The study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016028962200023X
The stated purpose:
we investigated whether individuals with IQs ≤ 90 who completed college experienced the same social and economic benefits higher-IQ college graduates did.
The hilarious accidental money shot:
Although most individuals with IQs ≤ 90 did not have a college degree, the rate at which they completed college had increased approximately 6-fold in men and 10-fold in women relative to rates in the previous generation.
So the researchers were trying to instill confidence in their sample size, but they inadvertent revealed what most of us have suspected for years: colleges are rubber stamping degrees for stupid people in general and stupid women in particular.
Given average white IQ is ten points higher than 90 while average black IQ is five points lower, it’s probably safe to assume that most of these cognitively challenged college grads are black women a.k.a. the most insufferable and belligerent demographic on the planet.
We’re fast tracking literal retards into positions of authority and influence because muh racism. Bodes well!
I wonder where I fit into this...
I've never done an IQ test, but I don't think I'm... "Dumb", as such.
But I'm abysmal at college. I can ace exams (if I study enough), and I can ace in-class tests (sometimes) without studying, but all the bullshit around assignments, referencing "properly", the ins and outs of research, group work, attendance, lab reports - I fucking suck at that shit...
No matter how hard I try, I'm just... Not motivated by/for it, and I can't seem to get much better.
Which, as you point out, kind of sucks when you realise that the idiots you are surrounded by are doing so much better than you are...
Maybe I'm just stupid (though I did well at school without trying, not that this means anything), or maybe... There's more to it than that.
Doesn't feel good at all, though. I'll admit to that much...
You overuse "..." in your text, but you have generally solid grammar, and even have the forethought to include useless flourishes such as italicizations. You also used quotation marks properly, and never missed an apostrophe in a very apostrophe-laden post. I think it's fairly safe to say you're above the average, at least a little bit, in IQ.
Haha thanks, I appreciate this.
Yeah, writing and grammar are not things I'm terrible at, but I've always been pretty good at languages, so...
I guess it depends on what/how one tests! I did well on the military recruiting aptitude test. That's the closest thing I have directly done, I guess.
But yeah, not good at the whole "doing Uni" thing, which seems to be my tradeoff, I suppose...
Jumping through hoops to achieve a long-term goal is perhaps not my strong suit.
Its also important to acknowledge that, unless you have a learning disability (including retardation) that impacts your IQ, then IQ is mostly a measure of speed and memory than anything else. A high IQ person is not inherently "smart"; humans still have to train themselves to acquire and retain knowledge/information. This is why people put such high importance on recognizing gifted individuals when they are still very young.
Think of a computer and its hardware. A bottom of the barrel computer can do pretty much the same things as a computer full of flagship components, provided there are no defects and infinite time available...but the flagship PC will do said things much faster and 'recall' things from memory better, which opens up additional capabilities.
At the same time, if the supercomputer doesn't actually make use any of its advantages or has certain inefficiencies, it'll look almost the same as the bottom of the barrel computer.
If you're worried about your focus, time management, etc., you might want to consider explicitly working on those aspects, or even seeing a behavioral health specialist, especially if you're potentially an undiagnosed adult with autism.
If you end up getting a neuro-psyche exam at the request of the specialist, you'll find out your IQ.
Intelligence is one thing, discipline(and time management) is another.
While I've a few regrets about college, the one thing I don't regret is having to force myself to effectively manage my time and effort in a disciplined fashion to get the level of grades I was aiming for.
Turns out, I could get alot of stuff done just by keeping to a very strict schedule and forcing myself to get shit done.
The things you've described are there for the retards to dilute abysmal exams. Group work is boiled down to "one person does a typical assignment alone and the rest coast on reading their presentation". I've had professors divide a lecture hall class into four groups and the only graded non-test assignments be "group discussions". I'm a very odd case because I started college in the 00's, dropped out, worked in the real world, and came back to do a bachelor's in the '20s. Shit. Got. BAD. I rode the fucking short bus in middle school and I didn't learn anything new in my required math course for college. It was all review for me, and for most of the 17-18 year olds they were asking questions like it was their first time hearing it.
Edit: Example from this semester of how dumbed down and impossible-to-fail things are now. A professor explained her criterion for a grading homework and if you get half of it right you get a 100%. Every missed question beyond that is a -5 off the grade. So if you get 1/10 questions right you get a fucking 80. They are really trying to just push everyone through.