01 What are the Qualifications for Mensa? Qualification By Providing Prior Evidence.
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This article is from the Mensa FAQ, by Phil Hill phil@miracle.com with numerous contributions by others.
01 What are the Qualifications for Mensa? Qualification By Providing Prior Evidence.
Applicants must supply evidence of intelligence test scores in the top 2%
of the population, or arrange to have it sent. All documentation will be
returned. Notarized photostatic copies of original documents are usually
acceptable.
A list of qualifying scores for several of the major intelligence tests
is given below:
* QUALIFYING TEST SCORES#
California Test of Mental Maturity IQ 132
(California) Test of Cognitive Skills IQ 132
Cattell IQ 148
Stanford Binet, Form L-M IQ 132
Wechler Adult and Children Scales
(WAIS and WAIS-R, WISC and WISC-R) IQ 130
Otis-Lennon Tests IQ 132
Otis-Gamma Test IQ 131
SAT or CEEB (Verbal and Math combined) prior to 9/77 1300
effective 9/77 1250
GRE Verbal and Math combined) 1250
LSAT prior to 1982 662
effective 1982 39
ACT Composite 29
Miller Analogies Test raw score 66
MCAT or GMAT (overall) 95%
Army GCT prior to 10/80 136
Navy GCT prior to 10/80 68
Many other intelligence tests may also be accepted subject to
individual appraisal of the documentation by Mensa's Supervisory
Psychologists, e.g.: Henmon-Nelson, NY State Regents Scholarship
Test(Aptitude section only), Cattell Culture Fair, SRA Primary Mental
Abilities.
# Note: The term "IQ score" is used as a convenient, easily understood
reference. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score
at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence.
The "IQ Score" varies from test to test, as shown by the list above.
Mensa reserves the right to alter or change these norms as the tests
shown are renormed or restandardized. All prior evidence submitted to
Mensa will be appraised individually and Mensa reserves the right to
make the final determination about the acceptability of any test.
* TO OBTAIN PRIOR EVIDENCE:
* I.Q. TESTS GIVEN IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOLS.
Write to the school you attended, and ask for a CERTIFIED copy of
your score. It must include your birth date, the grade in which you
took the test, the name of the test, and a clearly defined number,
i.e., IQ, or percentile rank nationally. Mensa does not accept
achievement tests. School seal must be stamped.
* ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, OR MARINE SCORES
A certified copy of your records, which you may have, or a copy from
Demobilized Records Branch, St. Louis, MO. Unfortunately, a fire
there destroyed many records some years ago.
* MEMO ON MILITARY SCORES
The only scores that Mensa can accept are: the AGCT scores from the
Army - before the use of the ASVAB, and the GT scores from the Navy
- also prior to the use of the ASVAB. The new military tests are
vocational aptitude tests and are not suitable for Mensa admission.
Mensa has been asked specifically not to use them for this purpose.
This is unfortunate, but communication with the government agency
with the government agency that makes up and distributes the
tests (ASVAB) indicates clearly that they are unsuitable for
Mensa purposes.
* INDIVIDUAL TESTING DONE BY A PSYCHOLOGIST, OR AGENCY.
The report must be sent to Mensa on professional letterhead, with the
psychologist's or agency's license or registration number. Mensa
accepts only tests given by those people qualified to do testing
privately in the state in which the examiner resides. Date of test,
name of test, and full score must be given, and the report must be
signed.
* MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT)
Psychological Corp., 555 Academic Ct., San Antonio, TX 78204 Call
(512) 299-1061 for latest advice.
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