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How to Join Mensa: Qualifications and Testing
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To join Mensa, you need to score in the top 2% on an approved intelligence test, such as the Stanford-Binet or the Cattell Culture Fair III. Other ways to qualify include exhibiting high levels of achievement in certain academic fields or through prior testing in school programs for gifted students.
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You can qualify for Mensa if you were in your high school's gifted program or by taking a standardized intelligence test and paying the regular $40 fee.
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You can qualify for Mensa if you were in your high school's gifted program or by taking a standardized intelligence test and paying the regular $40 fee.
ChapterHow to Join Mensa: Qualifications and Testing
EpisodeHow Mensa Works
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The SAT exam used to be an IQ test but after 1994, it was changed to become an exit exam for high school, testing what a student had learned in school so far.
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The SAT exam used to be an IQ test but after 1994, it was changed to become an exit exam for high school, testing what a student had learned in school so far.
ChapterHow to Join Mensa: Qualifications and Testing
EpisodeHow Mensa Works
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The speaker shares how he struggled with learning disabilities in high school, but found success by taking the same subject twice and turning his attitude around in college.
35:00 - 36:39 (01:38)
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The speaker shares how he struggled with learning disabilities in high school, but found success by taking the same subject twice and turning his attitude around in college.