Originally Posted by epoh
In the states most gifted programs don't even use IQ scores, and the hard-to-get-into gifted schools seem to want somewhere north of 130, from what I've read.

Back in the 1970s where I was in PA you had to get a 135 on the Stanford-Binet to get your weekly pullout for gifted class. I think that was 99th percentile then, but I could be wrong.

There seems to be much less emphasis on IQ these days and more on intangibles.