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In reply to the discussion: Trump says he has an I Q of 156 [View all]Denzil_DC
(9,203 posts)52. Well, waddya know?
Intelligence Commotion
A chart purportedly showing that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is based on incomplete and outright inaccurate information.
Origin: A chart purportedly ranking the intelligence quotients of former presidents of the United States made the rounds on social media in December 2016, along with the claim that the President-elect would rank among the smartest, boasting an IQ of 156:

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This chart is based on a real study; however, the claim that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is not.
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This article is chock-full of logical missteps and factual inaccuracies. Trump's official school transcripts are not available, so it is impossible to know his actual scholastic aptitude scores. While the article's author used Wharton's general admission requirements to estimate Trump's IQ, the math still doesn't quite add up.
According to PrepScholar.com, Wharton's SAT requirements are currently set at 1500. This roughly translates to an IQ score between A145 and 149, not 156. Regardless, Wharton's admission requirements are irrelevant, since Trump did not enter Wharton as a freshman. He transferred there his junior year, and Wharton does not list SAT scores among its requirements for transfer students.
Gwenda Blair claimed in her 2001 biography about Donald Trump and his family that the President-elect was admitted to Wharton thanks to a friendly admissions officer ...
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trumps-intelligence-quotient/
A chart purportedly showing that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is based on incomplete and outright inaccurate information.
Origin: A chart purportedly ranking the intelligence quotients of former presidents of the United States made the rounds on social media in December 2016, along with the claim that the President-elect would rank among the smartest, boasting an IQ of 156:

...
This chart is based on a real study; however, the claim that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is not.
...
This article is chock-full of logical missteps and factual inaccuracies. Trump's official school transcripts are not available, so it is impossible to know his actual scholastic aptitude scores. While the article's author used Wharton's general admission requirements to estimate Trump's IQ, the math still doesn't quite add up.
According to PrepScholar.com, Wharton's SAT requirements are currently set at 1500. This roughly translates to an IQ score between A145 and 149, not 156. Regardless, Wharton's admission requirements are irrelevant, since Trump did not enter Wharton as a freshman. He transferred there his junior year, and Wharton does not list SAT scores among its requirements for transfer students.
Gwenda Blair claimed in her 2001 biography about Donald Trump and his family that the President-elect was admitted to Wharton thanks to a friendly admissions officer ...
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trumps-intelligence-quotient/
Oh, Donnie. Punked by the Intertubes again.
I think we should demand the release of those transcripts, don't you?
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And, like Kim Jong-Il, I'm sure he got 7 holes in one the first time golfing, wrote concerts & plays
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2016
#50
I doubt that. As a Mensa member, i'm pretty sure that he's not close. Shrewd but not
SharonAnn
Dec 2016
#84
Only people with an IQ higher than 155 know that "unpresidented" is a real word.
DetlefK
Dec 2016
#4
He is also in excellent health . All his test results were positive ! He is a god emperor!
lunasun
Dec 2016
#9
No--I think he MIGHT have had an IQ of 110-115 at one time, but I am pretty sure he couldn't
tblue37
Dec 2016
#112
if Dumbya got a 1270, he didn't do that on his own, someone took the test for him or strings were
putitinD
Dec 2016
#44
Most really smart people don't talk about their I.Q., it shows. It's the dimwits that get into I.Q.
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#53
BS! I remember when he was reading his roast about Hillary...he read like a first grader and
Auntie Bush
Dec 2016
#57
Actually it is used as criteria for 5 year olds to get into gifted programs
HoneyBadger
Dec 2016
#119