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Jewish Lad, 6, Rates Record Iq of 196

December 2, 1934
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The highest intelligence quotient recorded in the history of the educational clinic of the College of the City of New York was recently scored by a boy six years and seven months old.

K., as the child is known on the records of the clinic, is of Jewish origin. He received an IQ of 196. Approximately one child in 1,000,000 obtains so high a rating, Samuel Goldberg, a member of the clinic, explained.

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