What determines intelligence?

What determines intelligence?
Just for the sake of backdrop, I'm a 15 year old-Italian ancestry born in El Salvador kid (which has nothing to do with the question, but by golly!), now, I'm a curious kid, my curiosity has sort of always driven me to seek answers for what I desire to know. This is why I recently took and IQ test, hoping that would fulfill my vacuum that had been left by the fact that I wanted to know my potential, a final, analytical, number, a statistic. Now, I scored 122, which is conspicuously superb, however it bothers me that inside of me, that is, with my logic, I've been quibbling. Inside of me, in my brain, I've always thought of myself as a genius, I still do, however the IQ test did not provide the nourishment that I expected. And it's not being delusional, or not wanting to accept the scores, it is simply that I'm frazzled as to how would one know whether they're a genius or simply an intelligent person? Being able to regurgitate things day in and day out in school provides no insight as to the truth, nor did taking the test, however when you do say "I'm a genius", it starts sounding like when a schizophrenic person says that they have friends. This ambiguity, has left a rather humongous gaping hole in my brain, which I can't really seem to figure out quite well. As stated before, I've always thought of myself as a genius, it is just that I can't seem to figure out whether it is veridical or not, which contradicts what I've been stating before. Not having a definite answer bothers me, it just does, not having data, something to back it up has always bothered me, I am a cynic, it is just that when you get to the upper echelons of the intelligence spectrum it gets rather hard to determine where to place someone. Of course I'm not saying that I'm the next bloody Mr. McGenius who's going to invent some wondrous invention, type-of-deal, but simply that in the case that the IQ spectrum were to determine total intelligence, that I'd be in around the 130-140's. I'm a maverick, I'm curious, I like staying up late, I rely solely on facts and on what's (in my mind) truthful, I love history (especially Roman, Medieval, European history in general), I'm a pragmatist, I'm a goal-driven person, I talk to myself a lot of the time, something like a "inner-me", type of thing, not an alter ego or something by the sort, just the self-consciousness. "Now why would he state that", one might ask? "To showboat or to show off his traits?", No, it is simply because I've read some fabulous Buzzfeed articles stating that if you do some activities it equates to being a genius, and we all know that Buzzfeed is the tree of all knowledge (It is sarcasm by the way, don't know why I'm stating it, the people who will probably read this are adept, there is the off chance that 1 moron reads this, so this is for you). "And if you truly are a genius, then why are you doubting it? Aren't genius people the pillars of the world?" No, I suppose it's simply because I have doubts, I suppose my emotional IQ is rather garbage, I really do loathe that stereotype that genius people never question whether they're smart or not, as if they know every answer in the world when inside they have these doubts, like we all do. I like to draw up the case of my cousin, who I believe is very smart, has severe emotional issues, and is currently in the gutter, but god knows whoever is reading this does not want to drift off into that parabola. To sum it up, I'm sorry to whoever had to endure this, even though not really, I reckon it made someone chuckle at the poking fun at people part, but hell, I do hope somebody can provide me an answer, thanks to anyone and everyone who read this.
Best Regards,
Roberto G.

Now, that is something I typed a while back in some other random sites, not really hoping to get any answers as it is a rather intricate question that not many could answer, but I did hope that perhaps someone could. However, as of now, I've looked into other resources for research, and I tumbled across Howard Gardner's research, the "Multiple Intelligence Theory". Now this sounds like some sort of fad, something to make people who aren't really deemed "smart" to take it willy nilly and not question it further, however upon further reading, I unveiled that it is actually somewhat more veridic than what it could initially let off. Myself, I'd classify myself as an extremely self aware person, thus falling under the Intrapersonal intelligence, but see, when you say this in some random site called "able2know.org" it just ends up sounding rubbish, as if I was some sort of smart aleck, pretending that I was something that I'm not, which is untrue as I do feel I'm a self aware person, but yet describing it via text, and not done personally is a tad bit vexing. And then you see all these sorts of tests and hogwash that claim to determine your self awareness, your own intellect, via a few questions that could go either way, personally the self awareness tests are for ignoramus people, they provide no insight, almost as if it were a sham (which it probably is). Why would I need reassurance in myself if I know my own capabilities and limits? This is another strange point, seeing as how I am absolutely certain that I know who, and more pertinently, what, I am, but yet I feel not the need to seek reassurance from some random magazine site, but I just feel like I need some sort of empirical evidence. But then again, it is impossible to get empirical evidence from "self awareness", as it is determined by yourself, within yourself. It still puzzles me, as I attempt to give a logical answer for anything and everything, there must be a rational answer to every question, it sounds like a blanket statement, but is undeniably true. Could it simply be that the logical explanation for self awareness is simply gauged by yourself? I suppose that when typing this it does introspective, however it's not like it's incredibly difficult to act as an intrapersonal person, but then again that could be considered being self aware, as I know what any person would choose in these sorts of "tests", as if I know which options to click and which to leave left out, in order to get the desired outcome. After all, this is called the "self awareness forum", so I would expect someone to answer to this, even though there is no "real answer". I do realize I've gone off on a huge tangent by the way, the earlier paragraph as stated before was something I typed before, so after I examined Gardner's theory; I've concluded not much, but when saying that it just sounds off. See, for some reason it's as if I try to attempt to exhibit that I have an answer for all the questions in here, and admitting that I don't is not like flabbergasting, it's just to come off as a certain way here, as I presume that there'll be other self aware people reading through this and thinking "this poor sod" (obviously not thinking that, it's just a vernacular). And I've always been a self-confident person, I know I'm not the pinnacle of humanity or anything of the sorts, but at the same time I'm also caused anxiety by small things. Today, we went to some shopping center, at the cash register my grandma informed me that if I'd be so kind to go get her a Strawberry Sundae. I of course obliged, as I wasn't going to refuse some menial task, but there were 4 lines here. Anywho, I made the blasted line and after the waiting, some random dude next to me told me to order in the cash register (which I knew, so I just rather confused said "yeah, I know"). I asked for the bloody Sundae (not a U2 reference by the way), when I was making the line I realized that it was priced at 2.59, the man charged me 1.99. Conspicuous as it was, internally I thought "hey, this can't be right" (with some expletives, dunno if you get banned here for those). I didn't question it, because I very clearly said "Strawberry Sundae". Suddenly my grandma comes up behind me and reads the ticket, and says "hey this is a frozen, not a sundae" (something I knew but did not want to profess), and after that I could anxious. When I get anxious though, I'm not like those hyper-sensitive dolts that cry and get heavy breathing and blood curdling, I simply get anxious to high hell inside of me, but yet I remain equanimous throughout. I also let off a few more muttered swear words, this time under my breath, not in my mind. After that I felt like an idiot, which is something I despise; if there's something I hate, is looking like a buffoon, it's just that feeling of shame kills me, and yes I am full of pride for some reason, I don't display it like a pretentious jackass, but internally, somewhat. And right now, it is not that I'm worried, but I'm just uncertain of how this will come out, not anxious of it, just dazed by it, I have no idea whether it will come across or not (although I think it will). And when it comes to other types of intelligence, I would also rank myself high on verbal and musical, as of now that is irrelevant, just thought I'd mention it to pump my ego up (sarcasm, it's obvious, but pointing it out just in case) (sidenote: Being a 15 year old Salvadorean, I do consider my verbal abilities to be quite excellent, I do always strive to look for more words and the such, to expand my lexicon, but this is the self awareness forum, not the verbal ability forum). And when it comes to self awareness, is there really any way to "improve it" if it is an intelligence? I mean of course you can refine it, but it's not like someone that completely lacks it will suddenly improve it. Improving it connotes that it is innate in everyone, and I don't say that as to feel as if it belongs to a special niche of people to feel special, but because it is true that not everyone has it under their grasp. I guess the whole meaning of this is just self expressed in the contents of this little essay, I would appreciate any sort of discourse with somebody, as I've met only around 3 people that may have self awareness in my real life, and it is also incredibly odd for me to talk in this sense, as self awareness is burrowed beneath the self, so it is unable to be expressed unto an audience, I do feel like it is quite the Herculean task to do so whilst sounding rational, but I do feel like I did a good job (which contradicts what I said earlier about it being unclear, but I feel like I did ok). There's also lots of elements I feel I left out, but hey, like I said before, I welcome any answers. To clarify some doubts: No, when it comes to the famous "social scale" I'd rank myself in the middle-high (dividing it into low-low, low-medium, low-high, medium-low, you get the flow), in case there is anyone who thinks that I may have lack of self confidence, I have few "real" friends, as I like to keep my circle small, but I have loads of acquaintances that I greet and the such, the school etiquette. One thing I also am, is introverted, as in I'd much rather stay home and play some Europa Universalis 4 than go out to do some juvenile things. (which means exactly what you think it means, since here in El Salvador you can drink without any real repercussions) I have gotten drunk about 6-7 times in 2016, not piss drunk and black out, nor barfing, just really drunk, not quite happy, not quite past the point of no return (I've also never at all smoked anything, nor used any drugs, drugs meaning anything other than alcohol). By the way, deepest apologies for the length, and also, no, this wasn't some sort of catharsis.