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{{short description|Largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world}} |
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| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1946|10|1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mensa.org/news/mensa-65-1st-october-how-brilliant|title=Mensa is 65 on 1st October – how Brilliant is that?|publisher=Mensa International|access-date=30 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804092612/http://mensa.org/news/mensa-65-1st-october-how-brilliant|archive-date=4 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|membership = about 100,000 |
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| status = [[Limited company|Limited]] [[non-profit organization|non-profit organisation]] |
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| purpose = [[High-IQ society]] |
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| headquarters = Slate Barn, Church Lane, [[Caythorpe, Lincolnshire|Caythorpe]], [[Lincolnshire]], England, United Kingdom |
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| membership = ~150,000<ref name=AboutMensa /> |
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| leader_title = International Chairperson |
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|website = [http://www.mensa.org www.mensa.org] |
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| leader_name = Therese Moody-Bloom |
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'''Mensa International''' is the largest and oldest [[high-IQ society]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/index.html?section=cnn_latest |title = The Quest for Genius |publisher = CNN |access-date = 30 October 2007 |last = Percival |first = Matt |date = 8 September 2006 |archive-date = 5 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105707/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/index.html?section=cnn_latest |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Hilary |title=American Mensa and Activepackets Team to Provide Mobile Users With Mensa Genius Challenge |work=American Mensa |access-date=30 October 2007 |url=http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=4984 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207230820/http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=4984 |archive-date=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma |first=Mukul |title=IQ tests are about innate intelligence |location=India |date=30 January 2007 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/IQ-tests-are-about-innate-intelligence/articleshow/1524557.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105144458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-01-30/edit-page/27884085_1_iq-tests-intelligence-stephen-jay-gould |url-status=live |archive-date=5 November 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 November 2007}}</ref> It is a [[non-profit organisation]] open to people who score at the 98th [[percentile]] or higher on a standardised, supervised [[intelligence quotient|IQ]] or other approved intelligence test.<ref name="mensa">{{cite web |last=Mensa International |title=Getting Your IQ Tested - FAQs |url=https://www.mensa.org/public/iq/getting-your-iq-tested-faqs|access-date=2023-02-22 }}</ref> Mensa formally comprises national groups and the umbrella organisation '''Mensa International''', with a registered office in [[Caythorpe, Lincolnshire]], England,<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Mensa International |title=Contact|url=https://www.mensa.org/contact/mensa-international|access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> which is separate from the British Mensa office in [[Wolverhampton]].<ref>{{cite web |last=British Mensa |title=Contact Us |url=https://mensa.org.uk/contact-us/|access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mensa.org.uk |publisher=}}</ref> |
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'''Mensa''' is the largest and oldest [[high IQ society|high-IQ society]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |
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| url = http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/index.html?section=cnn_latest |
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| title = The Quest for Genius |
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| work = [[CNN]] |
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| accessdate = 2007-10-30 |
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| last = Percival |
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| first = Matt |
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| date = 2006-09-08 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Moore |first=Hilary |title=American Mensa and Activepackets Team to Provide Mobile Users With Mensa Genius Challenge |work=American Mensa |accessdate=2007-10-30 |url=http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=4984}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma |first=Mukul |title=IQ tests are about innate intelligence |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 January 2007 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/OPINION/Editorial/QA_IQ_tests_are_about_innate_intelligence/articleshow/1524557.cms |accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref> It is a [[non-profit organization]] open to people who score at the 98<sup>th</sup> [[percentile]] or higher on a standardized, supervised [[intelligence quotient|IQ]] or other approved intelligence test.<ref name="mensa">{{Cite web|url= http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10 |title= Mensa Information |work= Mensa International}}</ref><ref name="mensa_UK">{{Cite web|url= http://www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/what_is.html|title= What is Mensa? |work= British Mensa}}</ref> Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organization '''Mensa International''', with a registered office in [[Caythorpe]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref>"[http://www.mensa.org Home]." Mensa International. Retrieved on May 11, 2010. "Mensa's registered office is Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, NG32 3EL, United Kingdom."</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
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''Mensa'' ({{pron-en|ˈmɛnsə}}, {{IPA-la|ˈmensa|}} in Latin) means "[[table (furniture)|table]]" in [[Latin]] as is symbolized in the organization's logo. |
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The word ''mensa'' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|n|s|ə}}, {{IPA|la|ˈmẽːs̠ä|lang}}) is Latin for '[[table (furniture)|table]]', as is symbolised in the organisation's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the [[Round table (discussion)|round-table]] nature of the organisation: the coming together of equals.<ref name="AboutMensa">{{cite web |last=Mensa International |title=About Us |url=https://www.mensa.org/mensa/about-us |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.org |publisher=}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Australian [[Roland Berrill]], and [[Lancelot Ware]], a British scientist and lawyer, founded Mensa at [[Lincoln College, Oxford|Lincoln College]], in [[Oxford]], England in 1946, with the intention of forming a society for the most intelligent, with the only qualification being a high IQ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mensa International |title=A Brief History of Mensa's International Structure |url=https://www.mensa.org/mensa/history |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.org}}</ref> |
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The society was ostensibly to be non-political in its aims and free from all other social distinctions, such as race and religion.<ref name=AboutMensa/> However, Berrill and Ware were both disappointed with the resulting society. Berrill had intended Mensa as "an aristocracy of the intellect" and was unhappy that the majority of members came from working or lower-class homes,<ref name="VictorSerebriakoff">{{cite book | title=Mensa - The Society for the Highly Intelligent | author=Victor Serebriakoff | publisher=Stein and Day | year=1986 | isbn=978-0-8128-3091-0 }}</ref> while Ware said: "I do get disappointed that so many members spend so much time solving puzzles."<ref name="tammet">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3fkLVpsb1wC&pg=PA40| first1=Daniel| last1=Tammet| title=Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind| page=40| publisher=Simon and Schuster| date=2009| isbn=978-1416570134| access-date=4 September 2017| archive-date=29 December 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229031820/https://books.google.com/books?id=E3fkLVpsb1wC&pg=PA40| url-status=live}}</ref> |
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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]]. |
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American Mensa was the second major branch of Mensa thanks to the efforts of [[Margot Seitelman]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Mensa - The Society for the Highly Intelligent | page=73 | author=Victor Serebriakoff | publisher=Stein and Day | year=1986 | isbn=978-0-8128-3091-0 }}</ref> |
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==Membership requirement== |
==Membership requirement== |
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Mensa's requirement for membership is a score at or above the 98th [[percentile]] on certain standardized 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 Culture Fair III|Cattell]] it is 148, and 130 in the Wechsler tests ([[Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale|WAIS]], [[Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children|WISC]]).<ref name="Test_Scores">{{cite web |last=American Mensa |title=Join Mensa Using My Past Test Scores |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.us.mensa.org |publisher=}}</ref> Most [[IQ test]]s are designed to yield a [[mean]] score of 100 with a [[standard deviation]] of 15; the 98th-percentile score under these conditions is 130.8, assuming a [[normal distribution]].<ref>See [[Normal distribution#Quantile function]].</ref> |
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Mensa also has its own application exam, and some national groups offer alternative batteries of culture-fair, non-language 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.<ref name="Join_Mensa">{{cite web|title=Join Mensa|url=http://www.us.mensa.org//AM/template.cfm?Section=Join|publisher=American Mensa|accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="Test_Scores">{{cite web|title=Submit Test Scores|url=http://www.us.mensa.org/testscores|publisher=American Mensa|accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref> |
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==Mission== |
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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".<ref>{{Cite web |
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|url=http://www.mensa.org/constitution2005.pdf |
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|title= Mensa Constitution |
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|accessdate=2007-09-25 |
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|work= Mensa International |
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|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071129121751/http://www.mensa.org/constitution2005.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-11-29}}</ref> |
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However, American Mensa does not provide a score comparable to scores on other tests; the test serves only to qualify a person for membership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=American Mensa |title=Take the Mensa Admission Test |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testing/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.us.mensa.org |language=en}}</ref> 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. The Mensa test is also available in some developing countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mensa International |title=National Mensas |url=https://www.mensa.org/contact/national-groups |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.org}}</ref> |
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To this end, the organization is also involved with programs for [[Intellectual giftedness|gifted children]], [[literacy]] and [[scholarship]]s, and it also holds numerous "gatherings" (see [[#Gatherings|below]]). |
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==Organizational structure== |
==Organizational structure== |
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[[File:National Mensas.svg|thumb|Countries that have a national Mensa, 2021]] |
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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 recognized 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.<ref name="mensa_UK" /> 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. |
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Mensa International consists of around 134,000 members in 100 countries<ref name="AboutMensa" /> and in 54 national groups.<ref name=":1" /> The national groups issue periodicals, such as ''Mensa Bulletin'', the monthly publication of American Mensa,<ref name="mb">{{cite web |last=American Mensa |title=Mensa Bulletin |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |work=www.us.mensa.org}}</ref> and ''Mensa Magazine'', the monthly publication of British Mensa.<ref name="mm">{{cite web |last=British Mensa |title=Mensa Magazine |url=https://mensa.org.uk/mensa-magazine/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |work=mensa.org.uk}}</ref> Individuals who live in a country with a national group join the national group, while those living in countries without a recognized chapter may join Mensa International directly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.mensa.org/contact-us/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Mensa International |language=en}}</ref> |
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The largest national groups are:<ref>{{Cite news |author=Stanislav Dimov |date=22 October 2011 |title=Thinking lessons introduced at school |publisher=Europost |url=http://www.europost.bg/article?id=2921 |url-status=dead |access-date=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210354/http://www.europost.bg/article?id=2921 |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> |
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Additionally, members may form [[Special Interest Group]]s (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, reflecting the wide diversity of members in occupation and social class. Some SIGs are associated with various geographic groups, whereas others act independently of official hierarchy. There are now quite a number of electronic SIGs (eSIGs), which operate primarily as e-mail lists, where members may or may not meet each other in person. |
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* American Mensa, with more than 50,000 members<ref>{{cite web |last=American Mensa |title=About Us |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.us.mensa.org |publisher=}}</ref> |
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* British Mensa, with about 18,000 members in the UK and Ireland<ref>{{cite web |last=British Mensa |title=About Us |url=https://mensa.org.uk/about/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=mensa.org.uk |publisher=}}</ref> |
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* Mensa Germany, with about 16,000 members<ref>{{cite web |last=Mensa in Deutschland |title=Über Mensa in Deutschland |url=https://www.mensa.de/about/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=mensa.de |publisher=}}</ref> |
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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. |
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Members may form [[special interest group]]s (SIGs) at international, national, and local levels; these SIGs represent a wide variety of interests, ranging from motorcycle clubs to entrepreneurial co-operations. 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 email lists, where members may or may not meet each other in person.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mensa Special Interest Groups |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/connect/sigs/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=American Mensa |language=en}}</ref> |
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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,<ref name=mb>{{Cite web |
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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. |
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|work = American Mensa |
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|url= http://www.us.mensa.org/Content/AML/NavigationMenu/Publications/iMensaBulletini/Mensa_Bulletin.htm |
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}}</ref> and ''Mensa Magazine'', the monthly publication of British Mensa.<ref name=mm>{{Cite web |
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|title = Welcome to British Mensa - The High IQ Society |
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|work = British Mensa |
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|url = http://www.mensa.org.uk/ |
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==Gatherings== |
==Gatherings== |
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[[File:MensaInternationalAthens.jpg|thumb|Mensa IBD meeting that took place in Athens, 1988]] |
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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 [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]] or [[Canada Day]] weekends respectively. |
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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 AG is usually held during the [[Independence Day (United States)|American Independence Day]] (4 July).<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Mensa's Annual Gathering {{!}} July 2-6, 2025 |url=https://ag.us.mensa.org/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=ag.us.mensa.org |language=en}}</ref> |
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Since 1990, American Mensa has sponsored the annual Mensa Mind Games competition, at which the [[Mensa Select]] award is given to five board games that are "original, challenging, and well designed".<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm |title= Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years |access-date= 16 January 2007 |first= Tracy |last= Loew |date= 21 May 2006 |work= USA Today |archive-date= 7 January 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070107230511/http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml |title= Brainiac Central |access-date= 16 January 2007 |first= Anne |last= Arsenault |date= 22 April 2005 |work= [[St. Petersburg Times]] |archive-date= 11 January 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090111021838/http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml |url-status= live }}</ref> |
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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. |
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In Europe, since 2008 international meetings have been held under the name [[EMAG]] (European Mensa Annual Gathering), starting in Cologne that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emag-mensa.eu/en/emag-history|title=EMAG|website=emag-mensa.eu|access-date=2019-06-22|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622174018/https://emag-mensa.eu/en/emag-history|url-status=live}}</ref> The next meetings were in Utrecht (2009), Prague (2010), Paris (2011), Stockholm (2012), Bratislava (2013), Zürich (2014), Berlin (2015), Kraków (2016), Barcelona (2017), Belgrade (2018) and Ghent (2019). The 2020 event was postponed and took place in 2021 in Brno. The 2022 event was held in Strasbourg, and the 2023 event was held in Rotterdam.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://members.mensa.ch/emag |title=EMAG - European Mensa Annual Gathering |website=members.mensa.ch |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705024345/https://members.mensa.ch/emag |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In 2006, The Mensa World Gathering<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wg06.us.mensa.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=WGHome |work=American Mensa |title=World Gathering 2006}}</ref> was held from 8–13 August in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]] to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Mensa. An estimated 2,500 attenders 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. |
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In the Asia-Pacific region, there is an Asia-Pacific Mensa Annual Gathering (AMAG),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mensa.org/public/annual-asian-pacific-mensa-meeting-2018|title=Annual Asian-Pacific Mensa Meeting 2018 {{!}} Mensa International|website=www.mensa.org|access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203120430/https://www.mensa.org/public/annual-asian-pacific-mensa-meeting-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> with rotating countries hosting the event. This has included Gold Coast, Australia (2017),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mensa.org.au/events/event/AMAG-AMC-2017|title=Asian Mensa Annual Gathering + Australian Mensa Conference + Kids Conference 2017 - Australian Mensa Inc.|website=www.mensa.org.au|access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203134940/https://www.mensa.org.au/events/event/AMAG-AMC-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Cebu, Philippines (2018),<ref name=":0" /> New Zealand (2019), and South Korea (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.mensa.ch/it/amag|title=AMAG - Asian Mensa Gathering|publisher=Mensa Svizzera|website=members.mensa.ch|date=2014-04-26|language=it|access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203123428/https://members.mensa.ch/it/amag|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Since 1990 Mensa also sponsors 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."<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm |title= Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years |accessdate= 2007-01-16 |first= Tracy |last=Loew |date= 2006-05-21 |work= [[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml |title= Brainiac Central |accessdate= 2007-01-16 |first= Anne |last=Arsenault |date= 2005-04-22 |work= [[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref> |
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===Officers=== |
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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. |
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The governing body of Mensa International consists of:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mensa.org/officers-appointees/|title=Officers|publisher=Mensa International|access-date=2024-07-18}}</ref> |
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* International Chair: Therese Moodie-Bloom |
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* International Director - Administration: Robin Crawford |
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* International Director - Development: Eivind Olsen |
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* International Treasurer: Jovana Kostic |
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* International Director - Smaller National Mensas: Sorana Burcusel |
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* American Mensa: Lori Norris |
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* British Isles Mensa: Ann Rootkin |
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* Mensa Germany: Peter Fröhler |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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All national 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'',<ref name="mb" /> the British ''Mensa'' ''Magazine'',<ref name="mm" /> Serbian ''MozaIQ'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Serbia Mensa |title=Publikacije |url=https://www.mensa.rs/sr/publikacije/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.rs |publisher=}}</ref> the Australian ''TableAus'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Australian Mensa |title=TableAus |url=https://www.mensa.org.au/member-centre/tableaus |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.org.au |publisher=}}</ref> the Mexican ''El Mensajero'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Mensa México |title=Actividades |url=https://mensa.org.mx/02/index.php/actividades/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mensa.org.mx |publisher=}}</ref> and the French, formerly ''Contacts'', now ''MensaMag''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mensa France |title=Mensa France |url=https://mensa-france.net |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mensa-france.net}}</ref> Aside from national publications, some local or regional groups have their own newsletters and websites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=New Mexico Mensa |title=The New Mensican |url=https://nmmensa.org/index.php/new-mensican |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=nmmensa.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Greater New York Mensa |url=https://www.gnym.org/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=GNYM |language=en}}</ref> |
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Mensa's flagship publication is the ''Mensa Bulletin'', published 10 times per year, which includes articles and columns written by members. The ''Mensa Bulletin'' also contains ''International Journal'', "a separate publication featuring news from other national Mensas and Mensa International."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mensa Bulletin |work=American Mensa |url=http://www.us.mensa.org/Content/AML/NavigationMenu/Publications/iMensaBulletini/Mensa_Bulletin.htm |accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref> |
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Mensa International publishes a ''Mensa World Journal'', which "contains views and information about Mensa around the world". This journal is generally included in each national magazine.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mensa International |title=Mensa World Journal |url=https://www.mensa.org/publications/mensa-world-journal |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensa.org |publisher=}}</ref> |
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Mensa also has published a number of books, including ''Poetry Mensa'' (1966), an anthology of poems by Mensans from all over the world, in which languages other than English are represented. |
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The Mensa Foundation publishes the ''Mensa Research Journal'', which "highlights scholarly articles and recent research related to intelligence". Unlike most Mensa publications, this journal is available to non-members.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mensa Foundation |title=Mensa Research Journal |url=https://www.mensafoundation.org/what-we-do/mensa-research-journal/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.mensafoundation.org |publisher=}}</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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All national Mensa subsidiaries accept children under the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=International Mensa |title=The Constitution of Mensa |url= https://www.mensa.org/system/files/the_constitution_of_mensa_2020.pdf |access-date=2023-02-22 |website= mensa.org}}</ref> However, some national Mensas do not test the children themselves; many offer activities, resources, and newsletters specifically geared toward gifted children and their parents. [[Kashe Quest]], the youngest member of American Mensa;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html |first=Haley |last=Ringle |title=2-year-old joins group for high IQs |work=[[East Valley Tribune]] |date=26 May 2009 |access-date=18 August 2010 |archive-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113064655/http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Adam Kirby, the youngest member of British Mensa;<ref>{{cite news| last=The Times|title=The two-year-old whose parents have to study to keep up with|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3791876.ece|newspaper=The Times|access-date=15 June 2013| date=2013-06-15|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130615042907/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3791876.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= "Telegraph">{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/10121175/Two-year-old-becomes-youngest-boy-to-join-Mensa.html|title=Two-year-old becomes youngest boy to join Mensa |date=14 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=18 June 2013| archive-date=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618090032/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/10121175/Two-year-old-becomes-youngest-boy-to-join-Mensa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and several Australian Mensa members joined at age two.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/child/child-development/is-my-child-really-gifted/news-story/e8056aff6b58f9df1ba21f03de24bf06|title=Is my child really gifted?|last=Greaves|first=Laura |first2=Madeline |last2=Hoskin |date=April 11, 2016 |website= Kidspot |access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508234939/https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/child/child-development/is-my-child-really-gifted/news-story/e8056aff6b58f9df1ba21f03de24bf06?nk=b6b84fd8176b5f0f39af3f2c840e5053-1620517779|url-status=live}}</ref> Elise Tan-Roberts of the UK and Miranda Elise Margolis of the US are the youngest people ever to join Mensa, having gained full membership at the age of two years and four months.<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7475796&page=1 |title=Meet the World's Smartest Kid |publisher=ABC News |date=2009-05-01 |access-date=2015-09-17 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614124956/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7475796&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dover New Philadelphia Times">{{cite web |url= https://newspaperarchive.com/dover-new-philadelphia-times-reporter-mar-18-1996-p-2/ |work=Dover New Philadelphia Times Reporter |url-access=subscription |via=NewspaperArchive |title=2-year-old Girl Joins Mensa |date=1996-03-18 |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref> |
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Mensans come from many different backgrounds, vary in job and profession, and are represented among all age groups. There are many famous and prominent members (see [[list of Mensans]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=15 |title= Prominent Mensans | work= Mensa International |accessdate= 2007-04-07}}</ref> Members pay annual membership dues that vary by country; some national groups offer a "Life Membership", but it is not transferable between groups. |
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In 2018, Mehul Garg became the youngest person in a decade to score the maximum of 162 on the Mensa IQ test.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wxx52 |title= In Short, 10-year-old boy outscores Einstein on Mensa IQ test |website=BBC Radio 5 live |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=19 January 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127000346/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wxx52 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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All national and local groups welcome children; many offer activities, resources and newsletters specifically geared toward gifted children and their parents. Both American<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_0ec29a81-aaa0-5dd8-a82a-f59472499fa0.html |first=Haley |last=Ringle |title= 2-year-old joins group for high IQs |work=[[East Valley Tribune]] |date=2009-05-26 |accessdate= 2010-08-18}}</ref> and British Mensa's youngest members joined at the age of two, such as Beatrix Townsend,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259699/Joining-Mensa-Its-childs-play-year-old-Beatrix.html |title=Joining Mensa? It's child's play for two-year-old Beatrix who is one of the clever club's youngest ever members |work= [[Daily Mail]] |date=22 March 2010 |location=London |first=Chris |last=Brooke}}</ref> Elise Tan Roberts,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1175141/Meet-Elise-girl-IQ-higher-Carol-Vorderman.html |title=Meet Elise, the girl of two with an IQ higher than Carol Vorderman! |work=[[Daily Mail]] |date=30 April 2009 |location=London |first=Paul |last=Harris}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2471803/Mensa-tot-Karina-2-is-brainier-than-Carol.html |title= Mensa tot Karina, 2, is brainier than Carol |work= [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]] (UK)|accessdate= 2009-06-09|location=London|date=2009-06-09}}</ref> and Oscar Wrigley.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8303880.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|title=Two-year-old accepted by Mensa|date=2009-10-12}}</ref> The Mensa Research Journal, which is published quarterly, includes a TAG (Talented and Gifted) Progeny section especially for younger members. |
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American Mensa's oldest member is 102,<ref name="American Mensa Demographics">{{cite web |title=Demographics and Figures |url=https://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/demographics/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=American Mensa }}</ref> and British Mensa had a member aged 103.<ref name="Mensa_UK_FAQs">{{cite web |title=FAQs - Full list |url=http://www.mensa.org.uk/about-mensa/faqs/full |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190822/http://www.mensa.org.uk/about-mensa/faqs/full |archive-date=14 July 2014 |access-date=13 July 2014 |website=British Mensa }}</ref> |
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According to American Mensa's generational classifications and published demographics (as of 2023), its membership is 8 percent from the [[Silent Generation|Silent]] generation (born 1924–1942), 37 percent [[baby boomers|Baby Boomers]] (born 1943–1960), 30 percent [[Generation X|Gen-X]] (born 1961–1981), 10 percent [[Millennials|Millennial]] (born 1982–2000), 12 percent [[Generation Z in the United States|Generation Z]] (born 2001–2020) and the remaining 3 percent other. The American Mensa general membership identifies as 64 percent male, 32 percent female, 3 percent unknown, and less than 1 percent gender non-conforming or other.<ref name="American Mensa Demographics" /> |
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* {{cite news |last1=Goodwin |first1=Lee David |title=Making Sense of Mensa: The Club for the Super-Intelligent Thinks About a Bright Future |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-11-16_11_46/page/n32/mode/1up |access-date=October 2, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=November 16, 1982}} |
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| Formation | 1 October 1946[1] |
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| Legal status | Limited non-profit organisation |
| Purpose | High-IQ society |
| Headquarters | Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Membership | ~150,000[2] |
International Chairperson | Therese Moody-Bloom |
| Website | www |
Mensa International is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world.[3][4][5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[6] Mensa formally comprises national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England,[7] which is separate from the British Mensa office in Wolverhampton.[8]
Etymology
[edit]The word mensa (/ˈmɛnsə/, Latin: [ˈmẽːs̠ä]) is Latin for 'table', as is symbolised in the organisation's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organisation: the coming together of equals.[2]
History
[edit]Australian Roland Berrill, and Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded Mensa at Lincoln College, in Oxford, England in 1946, with the intention of forming a society for the most intelligent, with the only qualification being a high IQ.[9]
The society was ostensibly to be non-political in its aims and free from all other social distinctions, such as race and religion.[2] However, Berrill and Ware were both disappointed with the resulting society. Berrill had intended Mensa as "an aristocracy of the intellect" and was unhappy that the majority of members came from working or lower-class homes,[10] while Ware said: "I do get disappointed that so many members spend so much time solving puzzles."[11]
American Mensa was the second major branch of Mensa thanks to the efforts of Margot Seitelman.[12]
Membership requirement
[edit]Mensa's requirement for membership is a score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardized 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, and 130 in the Wechsler tests (WAIS, WISC).[13] 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 130.8, assuming a normal distribution.[14]
However, American Mensa does not provide a score comparable to scores on other tests; the test serves only to qualify a person for membership.[15] 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. The Mensa test is also available in some developing countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.[16]
Organizational structure
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Mensa International consists of around 134,000 members in 100 countries[2] and in 54 national groups.[16] The national groups issue periodicals, such as Mensa Bulletin, the monthly publication of American Mensa,[17] and Mensa Magazine, the monthly publication of British Mensa.[18] Individuals who live in a country with a national group join the national group, while those living in countries without a recognized chapter may join Mensa International directly.[19]
The largest national groups are:[20]
- American Mensa, with more than 50,000 members[21]
- British Mensa, with about 18,000 members in the UK and Ireland[22]
- Mensa Germany, with about 16,000 members[23]
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, ranging from motorcycle clubs to entrepreneurial co-operations. 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 email lists, where members may or may not meet each other in person.[24]
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.
Gatherings
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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 AG is usually held during the American Independence Day (4 July).[25]
Since 1990, American Mensa has sponsored the annual Mensa Mind Games competition, at which the Mensa Select award is given to five board games that are "original, challenging, and well designed".[26][27]
In Europe, since 2008 international meetings have been held under the name EMAG (European Mensa Annual Gathering), starting in Cologne that year.[28] The next meetings were in Utrecht (2009), Prague (2010), Paris (2011), Stockholm (2012), Bratislava (2013), Zürich (2014), Berlin (2015), Kraków (2016), Barcelona (2017), Belgrade (2018) and Ghent (2019). The 2020 event was postponed and took place in 2021 in Brno. The 2022 event was held in Strasbourg, and the 2023 event was held in Rotterdam.[29]
In the Asia-Pacific region, there is an Asia-Pacific Mensa Annual Gathering (AMAG),[30] with rotating countries hosting the event. This has included Gold Coast, Australia (2017),[31] Cebu, Philippines (2018),[30] New Zealand (2019), and South Korea (2020).[32]
Officers
[edit]The governing body of Mensa International consists of:[33]
- International Chair: Therese Moodie-Bloom
- International Director - Administration: Robin Crawford
- International Director - Development: Eivind Olsen
- International Treasurer: Jovana Kostic
- International Director - Smaller National Mensas: Sorana Burcusel
- American Mensa: Lori Norris
- British Isles Mensa: Ann Rootkin
- Mensa Germany: Peter Fröhler
Publications
[edit]All national 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,[17] the British Mensa Magazine,[18] Serbian MozaIQ,[34] the Australian TableAus,[35] the Mexican El Mensajero,[36] and the French, formerly Contacts, now MensaMag.[37] Aside from national publications, some local or regional groups have their own newsletters and websites.[38][39]
Mensa International publishes a Mensa World Journal, which "contains views and information about Mensa around the world". This journal is generally included in each national magazine.[40]
The Mensa Foundation publishes the Mensa Research Journal, which "highlights scholarly articles and recent research related to intelligence". Unlike most Mensa publications, this journal is available to non-members.[41]
Demographics
[edit]All national Mensa subsidiaries accept children under the age of 18.[42] However, some national Mensas do not test the children themselves; many offer activities, resources, and newsletters specifically geared toward gifted children and their parents. Kashe Quest, the youngest member of American Mensa;[43] Adam Kirby, the youngest member of British Mensa;[44][45] and several Australian Mensa members joined at age two.[46] Elise Tan-Roberts of the UK and Miranda Elise Margolis of the US are the youngest people ever to join Mensa, having gained full membership at the age of two years and four months.[45][47][48]
In 2018, Mehul Garg became the youngest person in a decade to score the maximum of 162 on the Mensa IQ test.[49]
American Mensa's oldest member is 102,[50] and British Mensa had a member aged 103.[51]
According to American Mensa's generational classifications and published demographics (as of 2023), its membership is 8 percent from the Silent generation (born 1924–1942), 37 percent Baby Boomers (born 1943–1960), 30 percent Gen-X (born 1961–1981), 10 percent Millennial (born 1982–2000), 12 percent Generation Z (born 2001–2020) and the remaining 3 percent other. The American Mensa general membership identifies as 64 percent male, 32 percent female, 3 percent unknown, and less than 1 percent gender non-conforming or other.[50]
See also
[edit]- List of notable Mensans
- List of Mensa Select recipients
- IQ classification
- IQ Award
- Triple Nine Society – High IQ society
- Intertel – Second-oldest high-IQ society in the world
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- ^ Percival, Matt (8 September 2006). "The Quest for Genius". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
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Further reading
[edit]- Goodwin, Lee David (16 November 1982). "Making Sense of Mensa: The Club for the Super-Intelligent Thinks About a Bright Future". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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