Mensa - Page 2

KillarneyRose · #1 12-02-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by starang21
i looked at a book, and it said that people with IQs of 120 plus should join. can't be that hard to get in.

Not to dispute your sources, but are you sure about the 120+ thing? I'm not sure it's that cut and dried. The sole qualification for membership is a score in the top two percent of the general population on a standardized intelligence test (includes LSAT, SAT, ect.) and 120 seems pretty low for that.

Where've you been lately? I haven't seen you around in awhile.

starang21 · #2 12-02-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Not to dispute your sources, but are you sure about the 120+ thing? I'm not sure it's that cut and dried. The sole qualification for membership is a score in the top two percent of the general population on a standardized intelligence test (includes LSAT, SAT, ect.) and 120 seems pretty low for that.

Where've you been lately? I haven't seen you around in awhile.

hell, i don't know if that source is ok. i got the book in the psych section if that helps, lol. 120 does sound low, but i guess that's what it said. i was surprised, because 120 isn't exactly genius. hell, it's barely above average. gifted is like 135 and above, i think.

i've been around, i just haven't been in the chit chat section too often.

ISUKappa · #3 12-02-2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
It's not that I go to meetings to meet other "smart people", per se. It's just that many of the other Mensans I've met share my rather quirky sense of humor and they're fun to talk to.

My boss at my job in college was a very active member locally and nationally and this is exactly what she loved about Mensa. She was also one of the most fun and intelligent people for whom I've ever worked.

JennRN · #4 12-02-2005, 12:13 PM

Mr.RN belongs to MENSA( which I was really surprised at when I found out-not that I don't think he's smart, but I didn't know he was that smart!), but he's not very active in it. I think he took the test just to put it on his resume.

KSigkid · #5 12-02-2005, 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by ISUKappa
My boss at my job in college was a very active member locally and nationally and this is exactly what she loved about Mensa. She was also one of the most fun and intelligent people for whom I've ever worked.

My calc teacher in high school is a member. He really enjoyed it, and used to go to meetings whenever his schedule allowed.

kddani · #6 12-02-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
If you got a 163 or above on your LSAT, you can join automatically.

I'm just a hair below on that one. Too bad they don't take SATs that were taken after 1991. But looking at the test scores and IQ scores, if i got around to taking the test it doesn't look like it would be a problem. I wish i had copies of my IQ tests from when I was tested for gifted when I was a kid.

I was pretty sure Mensa was supposed to be around 130 IQ and above, not 120??? Who knows.

KR, i'll let you know if i take the test

KSigkid · #7 12-02-2005, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by starang21
i got my IQ tested at a young age.

I did as well - it was either in kindegarten or the first grade. My parents wouldn't tell me my results, but I ended up in the gifted program for the city, so I guess I did ok. Whether I'm Mensa material or not, who knows.

Some days of the week, though, it seems like my brain just doesn't function.

sugar and spice · #8 12-02-2005, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by kddani

I was pretty sure Mensa was supposed to be around 130 IQ and above, not 120??? Who knows.

IQ tests don't all utilize the same scale -- a 130 on the WAIS is not the same as a 130 on the Stanford-Binet, for example. The cut-off score would depend on the test.

Kevin · #9 12-02-2005, 12:37 PM

I was tested in my younger years, according to that test, I'm qualified.

-- but maybe I got dumber?

_Q_ · #10 12-02-2005, 12:49 PM

I've seen Mensa and other organizations online - here's a list.
http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html
What's the point of joining them, though? If it's just sitting around feeling superior to others, then I really don't want to be a part of it. Intelligence also seems quite complex, and standardized tests would capture a few facets, but not the entire picture. For example, the general GRE went well for me, but there are a number of other areas where I'm quite weak. How do you measure the big picture?

starang21 · #11 12-02-2005, 12:52 PM

130 now or when you were a kid?

i heard folks iqs went down with age.

KSigkid · #12 12-02-2005, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by _Q_
I've seen Mensa and other organizations online - here's a list.
http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html
What's the point of joining them, though? If it's just sitting around feeling superior to others, then I really don't want to be a part of it. Intelligence also seems quite complex, and standardized tests would capture a few facets, but not the entire picture. For example, the general GRE went well for me, but there are a number of other areas where I'm quite weak. How do you measure the big picture?

I could see joining it for the same reasons as joining any other organization. There's networking, the possibility of meeting new people, things like that.

I don't think anyone thinks Mensa is a be all/end all. It's just like anything else, a certain measure of a person's intelligence.

GeekyPenguin · #13 12-02-2005, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by kddani
I'm just a hair below on that one. Too bad they don't take SATs that were taken after 1991. But looking at the test scores and IQ scores, if i got around to taking the test it doesn't look like it would be a problem. I wish i had copies of my IQ tests from when I was tested for gifted when I was a kid.

I was pretty sure Mensa was supposed to be around 130 IQ and above, not 120??? Who knows.

KR, i'll let you know if i take the test

So am I...but I don't think it would be hard to pass. I don't get why they don't take ACT scores either.

Rudey · #14 12-02-2005, 01:42 PM

I don't understand it.

I have yet to see an intelligent member actually in Mensa.

-Rudey
--I will stick to mingling with my own elitist groups not Gina Davis'.

honeychile · #15 12-02-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
You should give it a try, Dani. If I can get in, you certainly can!

It's not that I go to meetings to meet other "smart people", per se. It's just that many of the other Mensans I've met share my rather quirky sense of humor and they're fun to talk to.

I could handle it, if they truly did have a quirky sense of humor. I've never taken the LSAT, but according to the others scores being thrown around, I'm okay.

And I thought everyone was tested early? I was 4, the first time I was tested.

KR - love the signature!! I'm picturing your tiara right now!