The parents of a Leeds schoolboy who scored the highest possible Mensa test - beating Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking - say he's treated no differently to other children his age.
Eleven-year-old Yusuf Shah registered 162, which is the maximum possible for under-18s and in the top percent of people of all ages. Stephen Hawking scored 160 and Einstein, though never officially taking the test, is believed to have scored the same, The Mirror reports.
Yusuf, from Wigton Moor, Leeds said he took the IQ test after his friends at school told him how smart he is and celebrated his incredible achievement with a meal at Nando’s with his family. Yusuf said: “Everyone at school thinks I am very smart and I have always wanted to know if I was in the top two per cent of the people who take the test. It feels special to have a certificate for me and about me.”
