What is a Mensa community and how to get there

Mensa - a community of people who have passed the IQ test better than 98% of the rest of the world's population. In this article we will talk about the organization and how to get it, if you think you deserve it.

What is Mensa

I can not think of a better way to explain what is of Mensa, than to compare it to Alcoholics Anonymous. That's just instead of alcoholics are the smartest people whose IQ out of the ordinary.

Initially, the community wanted to name Mens (lat. "mind"). But then it was decided to change the name to Mensa, which translates from Latin as "table" or "feast." The community was created in 1948 to support smart people intelligence research and its nature.

The creators wanted to give the community an opportunity to develop intellectuals and communicating with the same smart people. Despite the fact that the society was sufficiently selective in terms of the recruitment of new members, the number of Mensa members are now more than 110,000.

Mensa's agencies exist in 50 countries. Russia and Ukraine are not included in their number, so in order to pass the test, will have to go to another country. On the basis of the test results it will be decided whether or not you can join the community.

How to get into Mensa

Pre-test your intelligence, you can use this test in English. It is similar to the one that will need to go on a job interview. In order to answer the 30 questions given 30 minutes. Questions involve logical thinking and deduction skills.

If you earn at least 25 correct answers out of 30, which means that you can try to pass the real test. Since no Mensa representative in Russia and Ukraine, have to go abroad. For example, taking a test in Great Britain It costs 25 pounds. In the event that you pass the test at 148 points or higher will be able to use the test results as evidence when entering into Mensa.

Why do it

At a minimum, you must seduce the opportunity to talk with some of the smartest people in the world. Mensa holds annual meeting, but its members are much more common and organized clubs. Moreover, the interests of the community is very diverse. In the US, for example, there is a club of motorcyclists and groups whose interests the business operations.

It is believed that the community members - arrogant snobs who aristocratic drink wine and spoke about the near ordinary fellows. According to the actual members of the community, it is not so. For instance, Paul Artois (Paul Artois) joined Mensa, when he was 12 years old. He says that since he left a good impression:

Mensa - is an organization for people with an IQ higher than 98% of the general population. By removing the criterion, you get the usual people who are no different from the rest. They also raise their children, go to work and spend time with loved ones.

Another member of Mensa, sreya Goyal (Shrey Goyal), notes that the club often holds meetings not to discuss the serious and urgent issues, and to go to a cafe and eat. But during these gatherings, says sreya, have the opportunity to talk with people whose views on life, philosophy, politics, and religion is very, very interesting.

It turns out that Mensa - it is rather a club of educated people than geniuses. Enter the 2% smartest people - the prestigious, but not so unique. Membership in Mensa - is a cause for pride, but also a great opportunity to find people with similar interests.