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Anybody a member of Mensa here?
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:24 pm
As OTers, we're clearly all qualified, in addition to our many other accomplishments. But has anyone actually joined? The sole criteria is IQ. I've known a couple of people who were in it, and their level of intelligence as determined by standardized testing didn't translate over to any kind of notable achievement.
This post was edited on 9/8/16 at 9:56 pm
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Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:26 pm to Jim Rockford
Those people are below my level of intelligence.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:29 pm to Jim Rockford
I can vouch for one poster here... And it's not me.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Poli board poster NHTIGER.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:33 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
I can vouch for one poster here... And it's not me.
It's okay, you can tell everyone it's me.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:34 pm to Jim Rockford
foul! for using rant and mensa in the same sentence!
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:36 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
Mensa
quote:
OTers
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:36 pm to 777Tiger
Pretty sure PEEEEEEJ is a charter member, punk
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:36 pm to Jim Rockford
I was for a while, but all the receptions were cash bar only. frick that.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:38 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
The sole criteria is IQ.
If by IQ you mean solving word jumbles, then no I haven't cared to join MENSA.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:39 pm to Jim Rockford
How do you join? What do they do?
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:46 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:
How do you join? What do they do?
You have to submit proof of IQ (IIRC it has to be in the top 1%). This can be a standard IQ test, or extrapolated from other tests like ACT/SAT or military testing. They mainly have social events.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:47 pm to Jim Rockford
I was a member of the triple nine society a long time ago in the early 80s.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:47 pm to Jim Rockford
Nope, intertel for me. I don't hang out with my intellectual inferiors.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:50 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
we're clearly all qualified
obviously not
should be "we're all clearly qualified"
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Qualified with my LSAT score. Never bothered to apply.
And my ACT score now that I look at what's accepted.
And my ACT score now that I look at what's accepted.
This post was edited on 9/8/16 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:52 pm to Jim Rockford
True story...
At my first MENSA meeting, a women who was both abnormally tall and (apparently) a good test taker, tried to recruit me into a tall persons group. She was pretty cute for an Amazonian woman. She was also married and a better basketball player than me. I didn't think it would work out for us.
I'm not the brightest bulb, but I soon realized that narrowing my already constricted social circle may not be in my best interest.
At my first MENSA meeting, a women who was both abnormally tall and (apparently) a good test taker, tried to recruit me into a tall persons group. She was pretty cute for an Amazonian woman. She was also married and a better basketball player than me. I didn't think it would work out for us.
I'm not the brightest bulb, but I soon realized that narrowing my already constricted social circle may not be in my best interest.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:58 pm to White Roach
my parents made me join after I qualified with my ACT in highschool. they thought it would open up scholarship opportunities. It was pointless
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:59 pm to White Roach
I took the Standford Binet test, barely made the cutoff, but never actually looked into MENSA.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:07 pm to Jim Rockford
Yes. Never helped me much, other than allowing me to roll with the punches that life dishes out over the years. Made it easier to get back up and make the kinds of decisions that would affect the rest of my life. More options were open to me because school was so easy for any of them.
Not sure that it was due to IQ or guts, though.
I'm happy. Does that count?
Not sure that it was due to IQ or guts, though.
I'm happy. Does that count?
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