How to Join Mensa Mensa is an internationally recognized group of gifted intellectuals who accepts candidates that qualify for admission by having an IQ score in the top 2%. There is no single IQ score in which defines or grants admission into Mensa. However, most of the top 5 recognized IQ tests average an IQ score of about 131. For clarity, you only have to pass one of these IQ tests. You do not have to take all five to qualify for mensa.

Top 5 Recognized Mensa IQ Tests

These IQ tests are not owned by MENSA; however, they are acceptable IQ tests that MENSA will utilize for MENSA membership.

• Stanford Binet: IQ score of 132 is accepted
• Otis-Lennon Test: IQ score of 132 is accepted
• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test IQ Score of 130 is accepted
• Wechsler Adult and Children Scales: IQ score of 130 is accepted
• Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales: IQ score of 132 is accepted

Mensa Test Scores

There are over 200 mental tests of cognition in which Mensa will accept and you must score in the top 2% to qualify for membership into Mensa. According to MENSA, Mensans range in age from 4 to 94, but most are between 20 and 60. In education they range from preschoolers to high school drop outs to people with multiple doctorates. So if you want to join MENSA, you must score in the upper 2%!

Mensa Requirements

There are two really good methods to determine if you might qualify for Mensa. The first method is to take one of our IQ Tests at the Kids IQ Test Center. Just take a moment and look to the left hand side of the page and you will notice several IQ tests which range in age from 3 to adults. Our IQ tests measure general intelligence and although they are not recognized as an official IQ test, the score rendered is very close to your actual IQ. You will receive your IQ score in 40 minutes or less and the cost is an affordable $9.95 in US dollars. We accept payments from all over the globe so if you are in a country other than the USA, you can still take our IQ test. The other recommended method is to visit the Mensa web site and order the Mensa Home Test.

MENSA Questions

The Mensa Home test is an IQ test which contains a booklet and a scantron sheet. There are 80 questions to the test and once you finish the test just mail it back to Mensa and you will receive the results of your test in about a week. It is probably one of the most accurate of any IQ tests that you may find available to the public. If you score over 130 on the test, Mensa suggests that if you desire to apply for membership do so by either taking an expensive IQ test from a clinician or take a supervised IQ test from Mensa. You can view the Mensa web site for more details on qualifying for Mensa.

IQ Tests That Mensa Recognizes

1. California Test of Cognitive Skills ~ IQ Score of 132
2. Differential Ability Scales ~ GCA score of 132
3. Otis-Lennon Test ~IQ score of 132
4. Otis-Gamma Test ~ IQ score of 131
5. Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test ~ 130
6. Stanford Binet ~ IQ score of 132
7. For the Stanford Binet version 5 ~ IQ of 130
8. Henmon-Nelson Test ~ score of 132
9. California Test of Mental Maturity ~ IQ score of 132
10. Cattell IQ Test ~ Score of 148
11. Differential Ability Scales ~ GCA score of 132
12. Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales ~ IQ score of 132
13. Wechsler Adult and Children Scales ~ IQ score of 130

Military Intelligence Tests

Army GCT prior to 10/80 MENSA accepts a score of 136 or better after September 1980 the test is not applicable.

Navy GCT Test prior to September 1980, MENSA accepts a score of 68 or better. However, test scores after September 1980 are not applicable.

College Prep Tests

• ACT Test(Prior to September 1989) 29
• Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) a percentile rank of Verbal plus quantitative score of 95
• Graduate Record Examinations Test (GRE), prior to May 1994, math + verbal score of 1250 or greater are accepted. Test scores from May 1994 to September 2001, verbal plus math and analytic scores of 1875 or better qualifies for entrance into MENSA.
• Law School Admissions Test LSAT taken prior to 1982 a score of 662 or better is accepted and effective 1982 the total percentile rank score of 95 is accepted.
• Prior to October 2004, a score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT), (raw score) 66 is accepted and after October 2004 a total group percentile score of 98 is accepted.
• For the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or better known as the PSAT, scores taken in junior year prior to May 1993 of 180 or better are accepted. Test scores after May 1993 are not applicable (N/A). For the PSAT taken in senior year prior to May 1993 a test score of 195 is accepted for MENSA.
• For the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT ) or CEEB Test scores prior to 9/30/74 of 1300 or better are accepted and from 9/30/74 to 1/1/94, a test score of 1250 or better is accepted for MENSA. Test scores after 1/1/94 are not applicable.

The source for this article can be found at MENSA Qualifying Test Requirements. If you feel that you may have a gifted child, you can find more information at the following Mensa web site under the resources for gifted children page.

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