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I believe it decreases the validity of being in mensa that they take tests like the SAT and LSAT.
Those are both aptitude type tests that are easily studied for and your score can increase drastically.
I am not sure that preparing for one of those tests increases your real world aptitude.
For example: If you scored 1250 plus on the SAT between 1974 and 1994 you qualify for Mensa. If you scored 1300 plus on tests before 1974 you qualify for mensa.
But isn't that only really accurate for people that didn't do the prep courses? If you took a prep course to teach you the test, or did a lot of practice work . . how is that score a measure an accurate measure of your natural giftedness?
After the test we renormed in a politically correct way, mensa won't accept its scores anymore.
Same thing applies to the LSAT. A friend of mine scored a 173 on it . .. after two prep courses, prior to the competion of the prep work he was scoring like a 154.
He's not stupid or anything by far, but he isn't an effortless learner. He works hard for what he gets. Certainly not genius.
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