I've booked a MENSA test next week.

[Shinra1]

A few friends and I were having a laugh and the topic of conversation turned to MENSA (it was in a news paper article) and some of them joked that we should book the test and see if we get it into the group for the sheer purpose of just getting in. To cut a long story short I agreed however now I'm having second thoughts in case I fail the test should I tell them about my reluctance or should I just go for the test since I paid for it already and YOLO?

I'm on pre-exam break atm so I have time to actually "revise" for the test using some online resources as well.

[Deleted]

What's the point in joining MENSA?

[Stelio Kontos]

If I had any faith you'd be honest, I'd save this topic for later when you get your average or slightly lower than average score.

If you're nervous about it, you already know you're not MENSA material.

I'd suggest bullying more old women on the train.

[Catta]

What's the point in joining MENSA?

So you can "prove" youre intelligent without having actual accomplisments.

If you fear to lose the test and therefore dont want to take the test you have already lost the test.

[Archermit]

Firstly I dont' thin you can revise for a mensa test, you will either pass it or not :P

Go for it man, if you don't you will never know. If by some act of Sargaras, you pass then you can wave it in your mates face for ever

[Shinra1]

What's the point in joining MENSA?

There are a lot of activities planned on the calendar and you baiscally meet other MENSAns and you also sub to a MENSA publication and you can do a lot of stuff in the comunity like helping gifted youths and restocking libraries there's also insurance and MENSA credit card.

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So you can "prove" youre intelligent without having actual accomplisments.

If you fear to lose the test and therefore dont want to take the test you have already lost the test.

I don't fear the test. I've seen practice style questions online and they're just a step above an IQ test which I've actually taken before and gained an auspicious score. However, testing on the actual day can be unpredictable and I could fail it while my friends pass. What if I become a laughing stock? If I back out now, I'll also "lose". Should I just YOLO?

[Catta]

However, testing on the actual day can be unpredictable and I could fail it while my friends pass. What if I become a laughing stock? If I back out now, I'll also "lose". Should I just YOLO?

Don't worry, if all your friends pass and you do not it just means you are the least intelligent of the group.

[Shinra1]

Don't worry, if all your friends pass and you do not it just means you are the least intelligent of the group.

Apparently 1 in 50 passes the test so it's not impossible.

[Deleted]

Since you've already got it booked and success could improve your confidence so go ahead and give it a shot. Besides that failing a test that only the top few (I have been told it's two percent in the past) can pass is not going to make you a laughing stock even if your friends pass it.

[Catta]

Apparently 1 in 50 passes the test so it's not impossible.

that does not equal a 1 in 50 chance though.

[Aliessil]

First off, you definitely cannot revise for a MENSA test so don't waste your time trying (source: I was a member for several years).
Second, you're doing it for a bet (same reason I did, actually). Unless you can get a refund you may as well go for it.
Finally, don't expect the results to actually mean much - there's a lot they don't measure. IQ tests are generally vocab, maths, logic, visualisation. There's nothing about creativity, memory, artistic skills, etc.

Also bear in mind there's several different scales that can be used to calculate your IQ, depending on where in the world you are. I you're going to discuss your results online, make sure you know which scale was used.

[shadowmouse]

I never bothered to join, but it is a good chance to meet other people who may see the world in a similar way.

[Deleted]

Wait so people pay to take a test to prove how smart you are and provides no real world employment use.


Guess the people that run MENSA are really smart then

[Jackmoves]

What's the point in joining MENSA?

Well its a chance to socialize with people who are not intellelectually inferior. Everything Ive heard about MENSA and its members has been posetive, they are apparently some of the least pretentious individuals one could meet... and its also not uncommon that they are very accomplished(in our country at least).

Here is one good article
http://www.metro.se/kolumner/fordoma...Um1H2Yl1uLVPw/

A retard, is generally defined as a person who got an IQ of 70 or lower. A highly gifted person is often defined as someone who has an IQ of +131. As you can notice the differences is the same, a normal person is thus a retard for a highly gifted person.

Forcing highly gifted children to go in school with normal kids is one of the great injustices we do these children. Just as we got special need classes for retards we should have special need classes for highly gifted kids if they want to.

Does it sound elitist? Sure, but its really unfair to have them in normal classes where they are not stimulated enough.

Not hating on retards btw.

[Thelxi]

I passed one when I was 15. I felt so smart.

[Deleted]

Seeing as you said YOLO several times already... I just have that feeling you won't pass the test :P

No offence though! Good luck with your test

[Daws]

So it's a chance to join a club which only benefit is so you can "oh look how smart I am, I'm in a club for people with high IQ's". I doubt I'm alone in thinking people who want you to know how smart they are by joining a club aren't good friend material.

[Stelio Kontos]

Seeing as you said YOLO several times already... I just have that feeling you won't pass the test :P

No offence though! Good luck with your test

Didn't you know? Official MENSA materials are rife with 'YOLO's, 'SWAG's, and terrible misspellings.

[Wildtree]

Mensa has it's use.....
Like in Germany it enjoys some popularity for it's culinary services.
Their buffets are open to everyone, and their menu is pretty good, and cheap even for the public which pays "full price".

That's pretty much the only useful aspect.

[Shinra1]

Didn't you know? Official MENSA materials are rife with 'YOLO's, 'SWAG's, and terrible misspellings.

I never understood why people get upset over MENSA, it's just a club.