Comment Re: MENSA IS FAIR (Score 1) 492
Mensa accepts a bunch of test scores for entry; ones that fall to the right of the bell curve. So pick your poison. If Mensa itself tests you, you're given two tests. The Wunderlic and the MAT, Mensa Acceptance (Aptitude?) Test. get in the top 2% on either of these and you're in. You can also take any administered IQ test and use those scores.
These tests are not all like the Mensa Quiz book puzzles - those are meant as brain teasers, not testers. Any test for entry into Mensa WILL test left AND right brain functioning. Spatial reasoning, pattern-recognition, language skills, vocabulary, reading comprehension, memory, and analogies are all used, too. Can anyone say that's not a round set by which to measure IQ?
These tests are also timed - anyone can get all of these problems if given enough time. These tests are designed to force you to learn the rules, and navigate by them in the time allotted. In other words, can your brain quickly adapt to a new environment?
Have trouble with English? take it in your own language with an International chapter.
These tests measure a lot of things, not just puzzle-solving ability. There are many brilliant people who don't do well on tests, that's for sure. But for catching most of them, these tests are the best we have.
IQ is no measure of a man or woman - everyone should know that. My IQ score is in the top 1% in the world. BFD! So I'm one of the smartest 60 MILLION people in the world - BFD! I don't look down on anyone, not while I've my own flaws to work out.
I just joined for the trivia competitions.
These tests are not all like the Mensa Quiz book puzzles - those are meant as brain teasers, not testers. Any test for entry into Mensa WILL test left AND right brain functioning. Spatial reasoning, pattern-recognition, language skills, vocabulary, reading comprehension, memory, and analogies are all used, too. Can anyone say that's not a round set by which to measure IQ?
These tests are also timed - anyone can get all of these problems if given enough time. These tests are designed to force you to learn the rules, and navigate by them in the time allotted. In other words, can your brain quickly adapt to a new environment?
Have trouble with English? take it in your own language with an International chapter.
These tests measure a lot of things, not just puzzle-solving ability. There are many brilliant people who don't do well on tests, that's for sure. But for catching most of them, these tests are the best we have.
IQ is no measure of a man or woman - everyone should know that. My IQ score is in the top 1% in the world. BFD! So I'm one of the smartest 60 MILLION people in the world - BFD! I don't look down on anyone, not while I've my own flaws to work out.
I just joined for the trivia competitions.
