Oh, my. I found this nerd test via Pharyngula, which is a daily read. (Come on, pictures of squid sculptures made out of butter and rotting Belugas -- what's not to like?) I estimated my nerd level to be about average. I mean, I'm a well-adapted average woman, right? It's not as if I can program in Fortran, I never did get around to teaching myself LINUX and I never owned a Mac.
I was mistaken. Seems like knowing a little about your periodic table automatically qualifies you for high nerdiness:
Ha! What fun for the middle of the night when I'm putting together some oddish Declaration in opposition to a motion.
86%
14% scored higher (more nerdy), and
86% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:
High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!.
However, I hate to confess that I am not very nerdy at all. As a long term test taker, I just used the process of elimination...and then guess with what remains.
So, in effect, I'm not sure that the methodology here is very strong.
It is entirely probable, (not just possible), Claudia, that you're not Nerdy at all...lol
Best Wishes, Traveller
Posted by: Traveller | September 07, 2006 at 12:20 PM
84%
High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!.
Not a surprise. PhD in chemistry, I work doing database programming.
Posted by: Christine | September 07, 2006 at 03:30 PM
71% -- mid-level nerd
Where did I go wrong??? I am clearly not as nerdy as I thought. Actually, I am sure that I could tailor my answers and become much nerdier.
Posted by: Natalie | September 07, 2006 at 04:12 PM
Hah. I was SURE you'd score higher than me, knowing the element song and building computers and all that. I mean, apart from being a highly educated nerdy doctor. ;-)
You must not have been honest. :-)
Posted by: claudia | September 07, 2006 at 04:46 PM
93%
Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!!!
No kidding. Close to a PhD in Computer Science.
Posted by: supremenerd | September 07, 2006 at 04:49 PM
25%. Yeah. I feel like I should go out and give someone a wedgie, or something.
I can't say I'm surprised. But it is a second point of observation in favor of the test's accuracy.
On the other hand, if it had been automobiles, politics, or economics, I think I would have blown it out of the water. So what's a nerd, anyway?
Posted by: Noel Maurer | September 07, 2006 at 06:18 PM
Okay, I went back and changed just a couple of answers and got:
87%
High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!
I should've answered yes to having a biohazard warning sign in my office (I can see 3 from my desk chair, two of which are filled with medical waste). And I must've answered one of the "who is this?" questions correctly this time...
You happier? :-) Let's see what Larry gets...
Posted by: Natalie | September 07, 2006 at 07:34 PM
Larry got an 86%. I'm nerdier. :-)
Posted by: Natalie | September 07, 2006 at 07:53 PM
I should have been working on my dissertation/doing stats (Bleah!)instead of taking this.
88%--I guess I should have known....
Posted by: Renee | September 08, 2006 at 05:50 AM
I managed a 95%, which seemed shockingly high to me. (I'm neutral in the OS wars, and my favorite high school subject was history...)
Posted by: Jim Parish | September 08, 2006 at 04:21 PM
94%. I'm not sure if I should be high-fiving somebody or weeping, though......
Posted by: Bernard Guerrero | September 08, 2006 at 07:02 PM
65%, and probably only as high as that because I know my chemical elements.
Apparently, "nerd" means, "computer-savvy and collects scientific equipment".
Posted by: Carlos | September 08, 2006 at 08:36 PM