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Bottom of Form Everything Images Video Reference Q&A Local Related Questions What Is Pascal's Triangle Used for? What Are the Real life Uses of Pascal's Triangle? What Is Pascal's Triangle Used for Today? Mensa International From Wikipedia(View original Wikipedia Article) Last modified on 13 December 2012, at 01:01 From Wikipedia Jump to: navigation, search

Mensa International

Logo Formation Legal status 1 October 1946[1] Non-profit company

Purpose/focus High IQ society Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England Worldwide about 110,000 www.mensa.org

Headquarters

Location Membership Website

Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world.[2][3][4] It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[5][6] Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[7] Mensa ( /mns/; Latin: [mensa]) means "table" in Latin, as is symbolized in the organization's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organization; the coming together of equals.[8] Table of Contents 1 Founding

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Membership requirement Mission Organisational structure Gatherings Publications Demographics See also Notes

10 External links Founding Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded Mensa at Lincoln College, in Oxford, England, in 1946. They had the idea of forming a society for very intelligent people, the only qualification for membership being a high IQ.[5] It was to be non-political and free from all social distinctions (racial, religious, etc).[8] American Mensa was the second major branch of Mensa. Its success has been linked to the efforts of its early and longstanding organizer, Margot Seitelman.[citation needed] Membership requirement Mensa's requirement for membership is a score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardised IQ or other approved intelligence tests, such as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. The minimum accepted score on the Stanford-Binet is 132, while for the Cattell it is 148.[9] Most IQ tests are designed to yield a mean score of 100 with a standard deviation of 15; the 98th-percentile score under these conditions is 130.82. Mensa also has its own application exam, and some national groups offer alternative batteries of tests. These exams are proctored by Mensa and do not provide a quantified score; they serve only to qualify a person for membership. In some national groups, a person may take a Mensa offered test only once, although one may later submit an application with results from a different qualifying test.[9] For some national Mensa groups, such as American Mensa, having a high enough score on some graduate school admissions exams is enough to qualify for Mensa membership.[9] Mission

Mensa's constitution lists three purposes: "to identify and to foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence; and to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members".[10] To this end, the organisation is also involved with programs for gifted children, literacy and scholarships, and it also holds numerous "gatherings". Organisational structure Mensa International consists of more than 110,000 members in 50 national groups. Individuals who live in a country with a national group join the national group, while those living in countries without a recognised chapter may join Mensa International directly. The two largest national groups are American Mensa, with more than 56,000 members, and British Mensa, with about 23,500 members.[6] Larger national groups are further subdivided into local groups. For example, American Mensa has 134 local groups, with the largest having over 2,000 members and the smallest having fewer than 100. Members may form Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at international, national, and local levels; these SIGs represent a wide variety of interests, both commonplace and obscure, ranging from motorcycle clubs to entrepreneurial cooperations. Some SIGs are associated with various geographic groups, whereas others act independently of official hierarchy. There are also electronic SIGs (eSIGs), which operate primarily as e-mail lists, where members may or may not meet each other in person. The Mensa Foundation, a separate charitable U.S. corporation, edits and publishes its own Mensa Research Journal, in which both Mensans and non-Mensans are published on various topics surrounding the concept and measure of intelligence. The national groups also issue periodicals, such as Mensa Bulletin, the monthly publication of American Mensa,[11] and Mensa Magazine, the monthly publication of British Mensa.[12] Gatherings Mensa has many events for members, from the local to the international level. Several countries hold a large event called the Annual Gathering (AG). It is held in a different city every year, with speakers, dances, leadership workshops, children's events, games, and other activities. The American and Canadian AGs are usually held during the American Independence Day (4 July) or Canada Day (1 July) weekends respectively. There are also smaller gatherings called Regional Gatherings (RGs) held in various cities that attract members from large areas; the largest in the United States is held in the Chicago area around Halloween, and features a costume party for which many members create pun-based costumes. In 2006, the Mensa World Gathering[13] was held from 813 August in Orlando, Florida to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Mensa. An estimated 2,500 attendees from over 30 countries gathered for this celebration. The International Board of Directors also had a formal meeting there. In 2010, a joint American-Canadian Annual Gathering was held in Dearborn, Michigan, to mark the 50th anniversary of Mensa in North America.

Since 1990 Mensa has also sponsored the annual Mensa Mind Games competition, whereat the Mensa Select award is given by American Mensa to five board games that are "original, challenging, and well designed."[14][15] Individual local groups and their members also host smaller events for members and their guests. Lunch or dinner events, lectures, tours, theatre outings, and games nights are all common. Publications Some Mensa groups publish members-only newsletters or magazines, which include articles and columns written by members, and information about upcoming Mensa events. Examples include the American Mensa Bulletin,[16] the British Mensa magazine,[17] and the Australian TableAus.[18] Mensa International publishes an International Journal, which "contains views and information about Mensa around the world". This journal is generally included in each national magazine.[19][20][18] Mensa also publishes the Mensa Research Journal, which "highlights scholarly articles and recent research related to intelligence". Unlike most Mensa publications, this journal is available to nonmembers.[21] Demographics All national and local groups welcome children; many offer activities, resources and newsletters specifically geared toward gifted children and their parents. Both American[22] and British Mensa's youngest members joined at the age of two.[23] American Mensa's oldest member is 102,[24] and British Mensa had a member aged 103.[25] According to American Mensa website, 38 percent of its members are baby boomers between the ages of 51 and 68, 31 percent are Gen-Xers between the ages of 27 and 48, and more than 2,600 members are under the age of 18. There are more than 1,800 families in the United States with two or more Mensa members.[24] See also List of Mensans List of Mensa Select recipients Triple Nine Society Notes "Mensa is 65 on 1st October how Brilliant is that?". Mensa International. http://www.mensa.org/news/mensa-65-1st-october-how-brilliant. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

 Percival, Matt (8 September 2006). "The Quest for Genius". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/index.html?section=cnn_latest. Retrieved 30 October 2007. Moore, Hilary. "American Mensa and Activepackets Team to Provide Mobile Users With Mensa Genius Challenge". American Mensa. http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CO NTENTID=4984. Retrieved 30 October 2007. Sharma, Mukul (30 January 2007). "IQ tests are about innate intelligence". The Times of India (India). http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/OPINION/Editorial/QA_IQ_tests_are_about_innate_intelligence/arti cleshow/1524557.cms. Retrieved 3 November 2007. 5.0 5.1 "Mensa Information". Mensa International. http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10. 6.0 6.1 "What is Mensa?". British Mensa. http://www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/what_is.html. "Home." Mensa International. Retrieved 11 May 2010. "Mensa's registered office is Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, NG32 3EL, United Kingdom." 8.0 8.1 "About Mensa International". Mensa International. https://www.mensa.org/about-us. Retrieved 2012-10-13. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Submit Test Scores". American Mensa. http://www.us.mensa.org/testscores. Retrieved 2 June 2011. "The Constitution of Mensa". Mensa International. https://www.mensa.org/sites/default/files/constitution2009.pdf. Retrieved 2012-10-13. "Mensa Bulletin". American Mensa. http://www.us.mensa.org/Content/AML/NavigationMenu/Publications/iMensaBulletini/Mensa_Bulletin .htm. Retrieved 11 October 2007. "Welcome to British Mensa The High IQ Society". British Mensa. http://www.mensa.org.uk/. Retrieved 11 October 2007. "World Gathering 2006". American Mensa. http://wg06.us.mensa.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=WGHome. Loew, Tracy (21 May 2006). "Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm. Retrieved 16 January 2007. Arsenault, Anne (22 April 2005). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml. Retrieved 16 January 2007.

 "Mensa Bulletin". American Mensa Ltd. http://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/. Retrieved 11 March 2012. "Mensa magazine". British Mensa. http://www.mensa.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?ap=1&id=597. Retrieved 11 March 2012. 18.0 18.1 TableAus, Australian Mensa News, Mar/Apr 2012 Issue 398 "What Publications Come With Mensa Membership?". Mensa International Limited. https://www.mensa.org/membership-benefits#member-publications. Retrieved 11 March 2012. "International Journal". American Mensa Ltd. http://www.us.mensa.org/read/international-journal/. Retrieved 11 March 2012. "Mensa Research Journal". American Mensa Ltd. http://www.mensafoundation.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2012. Ringle, Haley (26 May 2009). "2-year-old joins group for high IQs". East Valley Tribune. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html. Retrieved 18 August 2010. "Two-year-old accepted by Mensa". BBC News. 12 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8303880.stm. 24.0 24.1 "American Mensa Demographics". American Mensa. http://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/demographics/. Retrieved 26 February 2012. "Mensa Frequently Asked Questions". British Mensa. http://www.mensa.org.uk/download/7186/FAQs-Oct2012-.pdf. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mensa International Official website Map of Mensa National Groups CBS video on Mensa (part1) CBS video on Mensa (part2) [hide] v

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