3 year-old genius girl accepted into Mensa

3-year-old Arizona girl tops IQ test at 160

Three-year-old Alexis Martin is the youngest person in Arizona to join Mensa.

Mensa is the international club with one criterion – an IQ in the top two percent of the world.

The average person has an IQ of 100. Alexis’ is above 160.

The doctors who tested Alexis said she tested so high, they couldn’t even calculate her IQ score. They say she is smarter than 99.9% of the world.

Alexis started reading when she was two-years-old.

“From 12-18 months old, we'd be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime story from the night before,” said her Dad Ian. “She didn’t just recite them, she recited them exactly.”

It’s not just her 5th grade reading level that’s shocking, Alexis also taught herself Spanish via her parents’ iPad.

Alexis’ parents know their daughter’s gift is amazing but they are also discovering new challenges.

“Does she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant because we do want her to to get that social aspect,” said Ian.

Alexis will never be able to go to a normal school, according to the doctor who helped test her.

One of the reasons, often times, kids this brilliant have high anxiety and it's easier for them to be around similar children.

“Anytime she learns a word and just picks it up through anything, she never ever uses it in the incorrect context, ever,” said Ian.

[catsoda]

"She's still a 3 year old at heart"
uh.. no shes, literally 3 years old

[slippinsydney]

“She’s still a three year old at heart”

No, she’s just literally a three year old :/

[lizipearlvlogs]

"She's smarter than Mom and Dad..." Correction: She has the potential for greater intelligence than her parents. They still have more knowledge than her due to experience and education, but when she gets to their age she will have much more if she keeps with this upswing. Having a great ability to learn does not mean one has already learned.

[utahvibes]

I had a high IQ as a child and was often told how smart I was by my parents... I then got an ADHD diagnosis, promptly got bored in school and ended up barely graduating high school before eventually going on to get a Master's degree. It was a blessing and a curse...

[kenmendoza]

When I was 3, I got a piece of foam stuck up my nose for more than a month.

[perviguana]

Well this sounds like a recipe for depression at age 7

[codistirling]

Girl: plays with duolingo
Narrator: *an *ADULT APP**

[violetlunna]

every time I see the case of a child who is called a genius, I think about the pressure that child will have throughout their life to constantly prove that they're the best, and if things change over time, they will feel like a failure and feel like they let everyone around them down. Hope she has a good life in the future.

[ElmoJTrump]

When I was 3 I swallowed a flower and had to go to the hospital..

[LyraTyrell]

"Shes smarter than her parents"
"She has a 5th grade reading level"

Not a good look for the parents lol.

[Ali-mgci]

The funny thing here is that Mensa in Spanish means stupid or dumb

*Edit* ok ok, I wrote this comment a while ago and i still get replies of people saying is wrong. Mensa is the feminine form of a Mexican slang that means dumb, so maybe some Spanish speakers might be confused since the word isn’t used in their country or in the way they learned Spanish. Just to clarify :D
Btw, thank you so much for the likes

[Tyler-hseu]

Its been 9 years, now we need a "where are they now" video to see if shes still in mensa

[libbyrose]

When I was 3 I slipped on a LEAF and broke my FEMUR

[benlee]

Everyone gangsta till the school system makes her clinically depressed at age 7

[croconana]

When you guess at an IQ test and you get them* all correct.

[shiveringchihuahua]

This video is 9 years old. This girl is 12 now. I'm curious how her life has unfolded since this video.

[creepymiddleagedman]

She clearly was exposed to Rick and Morty at some point in her childhood.

[snazz]

“Alexis is fluent in Spanish”
Then she would know that Mensa means stupid in Spanish lmao

[igetcoldtoes]

We all know she's getting accepted to Harvard

[jacquelinef.]

In psychology class I've learned that IQ tests only start being somewhat precise for kids over 6 years old. My teacher (psychologist with diploma) said that there are tests for younger children, like 3 year-olds, but they are way too unprecise to actually be taken seriously...