims to, that it can vary by as much as +-20 in a person's life. Totally just boasting rights for people who have nothing else going for them, and I suspect this girl will regret having ever agreed/ that her parents agreed to release her information to the reporters.

Sounds like someone is a bit salty. If IQ was a load of bullocks, psychologists wouldn't be using them. There's a difference between something having flaws and being utter bs. With that being said, the sky is the limit for her, but there are plenty of people with high IQs. I only resent this post due to the comparison with Einstein. Posts declaring a child prodigy always make these comparisons to people that didn't even take IQ tests. I'd be willing to bet that she won't surpass him, in achievements.