Aptitude breakdowns by type (SAT, IQ, ACT)

[meanlittlechimp]

Found this study conducted by Myers and McCaulley (MBTI Manual - 1985)
First number indicated rank (out of 16). Decimals are for ties.

INFP
1 Business students SAT-M
1 Medical freshman MCAT-V
1 College students SAT-V
2 Ball State males SAT-V
2 Liberal Arts students SAT-V
3 Ball State females SAT-V
3 High School males IQ
3 9th - 12th graders IQ
3 Auburn females ACT
3 Univ Florida females SAT-V
3.5 8th graders IQ
4 Ball State females SAT-M
5 Ball State males SAT-M
5 Univ Florida Males SAT-V
9 Engineering students SAT-M
16 Auburn males ACT

INFJ
1 Ball State males SAT-V
1 Ball State males SAT-M
1 Ball State females SAT-M
2 Auburn Males ACT
3 Business students SAT-M
4 Liberal Arts students SAT-V
4 Univ Florida Males SAT-V
4 Univ Florida females SAT-V
4 Medical freshman MCAT-V
5 High School Males IQ
6 9th - 12th graders IQ
6 Auburn females ACT
7 Ball State females SAT-V
7 College students SAT-V
11 8th Graders IQ
12 Engineering Students SAT-M

INTJ
1 High School Males IQ
1 Auburn males ACT
1 Auburn females ACT
1 Univ Florida males SAT-V
1 Univ Florida females SAT-V
2 Ball State females SAT-M
2 Ball State females SAT-V
2 9th - 12th graders IQ
2 Business students SAT-M
3 Liberal Arts students SAT-V
3 Medical freshman MCAT-V
3.5 Ball State males SAT-M
3.5 8th graders IQ
5 Ball State males SAT-V
8 Engineering Students SAT-M
8 College Students SAT-V

ENTP
1 8th graders IQ
1 9th - 12th graders IQ
3 Auburn males ACT
3 Univ Florida Males SAT-V
4 Ball State females SAT-V
4 High School males IQ
4 Engineering Students SAT-M
4 Auburn females ACT
5 Ball State females SAT-M
5 Liberal Arts students SAT-V
5 Medical freshman MCAT-V
6 Ball State males SAT-V
6 Ball State males SAT-M
6 Univ Florida females SAT-V
10 College Students SAT-V
12 Business students SAT-M

ENFP
2 Ball State males SAT-M
2 8th graders IQ
4 College Students SAT-V
4 Ball State males SAT-V
4 Business students SAT-M
5 Auburn females ACT
6 Liberal Arts students SAT-V
6 Engineering Students SAT-M
6 Univ Florida females SAT-V
6 Medical freshman MCAT-V
7 High School Males IQ
7 Univ Florida Males SAT-V
8 Ball State females SAT-V
9.5 Ball State females SAT-M
14 Auburn females ACT
16 9th - 12th graders IQ

ENFJ
3 Engineering Students SAT-M
5.5 Ball State females SAT-V
6 High School Males IQ
6.5 Ball State females SAT-M
7 Ball State males SAT-V
7 8th graders IQ
7 Auburn females ACT
7 Medical Freshman MCAT-V
8 Liberal Arts Students SAT-V
8 Univ Florida males SAT-V
9 9th - 12th graders IQ
10 Ball State males SAT-M
10 Univ Florida females SAT-V
11 College Students SAT-V
12 Auburn males ACT
15 Business Students SAT-M

INTP
1 Ball State Females SAT-V
1 Liberal arts students Sat-V
1 Engineering students SAT-M
2 High school males IQ
2 Univ Florida females SAT -V
2 Univ Florida Males SAT-V
2 Medical freshman MCAT-V
3 Ball State females SAT-M
3 Ball State males SAT-V
3.5 Ball State males SAT-M
4 9th - 12th graders IQ
5 College students SAT-V
6 8th graders IQ
7 Business students SAT-M
9 Auburn males ACT
16 Auburn females ACT

ENTJ
2 Auburn females ACT
5 8th graders IQ
5 Auburn males ACT
5 9th to 12th Graders IQ
5.5 Ball State females SAT-V
6.5 Ball State females SAT-M
7 Liberal Arts Students SAT-V
7.3 Ball State males SAT-M
8 Ball State males SAT-V
8 High school males IQ
9 Medical Freshman MCAT-V
10 Engineering students SAT-M
10 Business students SAT-M
10 Univ Florida males SAT-V
12 Univ Florida females SAT-V
12 College students SAT-V


Business students - Wharton
9th - 12th Graders - high schools in Florida
High School - college prep programs in Philadelphia suburbs
College Students - Humanities Students at Scripps College
Liberal Arts students - Amhert, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford and Wesleyan
Engineering students - MIT, Cal Tech, Cornell

Grades/Performance are wildly different of course. The J's dominate. INTJs and INFJs have, by far, the best perfomance.

[ptgatsby]

Originally Posted by meanlittlechimp

Grades/Performance are wildly different of course. The J's dominate. INTJs and INFJs have, by far, the best perfomance.

Just to clarify - the ranks do indicate performance, right? Meaning that INTPs ranked 2nd in IQ scores in high school, and that they performed the best at Ball State University (in particular, since that's a research university*).

If so, does anyone else find it very... INTP... to be both liberal arts and engineering dominants?

*edit: Asking if it was the SAT entrance exam that was measured and decided to go to Ball state, or if it was the actual performance in the university.

[Splittet]

These stats were kind of confusing. I have by the way made some IQ estimations myself. Even though I doubt my own methods, the results doesn't seem too far off:

1 INTJ 113
2 INFJ 112
3 ENTJ 109
4 ENFJ 107
5 INFP 105
6 INTP 104
7 ISTJ 104
8 ENTP 102
9 ESTJ 100
10 ENFP 97
11 ISFJ 95
12 ESFJ 94
13 ISTP 91
14 ISFP 88
15 ESTP 88
16 ESFP 85

They were made purely for fun. I compared the member numbers of each type in Mensa, compared it to the general population, and used normal distribution math to come up with these numbers. Yes, it's not perfect ...

[niffer]

Splittet's numbers look a little...small.

[Splittet]

Originally Posted by niffer

Splittet's numbers look a little...small.

The average IQ is 100.

[niffer]

Originally Posted by Splittet

The average IQ is 100.

You're shitting me. Even my IQ is 156 (as of two years ago), and I've taken one of those hardcore, legal test thingies. And I would think that I would be a less-than-average human being. v_v

[Splittet]

Originally Posted by niffer

You're shitting me. Even my IQ is 156 (as of two years ago), and I've taken one of those hardcore, legal test thingies. And I would think that I would be a less-than-average human being. v_v

Haha, seems like you are not. If that is ratio IQ (deviation IQ would mean you are even smarter), it means you are more intelligent than about 999/1000 (since you are ENFP I bet you are not just smart too, but have a broad range of talents, contrary to many INTJs like myself, although focus is probably not your strongest suit). But sure, I often wonder too where the 50 % with an IQ below 100 is (the average IQ of my friends are something like 125). But just because I rarely see them doesn’t mean they don’t exist, I guess.

[FDG]

No correlation between smarts and type, I'm afraid.

[raincrow007]

Originally Posted by ptgatsby

If so, does anyone else find it very... INTP... to be both liberal arts and engineering dominants?

[Uberfuhrer]

Originally Posted by FDG

No correlation between smarts and type, I'm afraid.

In general, I agree with you. However, Ptgatsby notes a tendency for Ns to have higher IQ scores, though not necessarily, because it's generally agreed that people who have high IQs or are seen as smart are more likely to misidentify as Intuitive by associating it with being smart. He also mentioned that people who have low IQs tend to go on to develop Sensory smarts rather than Intuitive smarts.

People may have low IQs because of a lack of exposure to certain parts of the world, most likely due to cultural differences. Even "Culture Fair" IQs have a cultural bias. Culture Fair IQs tend to be the ones with sequential patterns. And believe it or not, you have to learn to determine the patterns properly in order to score correctly. Proper logical thinking isn't innate.

IQs can actually change through time. Although IQ tests do test ability relative to age level, education and a broader mind can increase that.