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Qualifying Test Scores
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| American Mensa accepts scores from approximately 200 different standardized intelligence tests*. Often potential members have taken acceptable tests at other times in their lives and may not realize that they already qualify for membership. While not a complete listing, applicants frequently ask about the following tests. |
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| Tests commonly administered by school districts |
| California Test of Cognitive Skills |
IQ 132 |
| Differential Ability Scales (DAS) |
GCA 132 |
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
Individual and Multilevel Forms
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Ability Index Score of 130 or above |
| College preparatory tests |
| ACT Composite |
prior to 9/89 |
29 |
| effective 9/89 |
N/A |
| GMAT (Percentile rank of verbal + quantitative)** |
95 |
| GRE |
prior to 5/94 (math + verbal) |
1250 |
| scored from 5/94 to 9/01 (math + verbal + analytic) |
1875 |
| effective 10/01 |
N/A |
| LSAT*** |
prior to 1982 |
662 |
| 1982 through 5/91 |
39 |
| effective 6/91 |
163 |
| Miller Analogies Test (MAT) |
prior to 10/04 (raw score) |
66 |
| scored after 10/04 (total group percentile score) |
98 |
| PSAT (taken in junior year) |
prior to 5/93 |
180 |
| effective 5/93 |
N/A |
| PSAT (taken in senior year) |
prior to 5/93 |
195 |
| effective 5/93 |
N/A |
| SAT or CEEB |
scored prior to 9/30/74 |
1300 |
| scored from 9/30/74 through 1/31/94 |
1250 |
| scored after 1/31/94 |
N/A |
| Tests administered by private psychologists |
| California Test of Mental Maturity (CTMM) |
IQ 132 |
| Differential Ability Scales (DAS) |
GCA 132 |
Wechsler Adult and Children Scales
(WAIS and WAIS-R, WISC, WISC-R, WISC-III, WISC-4th Edition)
Note: Short form not accepted |
IQ 130 |
| Tests administered by the military |
| Army GCT**** |
prior to 10/80 |
136 |
| effective 10/80 |
N/A |
| Navy GCT**** |
prior to 10/80 |
68 |
| effective 10/80 |
N/A |
| 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. |
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Submitted documentation must be an original copy mailed from the testing agency, LSAC. Printouts from Web sites or PDFs will not be accepted. |
| **** | 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.
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| 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. |
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