i’m applying for a few phd programs in cognitive science and recently took the cerebrum iq test as a side thing. it gave me a fairly high cerebrum iq score with detailed cognitive profiles.
was wondering if there’s any place in an application to include that kind of score or if it’s viewed as irrelevant or unscientific. not planning to rely on it but curious if it would ever help support an application in psych or neuroscience programs
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No offense, but the fact that you’re asking this suggests to me that you need better guidance in the grad school application process. Maybe there are some professors at your school that you can talk to? That would be ideal.
But to answer your question: why do you think they would they care about something like that?
If I was reviewing a job app or school app with this information, I would see it as a red flag.
Lmao seek treatment
I’m not in psych or neuroscience but I’ve been on my department’s grad admissions committee many times. I can guarantee you we would laugh at someone who submitted that info.
Nope
Being smart doesn’t say anything about your work ethic, ability to communicate effectively, or your creativity. All three of these factors are more important than being naturally gifted at smarts.
You need a work ethic to keep working hard on something even when it is not going how you hoped, because the results still matter even if your hypothesis is wrong.
You need communications skills to sell your work, whether that is to get grant funding or to get the work published and recognized in society.
You need creativity to develop clever solutions to the things other people haven’t done yet.
Most Mensa profs are smart enough not to put that on their cv until they have tenure
Definitely your personal statement.
No, I’m kidding, this is not considered relevant to your grad school application
You need to fundamentally rethink your entire worldview.