Are I.Q. "societies" worth it?

[Dean E]

Unlike most tests, the qualifying score for the GMAT 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 percent or greater, the score qualifies you for Mensa.

Sorry, but to me a score in the 95th percentile (1 out of 20) is not very "exclusive." MENSA membership does little to impress me. Seems to me, to win a big orchestral job these days, you have to be 99.5 percentile (1 out of 200) or higher.
The two times I took an IQ test I scored a 148 and a 144. In the real world, that means absolutely JACK.

Marty, you are right. IQ tests are limited generally to only two scales: (1) verbal ability and (2) abstract reasoning & math. They do not check for musical ability, artistic ability, athletic ability, social ability, or leadership. IQ tests are limited and biased along language and cultural lines.

95th percentile on the GMAT (standardized with grad school hopefuls) correlates with 98th percentile in the general population. Mensa accepts the top 2% of the general population.

Check out Intertel, accepting only the top 1%. http://www.intertel-iq.org/" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Intertel's site lists other high-IQ societies.
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[Søren]

I do not believe that an IQ measurement is a definitive test of intelligence. As with everything else, the more you practice these kind of IQ tests - the better you become at solving them -> and you become more "intelligent".

And as also said in some of the other postings, there is certainly different kinds of intelligence. If somebody was smart enough, they would make an unbiased "overall" intelligence test.

[Kevin Hendrick]

... as also said in some of the other postings, there is certainly different kinds of intelligence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_ ... elligences