A primary school girl has achieved the highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating the late Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.
Freya Mangotra, from Moseley, took the test when was just ten and a half years old. Freya’s proud dad Kuldeep Kumar said that his daughters result of 162 in the Cattell III B test – which examines verbal reasoning, means that Kuldeep’s only daughter is officially ‘a genius’ according to officials at Mensa.
“They said it’s the highest you can get under the age of 18,” said Dr Kumar, a psychiatrist.
“I don’t want to put too much pressure on her, but we knew from an early age, two or three, that she was gifted.”
“She grasps things very fast. She can concentrate very quickly and remember things; she only needs to read or do something once to remember.”
“We are blessed.”
Her dad also explained that she is a voracious reader just like he and her mother, Dr Gulshan Tajuriahe, who is studying for a PhD in child development.
The family are often found with their heads buried in books. The dad stated that his daughter was just eight when they both had a competition to see who could read all of the seven Harry Potter books first.
“She beat me,” he chuckled.
“We have to put a limit on her and say at 10 pm she has to stop reading. But she doesn’t need lots of sleep; she’s up easily at 6.30 am for school.”
Freya’s hobbies include writing stories, drama and chess. She also has a black belt in Taekwondo.
Bollywood dancing and swimming are a passion, and the young girl does an activity every day of the week.
And what does the child genius want to be when she grows up?
“It changes,” laughs Dr Kumar. “She wanted to be a doctor but then went off it.
“She wants to write, she likes stories, but she also wanted to become a film director.
“She’s in the drama club at school, and she directs plays at home. She’s still very young, though.”
Freya attends the Blue Coat School in Edgbaston, where she is Head Girl.
The ten-year-old girl has also been offered a scholarship to attend top private school, King Edward VI High School for Girls’ in Edgbaston.
She has also passed the entrance exam to King Edward VI Camphill School for Girls’ in Kings Heath.
