It's not that 165 is impossible, it's that statistically 165+ should be less than 1 in 100k people, so in a class of ~100 to have 4 is a as likely as getting hit be lighting every day for the rest of your life.
Take 20-25 points off any reported score and it will be more in line with reality.
Ah. You didn’t mention how many people were in your class. I was imagining the typical American high school with 1000-2000 students. Even still, a class of 100 has a small sample size that can skew pretty far in one direction if it is white/Asian and/or particularly wealthy.
What’s your IQ? Ever been tested? Are you white?
I remember the test because I was one of the 165, we were confused as to why we several of us got the exact same score and they told us that's as high as the test went.
As I said I wouldn't trust any of these numbers. There is no standard test that everyone takes that's then scaled so IQs fit in a standard distribution, so you're kind of comparing apples to oranges. You got 140s, take a different test and it might put you in the 120s or 160s. To the extent that you can get a real number I'd suggest taking one of the Mensa approved tests.
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