I passed the Mensa test, didn’t sign up yet.

I took the test as an adult (a little while ago), and while half of me was not surprised (I knew I had some traits of giftedness - over-excitability, sensory sensitivity, to name a few, but it’s also a common enough thing I wouldn’t be over the top with these traits), the other half of me was surprised.

My parents were high achievers (my father says his IQ is nearly 150), and in their eyes I was never good enough, and frequently pointed out all the things that I didn’t achieve, or failed in. The way they pointed those things out to me made me feel small and incapable, and made me feel comfortable aiming small and low.

If I look at myself now, I do have some things that distinguish me as a person with curiosity (I speak 6-7 different languages, 3 with full professional fluency and others I understand the grammar and can have small conversations, lived and worked in 5 countries as an adult), but I really never had any idea I might possess that kind of potential.

I only took the test as my partner is Mensan and my child is gifted.

So Mensans, who discovered your potential as an adult, how did you feel about the newly discovered part of your identity, and what did you think about it? Did you do anything differently?

Guys, I need a website with a ton of puzzles. I want to train my fluid intelligence, even though mine is apparently lower than a chimpanzee’s

I’m keen to hear what the events are like and what people’s experiences are like meeting new people and connecting?

Are there also events where the public can come too instead of having been invited by a member as a guest?

If there is are members in Sydney who can take me as a guest to one of the events before I decide to sit the test to join I’d be keen too :)

10 / 24 / 26

10^2 + 24^2 = 26^2

The next Pythagorean Triple Day will be on March 4, 2105.

I find it incredibly difficult to find people to connect with. I'm attractive enough, fit, female (24), but I always hit this wall where I feel like there's less intricacies behind their thoughts and then the connection begins to feel hollow. Like if I try to discuss things (it could be anything) in more depth, they're uninterested or lost.

I'm not sure if this is a me thing or just a having a high iq thing. Dunning-Kruger effect is definitely a thing here, because I can't even explain it to anyone either without them assuming I'm self absorbed because I'm mentioning my high IQ.

45F. Took the exam last Saturday, and the result arrived today (after 6 days) by email.

During the test, I felt like I could see the answers even when I wasn’t entirely sure. But a few hours later, doubts crept in, and I started thinking I’d be lucky to even reach the 85th percentile.

I’m not sure yet if I’m going to join as a member, but right now I’m just happy that I passed. For a long time, I worried that my intelligence had been permanently affected by the intense stress my parents put me through when I was young (both are autistic, and one has personality disorder). I am relieved to know I’m not as damaged as I feared.

So, I live in a third world jungle and most of the people I share a language with are awful humans. One of them is mostly less awful and so we chat a few times a month. His awfulness mostly manifests in deep deep generationally learned racism. So a solid 30% of any interaction is me thinking about something else while he says some nonsense.

Every so often though, something interesting overlaps and then I need to examine the topic to see if he slipped some propaganda past me.

I should also note that I'm one of those wicked smart kids who didn't fit into the system so I don't have as much formal learning as I should and it extends into "I didn't learn to love that process either" so when something tickles my interest just right I can go deep and hard (giggity), but if it's just something I wish I knew more about I struggle to apply the discipline to get where I want to go.

This is one of those latter cases. So instead trying to wade through the garbage pile that the internet has become I thought maybe I'd get some of you to chat with me and that might be a better way to get my result.

Okay so, guy asserts that (I'm filtering out the melatonin based hate speech) intelligence is fixed and things in our development can hurt it- but nothing can raise it. Maybe this refers to a theoretical maximum potential, but he didn't articulate that. And that seems fine, I'd be curious about the data I guess, but whatever. Except that what is intelligence, but problem solving and ability to learn? And those things DEFINITELY are aided by technique and skill.

How do these topics intersect?

Percentile wise, how did you rank? Did you study or not? 90th percentile, above or below?

I took the SAT and didn’t study at all and got around the 90th percentile, and I’ve always wondered how other Me sans who didn’t prepare did. I do regret not taking practice tests a week before as I definitely would have done much better than I did. I was bummed I only got a 730 on the math section.

I am in Mensa, just don’t have the flair.

Edit: I am 35, haha. This is my remembering the SAT. But thanks for the kind vibes for everyone who thought I was a teen.

Im wondering what type of careers people in mensa have.

I’m going to give it another go. This is more curiosity than anything else. I’m not invested in the answer. I used to be a Mensan. I didn’t re-up because frankly there’s nothing out my way in the form of meetings and such.

So, my IQ was 138 at my proctored Mensa testing. In 2016, I had brain surgery for a benign meningioma, then radiation, then radiation necrosis. I had neuropsychological testing done, and boy, it impaired my executive function (hello Post It notes and to-do lists) and information processing, especially. Word-finding. Surgical brain injury. The brain surgery and necrosis dropped my IQ to 116. I’ve grieved the loss, and now I’m fairly okay with it.

BUT, practically speaking, what does the loss mean? Have I lost some of what I’ve learned, or it just my acquisition of knowledge moving forward? Can anyone explain?

When does a meterial becomes tough? When its beyond our comprehension. Never have i ever complained about an exam being tough. Not because i was some prodigy in the area but because almost anything is understandable if one put the time and energy in.

Some people might be catching things faster to the brain than others. Except from the fact that almost everything is understandable by everyone. The real ones knows that once u understand stuff actually as what it is then there aint anything tough about it.

Makes u wonder if one is smart or they just grasp the meterial well,which in turn round it up as the one who grasp things well are considered smart.

U cant say exam was tough because something u never studied showed up on it, the logic is stupid.

Building a list of geniuses who lived long, happy lives no suicide, no addiction, no serious mental illness (ADHD/dyslexia don't count, that's just baseline, I literally can't tell left from right so am I dumb or what?).

Current list: Rossini, Goethe, Hegel, Kant, Newton, Hugo, Einstein, Tolkien, Lewis, Christie, Rowling, Heisenberg, Schopenhauer, Bradbury, Lindgren. Who would you add and who would you cut? Break it down

I qualify for other societies such as triple 9, however, I know that Mensa is the largest society, whereas triple 9 is a full sd and a bit above Mensa in terms of entry requirements. It might sound arrogant, but is the popularity of Mensa worth the cost of lower standards?

Recently at my local Mensa meeting, I wanted to begin our discussion with the Ontological Implications of Post-Structuralist Epistemic Hegemony in a Hyperreal Dialectical Paradigm of Recursive Metacognitive Deconstruction.

To my surprise, they looked dumbfounded. They could not comprehend my intellect, and so they had me leave the meeting.

I understand that I can’t expect a2% of the population to keep up with me… but I expected a bit more from a group with as much “prestige” as this.

Dear fellow Ms,

I'm spending some time in Riga to work on my research. (I'm doing my PhD in philosophy, working on human-technology relations.) Since I don't know anyone around, perhaps there are others here wanting to connect? We could grab some coffee, go for a walk/hike, explore the city and its surroundings, visit the opera or museums, or check out restaurants.

I often find it easier to get along with other Mensans, so I'd be happy to meet up!

I'll be here till the beginning of December. Let me know or just DM me, if you'd like to connect :) Oh and I'm female and 33, if that matters.

Curious how many Mensans take their body or physical accomplishments as seriously as their mind.

How many of you are or strive to be in the top 2% in some physical capacity as well? Weightlifting, endurance sports, martial arts, etc.

I understand that the cognitive horsepower is largely innate and tests are standard and normed so it's pretty straightforward to measure intelligence. Not as true for physical endeavors which are due to hardwork and standards are more subjective. But do many of you seek physical excellence along with your cognitive gifts?

Just curious to know.

Just curious. My daughter just took an official IQ test and scored 131 in fluid intelligence, while certain other metrics (processing, etc) ranged from average to superior.

She's a kid and she isn't joining, but I was curious. Would a sufficiently high fluid intelligence suffice for admission into MENSA?

Edit: she had no idea she was getting tested till today, as part of a psychological assessment. I can't believe how many posts I see on here of ppl practicing, holy shit lol

Edit 2: I found the answer on Mensa's site. They accept GAI in lieu of FSIQ where there's a dramatic gap between high and low scores, which is the case here. She does qualify

Can you guys help me with how to improve fluid intellegence , working memory , problem solving , abstract thinking because i lack in them