southern nevada mensa - evidence of qualification


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prior evidence

Applicants may present evidence of a score in the top 2% of the population on a supervised, standardized intelligence test.

Tests given by an institution/agency/clinic must include the full name of the test, the score, and percentile rank. This documentation must be on institution/agency/clinic letterhead and signed by the psychologist responsible for the testing, along with the psychologist's license/certification number issued by the state in which the psychologist practices.

Evidence from a school transcript must be a school document with a seal. An armed forces record must be a notarized copy.

All prior evidence will be appraised individually, and Mensa reserves the right to make the final determination of the acceptability of the test. The non-refundable, one-time evaluation fee is $30.

accepted test scores

California Test of Mental Maturity (CTMM)	IQ 132
California Test of Cognitive Skills	IQ 132
Cattell	IQ 148
Stanford Binet	IQ 132
Wechsler Adult and Children Scales (WAIS and WAIS-R, WISC, WISC-R, WISC-III) Note: Short form not accepted	IQ 130
Otis-Lennon Tests	IQ 132
Otis-Gamma Test	IQ 131
PSAT (taken in junior year) prior to 5/93 effective 5/93	180
PSAT (taken in junior year) prior to 5/93 effective 5/93	N/A
PSAT (taken in senior year) prior to 5/93 effective 5/93	195
PSAT (taken in senior year) prior to 5/93 effective 5/93	N/A
Cattell Culture Fair	*
SAT or CEEB scored prior to 9/30/74 scored from 9/30/74 through 1/31/94 scored after 1/31/94	1300
	1250
	N/A
LSAT prior to 1982 1982 through 5/91 effective 6/91	662
	39
	163
GRE prior to 5/94 (math + verbal) scored from 5/94 through 9/01 (math + verbal + analytic) effective 10/01	1250
	1875
	N/A
GMAT (Percentile rank of verbal + quantitative)**	95
ACT Composite prior to 9/89 effective 9/89	29
ACT Composite prior to 9/89 effective 9/89	N/A
Miller Analogies Test (MAT) - Raw Score	66
Army GCT*** prior to 10/80 effective 10/80	136
Army GCT*** prior to 10/80 effective 10/80	N/A
Navy GCT*** prior to 10/80 effective 10/80	68
Navy GCT*** prior to 10/80 effective 10/80	N/A
Henmon-Nelson	*
NY State Regents Scholarship Test (aptitude section only)	*
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)	*

N/A These tests no longer correlate with an IQ test. Note that the acceptance date applies to the date you took the test, not the date you join Mensa. You can still join Mensa by using older scores.

* Many intelligence test scores will qualify you for Mensa, but Mensa's supervisory psychologists will have to individually appraise the documentation. Almost any test with "achievement" in the title is not acceptable to Mensa. American Mensa does not accept unsupervised testing as proof of eligibility, specifically unsupervised testing administered electronically or via Internet-based tests.

** For the GMAT, unlike most tests, the qualifying score is based on the percentile of the total score. There are three columns on the score report, each with a numerical score and a percentile. You're looking for the percentile next to the score in the "total" column - if it's 95% or greater, the score qualifies you for Mensa.

*** The only scores that Mensa can accept are the AGCT scores from the Army and the GT scores from the Navy - before the use of the ASVAB (9/80). The new military tests are vocational aptitude tests and are not suitable for Mensa admission.

Mensa reserves the right to alter or change these scores as the tests shown are renormed or restandardized. Mensa will individually appraise all applications and reserves the right to make the final determination about the acceptability of any test.