My IQ is in the 130-140 range. When I was in kindergarten, I was considered a slow learner. I started reading long novels, including classic literature, at age 6. I was a mediocre C-student until 3rd grade, when I started getting straight A's. My classmates considered me a genius, but my mind can be quite slow. I was valedictorian of my high school class, took tons of Advanced Placement classes and exams, and got the top score on all of them. I did about equally well in all my classes, but my strongest subject, in which I did not get any extra help from my dad, was languages.
When I took standardized tests in elementary school, I scored extremely well in math and verbal skills and extremely poorly in spatial skills (bottom 20%). Recently, I took the High IQ Society's online test and scored a 130 overall. My subscores were almost all higher than 130, except for my scores in spatial visualization (129) and factual knowledge. My factual knowledge score was a dismal 75 because I don't know any details of international geography or history, or the history of the Olympics. That really brought me down; otherwise, my overall score probably would have been closer to 140.
Overall, I'm not a very systematic thinker. I let my mind wander over a problem, and sometimes it comes to a solution. When I learn a foreign language, I get into the flow and just do it. My recent hobbies have involved learning physical movements, which has probably improved my visualization skill.
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