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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!merk!miracle!phil
From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
Organization: Boston Mensa
Reply-To: rom-faq@miracle.com
Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.edu
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa,rec.answers,news.answers
Followup-To: rec.org.mensa
Date: 26 Oct 93 23:38:15 GMT-5
Message-ID: <102693High-IQ@miracle.com>
Supersedes: <07May93.high-iq@miracle.com>
Keywords: MENSA, MIND, IQ, INTELLIGENCE, GENIUS, SOCIETY, ORGANIZATION,
CLUB, SOCIAL, SCHOLARSHIP, GIFTED
Subject: Mensa - FAQ: What other high-IQ societies are there? [Monthly]
Summary: This posting contains the answers to many Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) about Mensa. It should be read by anyone
who wishes to post to the rec.org.mensa newsgroup, or anyone
that desires information about the Mensa society.
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Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.org.mensa:16271 rec.answers:2742 news.answers:13974
Archive-name: mensa/high-iq
Version: 1.3
Last-Updated: Jul 17, 1993
These are the answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQ) in
rec.org.mensa. Before posting a message asking a question, read this
article. Chances are the answer is in here, or one of the other Mensa
FAQ articles.
This article includes answers to:
10) What other High-IQ Societies are there?
Other articles include the answers to:
Question Archive-Name Posted
-------- ------------ ------
1) What is Mensa? mensa/faq BiWeekly
2) Who is Mensa For? " "
3) Why Should I Join Mensa? " "
4) What are Members of Mensa Like? " "
5) What does "Mensa" mean? " "
6) What are the Qualifications for Mensa? mensa/join BiWeekly
7) How do I apply for Membership in Mensa? " "
9) How do I Re-Join Mensa? " "
9) Where do I get more Information? " "
11) What famous people are in Mensa? mensa/famous Monthly
12) What is the Mensa test like? mensa/test Monthly
You may retreive copies of this article and the other answers to Mensa
FAQs by anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu. Those without FTP
access should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with:
"send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources"
in the body to find out how to do FTP by e-mail.
Comments? Suggestions? Corrections? Send e-mail to rom-faq@miracle.com
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The currently active societies include:
American Mensa, Ltd., 2626 E. 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11235-3992 (718)
934-3700--Open to individuals who have scored in the top 2% on a
standardized intelligence test. Founded in 1945 by R.Berrill and
L.Ware. Name of Journal: Mensa Bulletin
Camelopard Society, P.O. Box 16898, San Diego CA 92116--Open to
individual who have scored in the top 2% on a standardized intelligence
test. Founded in 1988 by Lendon Best. Name of Journal: G'raffiti
International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, c/o Harry Callahan, PO
Box 34304, Omaha, NE 68134 -- Open to individuals who score in the
99.9th percentile on a standardized adult intelligence test. Founded
1974 by Chris Harding. Name of Journal: Telicom
The International High Five Society, 3546 Devon Hill Road, Toledo, OH
43606-1102 (419) 474-3809 FAX: (419) 474-1009, e-mail:
72717.3507@compuserve.com.--High Five is open to anyone testing above
the 95th percentile on a standardized test of intelligence.
Intertel, P.O. Box 150580, Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 797-7210-- Open to
individuals who have an IQ at or above the 99th percentile on an
accepted test. Founded in 1967 by Ralph Haines. Name of Journal:
Integra
Mega Society, c/o Rick Rosner, 5139 Balboa Blvd #303, Encino, CA
91316-3430--Open to individuals with an IQ in the 99.9999th percentile.
Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin. Name of Journal: Noesis
One-In-A-Thousand, PO Box 539, New York, NY 10101 (Ronald K. Hoeflin,
Founder)--Open to persons with measured IQs in the top 1/10% of the
population. Name of Journal: Oath
Prometheus Society, c/o Robert Dick, 13 Speer Street, Somerville, NJ
08876--Open to individuals exceeding the 99.997th percentile of general
intelligence. Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin. Name of Journal:
Gift of Fire
Sinistral SIG, 200 Emmett Ave., Derby, CT 06418 (203) 735-1759-- Open to
left-handed people whose IQs are in the top 2% of the population and who
are eligible to be members of Mensa.
Triple Nine Society, PO Box 29, Dover, MA 02030-0029--Open to those
individuals who score in the top 99.9th percentile on a standardized
intelligence test.
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
Society Minimum Members Potential
Percentile Worldwide Members#
High Five 95 ? 250,000,000
Mensa 98 100,000 100,000,000
Camelopard 98 300 100,000,000
Sinistral SIG 98 ? 10,000,000 ##
Intertel 99 1,700 50,000,000
Philosophical Enquiry 99.9 450 5,000,000
Triple Nine 99.9 420 5,000,000
One-In-A-Thousand 99.9 30 5,000,000
Prometheus 99.997 100 150,000
Mega Society 99.9999 17 5,000
# Based on a world population of 5 Billion People.
## Based on 10% of people being left handed.
[I don't have better stats on hand - Phil]