98 percentile or above
There is no definite IQ number to qualify you to join MENSA. You must score in the top 2 percentile on a standard IQ test to be invited to join MENSA.
Here you go..this is from their international website. The requirements for membership (as to be expected) are the same everywhere. Membership in Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised. There is no other qualification or disqualification for membership eligibility. The term "IQ score" is widely used but poorly defined. There are a large number of tests with different scales. The result on one test of 132 can be the same as a score 148 on another test. Some intelligence tests don't use IQ scores at all. Mensa has set a percentile as cutoff to avoid this confusion. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence (a score that is greater than or equal to that achieved by 98 percent of the general population taking the test). Generally, there are two ways to prove that you qualify for Mensa: either take the Mensa test, or submit a qualifying test score from another test. There are a large number of intelligence tests that are "approved". More information on whether a test you have taken is approved, as well as information on the procedure for taking the Mensa test, can be obtained from the nearest Mensa office. There are no on-line tests that can be used for admission to Mensa. Feel free to contact Mensa for specific details about eligibility. Mensa has no other eligibility requirements other than IQ testing. However, many tests are not valid for people under the age of 16. You should contact the nearest Mensa office for more information.
American Mensa does not accept the TerraNova achievement test. They do except the Test of Cognitive Skills with a composite score of 98% or above and the InView with a composite score of 98% or above. Of course, Mensa reserves the right to alter or change these scores as the tests shown are renormed or restandardized. Mensa will appraise all applications individually and reserves the right to make the final determination about the acceptability of any test.
Because of differences in test score interpretation they no longer accept just an "IQ Score" from a test. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence. This means that you must score as well, or better than 98% of the people taking the test.The reason that they no longer accept a simple "IQ Score" is that the standard deviation of one test is not equal to other tests. This being said it means that there is really no way to compare scores of one test with another. People may score 140 on on test, but score 130 on another totally different test. There would be no way to compare these two scores to interpret which score was higher. Some tests maximum score is less than another test's maximum score making it appear that a person scored lower than other people who took the other test. If you scored 140 and I scored 170, but we took totally different tests you may have actually scored higher than me. If your test maxed out at 145 score and mine maxed our at 300 my score would then appear to be significantly lower...Hope this helps...
The z-score must be 1.87: the probability cannot have that value!
Your IQ must rank you at the 98th percentile. That translates to a score of around 132.
There is no definite IQ number to qualify you to join MENSA. You must score in the top 2 percentile on a standard IQ test to be invited to join MENSA.
It is unknown what Robin Williams's IQ was, but he was a member of Mensa. To join Mensa, one must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence, but this score ranges by IQ test. It is nearly always about 132, though.
There are no age requirements to joining Mensa, but rather IQ requirements. A person must score at or above the 98th percentile in order to join Mensa. Exception is that local legal limitations can impose an age limitation to be member of a society.
You must achieve a qualifying score on a paid test administered by a Mensa proctor, or you can provide acceptable past evidence from a variety of sources.
You must have an IQ in the top 2% of the population to qualify for mensa, in one of their registered IQ tests. In the Cattel B III test, this means an IQ score of 148 or higher is required. Hope this helps!
Here you go..this is from their international website. The requirements for membership (as to be expected) are the same everywhere. Membership in Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised. There is no other qualification or disqualification for membership eligibility. The term "IQ score" is widely used but poorly defined. There are a large number of tests with different scales. The result on one test of 132 can be the same as a score 148 on another test. Some intelligence tests don't use IQ scores at all. Mensa has set a percentile as cutoff to avoid this confusion. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence (a score that is greater than or equal to that achieved by 98 percent of the general population taking the test). Generally, there are two ways to prove that you qualify for Mensa: either take the Mensa test, or submit a qualifying test score from another test. There are a large number of intelligence tests that are "approved". More information on whether a test you have taken is approved, as well as information on the procedure for taking the Mensa test, can be obtained from the nearest Mensa office. There are no on-line tests that can be used for admission to Mensa. Feel free to contact Mensa for specific details about eligibility. Mensa has no other eligibility requirements other than IQ testing. However, many tests are not valid for people under the age of 16. You should contact the nearest Mensa office for more information.
American Mensa does not accept the TerraNova achievement test. They do except the Test of Cognitive Skills with a composite score of 98% or above and the InView with a composite score of 98% or above. Of course, Mensa reserves the right to alter or change these scores as the tests shown are renormed or restandardized. Mensa will appraise all applications individually and reserves the right to make the final determination about the acceptability of any test.
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To be concidered for admission into the top 70 percentile of NYU Law, you must have a score of 164 or higher (according to 2010 statistics)
The most reputable and widely used IQ tests used at present -- the individual (psychologist- or psychometrist-administered) WISC, WAIS, SB4 and SB5 -- are designed to have population average IQs of 100, with a standard deviation of 15. On such tests, the 90th percentile IQ is 119. On older individual and some group tests, the 90th percentile IQ may differ (usually, it is a bit higher -- 120 or 121). IQ scores and percentiles obtained from most online tests are not comparable to the individual IQ test results quoted here and should not be relied upon in clinical, employment-related, or educational situations. By the way, the IQ coinciding with 1 standard deviation above the mean is 115. An IQ of 115 is at the 84th percentile on the standard individual tests, and so must be considered a moderately high score. The 90% percentile score of 119 is at the lower limit of what might be considered a high, or clearly above average, IQ score. An IQ of 132 (98th percentile) or higher is required to join Mensa.
Because of differences in test score interpretation they no longer accept just an "IQ Score" from a test. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence. This means that you must score as well, or better than 98% of the people taking the test.The reason that they no longer accept a simple "IQ Score" is that the standard deviation of one test is not equal to other tests. This being said it means that there is really no way to compare scores of one test with another. People may score 140 on on test, but score 130 on another totally different test. There would be no way to compare these two scores to interpret which score was higher. Some tests maximum score is less than another test's maximum score making it appear that a person scored lower than other people who took the other test. If you scored 140 and I scored 170, but we took totally different tests you may have actually scored higher than me. If your test maxed out at 145 score and mine maxed our at 300 my score would then appear to be significantly lower...Hope this helps...