Yes, for instance, IQ and SAT scores are highly correlated, and either is a good predictor of the likelihood of successfully completing college --assuming the requisite effort is made.WildBill wrote:IQ, SAT scores and GPA are just numbers. How the numbers are used is more relevant.VMI77 wrote:I haven't either, not a legitimate one anyway, and I don't think it's a particularly good idea to do so. Whether the results are low or high I don't see the psychological effects as likely to be constructive.mojo84 wrote:I have never taken an IQ test but it's obvious in am not worthy to be associating with you brilliant and humble folks.
Also, while I won't say they have no value, and while am skeptical of how accurately they measure innate intelligence, they do measure something potentially useful.
GPA, not so much. In my opinion GPA is more a measure of relative effort --some combination of effort and intellect where effort is the larger factor. For instance, being more intelligent may allow you to obtain a given GPA with less effort than those of less intelligence. Conversely, greater effort may enable a person to obtain a higher GPA than someone of greater intelligence. In both cases this assumes the GPA is determined within the same curriculum or major at the same institution, and even then such comparisons have their flaws.
There was a guy in my engineering class who had nearly a 4.0 GPA without breaking a sweat. When everyone else was studying he was goofing around watching TV or reading novels. He graduated #1 in the class. We had guys that spent every minute of their free time studying and barely managed to break a 2.0, and many combinations in between.
