[september]

I've never taken an IQ test, but I'm usually pegged as smart. I scored a 33 on my ACT and I'm running off a merit scholarship at the university I'm attending.

I thought I'd throw in my few cents because I don't know my brain very well, I guess. I honestly have very little idea how it all works up there. I just know that when I'm learning things, I assimilate the information with a good success rate. I take the information I already know and match it up with the new stuff - sometimes I create patterns where they might not exist, if they help me remember things. I have a pretty intense interest in knowledge, as well, and this helps keep my memory in line. I find that I work very well with procrastination, actually. If I'm writing a paper, I'll review the material (very haphazardly - I'm not organized or very disciplined), and then not write the paper until within 24 hours of it being due. It gives my brain time to stew over the material and then clears and focuses it when I need to work. Often, with problems, I'll do the same thing. But if you mean math problems or something, I have a sort of knack for math. It's just all in my head. With understanding and learning things, I just... do. I don't know. Honestly.

I don't know if I think in a visual, auditory, tactile or abstract way. I've often wondered, but it really just seems like I apply whatever works best at the moment to what I'm doing. Perhaps it's more abstract than it is anything else.

I think you'd be best off getting a response from someone with a keen interest in how their brain works who has researched into the issue, taken multiple IQ tests, etc.

Also, I agree with the previous posters who have emphasized that intelligence is only a component of success and happiness. Intelligence is an entirely different (albeit interesting) animal.