How can i become a mensa member

Some like the social aspect of the organization, which includes everything from local game nights to big national events like our Annual Gathering. We have more than Special Interest Groups that allow members to pursue their interests — from ancient baking techniques to quilting — with other Mensans. Our Local Groups host speaker nights, have lunch outings, and play games at local and regional game nights. American Mensa members save on travel services, insurance, financial guidance, publications, and more through our benefit and service programs — with new benefits being added regularly.

In addition to our online communities, there are hundreds of Mensa communities online run by member volunteers around the world, including those on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yahoo!. Less than a Netflix subscription!

Members have the opportunity to meet other smart people at local, regional, and national levels. They attend entertaining, intellectually stimulating events and exchange ideas with others through a variety of publications and online communities. They also work to help others through community-oriented activities and by working with the Mensa Foundation. And you can take advantage of our variety of member benefits and services. To qualify for Mensa, you must have scored in the top 2 percent of the general population on any one of more than accepted, standardized intelligence tests — including our Mensa Admission tests — at any point in your life.

An estimated six million Americans are eligible for membership. Online "IQ tests" are not recognised as valid statistically, and can not be used for qualification, but may provide useful practise.

Tests on other Mensa sites may be available via our Practice Tests page. You can qualify by showing evidence of a qualifying score in one of the many standard IQ tests we accept. The test must be administered by a fully registered psychologist. If you have or can get evidence of a score at or above the 98th percentile in one of these tests, we will assess that evidence and, if it is acceptable, offer you membership.

No, not in Australia. There are other variations in the list of tests accepted by Mensa in different countries. The National Supervising Psychologists are responsible for validating and checking external evidence, and the tests accepted reflect the local field of expertise. Evidence relating to tests not normally used in Australia can't be easily checked here; therefore, we can't accept them. If you fulfilled the local Mensa requirements in any country, you will be accepted for transfer into Australian Mensa.

Our approved tests for admission to Mensa are fully validated, standardised IQ tests. They have to be taken under supervised conditions not self-administered and not in any online version. There are currently NO, self administered, online tests accepted by psychologists as valid IQ tests, although at least one supervised version of an IQ test has been trialled in Australia.

An online test may, however, be helpful as practise or as a very rough indicator of your likely level in a supervised test.

All membership rates are inclusive of GST. You are a member so long as you pay your annual dues. But it is true that once you have been accepted as qualified for Mensa anywhere in the world, you remain qualified for life.

For more information, click here and select Pre-Purchase Testing. Please note that you still need to make a reservation for the test session of your choice. Approximately three or four weeks after the testing session, you will receive a notification from American Mensa with your raw score, instructions on how to convert your raw score to an approximate IQ score, and whether or not you qualify for membership in Mensa.

You may only take each test one time. In other words, after you take either the standard test or the Culture Fair test, you may not take the same test from us a second time. However, if you take the standard test and do not qualify for Mensa membership, you may take the Culture Fair test at a later time, and vice versa.

Wondering how you can take a peek at some of the kinds of questions featured on the standard Mensa test? You can do that right now with the official Mensa Practice Test. For a nominal fee, you can take the Mensa Practice Test online now , and it will be scored immediately.

The test is timed and takes 30 minutes to complete. See our Testing FAQ page. If you have already been offered Mensa membership, here is how you can join us.