Tara Sharifi, a student at Aylesbury High School,
recently took the Mensa IQ test in Oxford where she scored well above the
“genius benchmark” of 140. The 11-year-old student scored 162 points on the
test, which is two points ahead of Einstein, a theoretical physicist who is
considered as one of the two pillars of modern physics, and famous cosmologist
Professor Stephen Hawking.
Updated version of the previous article.
The Mensa IQ test, which needed to be answered
within a set time, focused on the student’s ability to understand the meanings
of words, according to Iran Front Page.
“I was shocked when I got the result – I never
expected to get such a good score,” Sharifi said.
With the score she received, Sharifi now qualifies
for the Mensa membership, which is also known as the High IQ society.
“It was a joint decision between me and my parents
to take the test,” the girl said. “It will be a wonderful opportunity to meet
other people within the Mensa system. I have told some of my friends at school
and they were really impressed.”
She also added that when she becomes older, she
would pursue “something related to mathematics.” Her father, meanwhile,
admitted that he was surprised by the result, but was proud of what his
daughter achieved.
“I am extremely proud but very surprised at how well
Tara scored,” her father, Hossein, said, Bucks Herald UK reported. “I figured
she might do well when we watched TV and she would get maths questions before
the contestants. I knew she was very clever but I did not think she would have
such a high IQ.”
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