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- From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
- Subject: Mensa - FAQ: What other high-IO societies are there? [Bi-Weekly]
- 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 soci
- Keywords: MENSA, MIND, IQ, INTELLIGENCE, GENIUS, SOCIETY, ORGANIZATION,
- CLUB, SOCIAL, SCHOLARSHIP, GIFTED
- Message-ID: <30Dec92.faq2@miracle.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 12:41:15 GMT
- Expires: Thu, 14 Jan 93 07:41:15 EST
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- Organization: Boston Mensa
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- Archive-name: mensa-famous
- Version: 1.2
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- This is 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:
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- 11) What other High-IQ Societies are there?
-
- Other articles include the answers to:
-
- Question Archive-Name Posted
- -------- ------------ ------
- 1) What is Mensa? mensa-faq Weekly
- 2) Who is Mensa For? " "
- 3) Why Should I Join Mensa? " "
- 4) What are Members of Mensa Like? " "
- 5) How do I Re-Join Mensa? " "
- 6) What are Mensa's Dues? " "
- 7) What does "Mensa" mean? " "
- 8) What are the Qualifications for Mensa? mensa-join Weekly
- 9) How do I apply for Membership in Mensa? " "
- 10) Where do I get more Information? " "
- 12) What famous people are in Mensa? mensa-famous Monthly
- 13) 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 pit-manager.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 80,000 100,000,000
- Cameleopard 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]
-