Barack Obama's IQ
People have been trying to get a hold of Barack Obama's IQ score ever since he entered the Democratic primaries. He's smart, but enquiring minds want to know just how smart. The bad news is that his IQ scores can't be found anywhere on the net. The good news is that his LSAT's give a rough estimation of what his IQ might be.
Barack Obama's estimated IQ score range is 130 to 148 and quite possibly higher. . His college transcript from Harvard is not available and I cannot locate his college GPA, his SAT score, or his LSAT score, or any other tangible evidence of his IQ score.
However, after performing a bit of research the facts were uncovered reflecting his LSAT score while attending Harvard Law School. To much disappointment, we do not know his actual LSAT score. However, we found that the average LSAT score for all Harvard students during Barrack Obama's college years were 171. Furthermore,the percentile rank for an LSAT score of 171 at Harvard during Obama's college stay were 98.8 %.
Obama's LSAT score was 171 - putting him in the 98.8 percentile of law students. Hi IQ org MENSA accepts LSAT's as grounds for membership - requiring a score in the 95th percentile, roughly equivalent to the 98th percentile of the general pop. Since Obama scored in the 98.8 percentile of law students, he's well over the 95 minimum, and so easily qualifies for MENSA membership. Incidentally a LSAT percentile of 95 - which is comparable to 98 percentile in the general pop - translates to an IQ of about 130. Obama is 3.8 LSAT percentiles above that. A reasonable guess would put him in the 150 - 165 IQ range (150 being higher than 99.7 of the general pop according to stats below, & 160 being higher than 99.9 - or 1 in 1000. To put that in real life terms 140 would've been the smartest kid in your class, 160 would've been the smartest kid in your high school. 140 is the smartest guy in the room, but 160 is the smartest guy in the building. Obama would fall somewhere in between. Now when you get to 180+, you've got a contender for the smartest guy, or gal, in town!
