| Few organizations in America are as exclusive in | | | | submit the results to Mensa for verification and |
| their membership criteria than Mensa. No amount | | | | membership in the organization. Mensa accepts |
| of money, fame, fortune or prestige can | | | | members with acceptable test scores on widely |
| guarantee entrance into this very exclusive club. | | | | given tests such as the Stanford-Binet, The Miller |
| There is only one means of entry, and that is to | | | | Analogies, and the GMAT. According to the |
| have a high level of intelligence. To be precise, | | | | American Mensa website, as many as one in fifty |
| Mensa requires its members to have an IQ in the | | | | people qualifies for membership in the organization. |
| top two percent of the population. As a result | | | | If you have done well on a standardized test in |
| Mensa has a great variety of members, from | | | | the past, why not try? You might be surprised |
| small children through senior citizens and natives | | | | that you have been eligible for Mensa all along. |
| of countries from around the world. If you believe | | | | If you do not have a score in the 98th percentile |
| that you are smart enough to be a member of | | | | on a widely given test, you can ask to be tested |
| this elite organization, what can you do? What | | | | by Mensa for membership. To see if you are |
| steps do you need to take to pass the Mensa IQ | | | | even in the ballpark, Mensa provides a timed, |
| test? | | | | computer-based practice called the "Mensa |
| First of all, there is no single test required to | | | | Workout." You can take this practice from your |
| become a Mensan- Mensa actually accepts | | | | home to see if you have what it takes to do the |
| certified results from a wide range of IQ tests. If | | | | real thing. While this test can't be used for |
| you have received a score of the 98th percentile | | | | membership in Mensa, it will help you decide |
| or higher on an approved test, then you can | | | | whether or not to go on to the next step. |