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The IQ-Academic Achievement Link
Research shows conclusively that your IQ (a measure of your general intelligence level) has a very high impact on educational achievement – more of an impact than any other factor, including family background or personality. IQ level impacts final exam performance, GPA, and undergraduate, graduate and professional school entrance exam performance. Via educational achievement and certification, IQ ultimately impacts occupational status and income level.
Correlations: The Strength of the IQ Link
IQ’s impact can be understood in terms of a useful statistic used by scientists called a correlation -a measure from 0 to 1.0 of the ‘link’ or strength of a relationship between two variables – e.g. IQ level and GPA. A correlation of 0 means there is no link; a correlation of >.50 is a strong link. There are significant correlations between IQ level and every key measure of educational & academic achievement.
The IQ-Entrance Exam (e.g. SAT/GRE) Score Link
IQ level and college and graduate entrance exam scores are tightly linked, whether at the undergraduate, college or professional level.
Correlations of of around .8o are found between IQ & SAT scores – a very strong link. This is not surprising since the SAT test was originally designed to be a straight IQ test – historically it is an adapted form of the Army Alpha IQ test. Another study reported a correlation of .81 between IQ & GCSE marks in the UK, showing a very strong IQ impact. Although the contribution of IQ depends on the format of the exam, in all admission exams, your IQ level is critical to admission test performance.
Increase Your Entrance Exam Score With HighIQPro
Using our scientifically authenticated IQ increasing software can improve your score on an admission exam substantially.
One strategy for admission exam preparation is to practice on the types of questions that will come up in the exam. This is task-specific training. A useful resource to help you with this kind of targeted preparation can be found here.
Test performance depends in part on what you are familiar with and what you have practiced – this is called crystallized intelligence. But your score also depends on your ‘raw’ intelligence – on your reasoning and problem solving ability for problems that are new. This ability is called fluid intelligence. No matter how much you practice with task-specific training, there is room for improving your fluid intelligence for problems that are novel and unexpected in the actual exam.
Our scientifically accredited HighIQPro training software has been demonstrated to increase fluid intelligence by over 40%. Using the software will improve your score on an admission exam substantially.
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HighIQPro Improves Finals Exam Performance
If you have an important finals exam that requires fluid intelligence – in other words, analytical reasoning and problem solving – or is time pressured our software can help you perform better in that exam.
Many factors play a role in your grade average, including study habits, motivation, conscientiousness, and exam techniques – but your fluid intelligence is a critical factor. The more intelligent you are, the more efficient you are in your learning, the easier the material is, and in general the better you perform under pressure in exams and the higher grades you get.
Which Exams Benefit From HighIQPro Training?
Any undergraduate, graduate or professional admission exam performance can benefit from HighIQPro training, providing one of the following conditions are met:
.The exam has an analytical/reasoning/problem solving component. HighIQPro training will not benefit factual
knowledge exams.
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The exam is time-pressured and speed & efficiency is important.
IQ-Academic Success References
Gottfredson, L.S. (1997) Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life. Intelligence 24:79–132.
Kaufman, A. S. & Lichtenberger, E. O. (2005). Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence, 3rd Edition. Wiley.
Rohde, T. E. & Thompson, L. A. (2007). Predicting academic achievement with cognitive ability, Intelligence, 35, 83-92.
