Best answer of the first posts. Seriously, nobody has to show what he has achieved to show if he is smart or not, crazy that so many list all their live achievements just to prove it. If you are smart people will recognize it without that.

I did an IQ test and it said I'm a 130 or something like that. I don't remember. But I have nothing to show for it education wise. I've dropped out of 3 different universities because it started to bore me after a semester or two, and I feel like my time would be better spent trying to build a business. Which I did! Selling retro games on Amazon.. but my store has a bitchin' track record, and I want to grow it into a retro gaming focused chain like EB for retro games but not be evil like them. That would be cool.

..No, I lied.. My track record is far from perfect.. I've gotten two 4/5 rating.. they still keep me awake at night.

Ah yes the manifestation evident theory of intelligence. I like your thinking OP. I'm not impressed by people's IQ scores; I'm impressed with what they actually accomplish.

According to the GRE I'm just in the 115 range of IQ. But here are my chronological accomplishments so far in my life (I'm younger than 30)

Graduated summa cum laude with a BA
Masters degree
Law degree and MBA (in progress)

My long term plans include a Ph.D.

nor equate inteligence.  IQ examinations only test your knowledge in certain areas that is all.  Knowing things does not makes you smart.  Knowing how to apply that knowledge in a useful and efficient way in order to have a desired result makes you smart.

I have a B.S. that I actually put to use to make a living. Other than that, not much.

EDIT: Oh yeah, President Clinton gave me an academic award when I was in the 3rd grade.....I lost it :(

Yeah in high school I was always thinking stuff like "I'm going to go to MIT or Harvard and get a few doctorates since I love learning and why not!" As I got closer to choosing a university I started realizing how much freaking money that would be. So I changed my plans. This year I'm paying $28,000 a year at my University and next year I'll be paying half that. I would much rather take all that money I'm saving and apply it to something personal, like starting a company and getting a few patents. I figure this is the more conservative version of what Bill Gates and many others did, dropping out. At least if my company falls flat I'll still have a degree to fall back on.

I've been meaning to reply to this thread, I asked to be banned to study for an exam.

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Anyway, this question is impossible to answer because how do you accuratly measure intelligence? You can be good at math and problem solving, but terrible at languages and art, and still be considered a genius. You could be a highly credited Dr. with a PhD in Neuro-Biology, or something, but what does that prove?

Einstein himself said that "success is 98% perspiration, and 2% inspiration" which means that all academic success is linked with hard work, and not intelligence. This is true, I found that in my time as an undergrad in a relatively difficult field (astrophysics) that the people with the highest averages weren't the most intelligent. No, they were the people who slept 4-6 hours a night and spent every waking moment practicing problems, never missing a lecture, and even recording them.

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So how do you measure intelligence?

All I know is that as a kid I was emitted into gifted school, and I did score above 100% in Problem Solving, 98% in Math, and 88% in English (Anything above 90% is considered gifted for that test, and above 80% is above average). In High School, I was known as the "physics kid", and even without doing my homework I had a 90 average. I also know that in my life, I've been known as a quick learner, and I usually excell at new skills really quickly (e.g. I got a racing licence and within 1 day I went from super slow, to near record lap times). I also know that for the amount of time I spent on homework in university, I got a pretty damn good average (B+ at U of Toronto), while maintaining a 20 hour a week part time job, and I lived on my own (You take for granted having you mom feed you). So, I know I'm smart, but it doesn't matter, I won't get paid any differently for that. Plus there will always be people smarter then you.