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From: geb@cadre.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Mensa and elitism
Message-ID: <114@cadre.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Dec-84 17:20:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 22 17:20:57 1984
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Mensa isn't in the same category as Phi Beta Kappa.  One is
an honorary which is given to university students for high
grades.  Very few go to more than the first meeting, those
who continue active in it are either deans or indeed have
mensa tendencies.  Mensa has to be sought out.  No accomplishment
is necessary, other than having taken an IQ test.  Phi Beta
Kappa is mainly useful for resumes.  Anyone who puts Mensa
membership on their resume should have their head examined,
as they should be able to see from the high level of hostility
of the net people.  Certainly Phi Beta Kappa and the like
are anachronisms also nowadays, since really they count for
very little in my experience, since grades, standard exam
scores and references are more easily interpreted in evaluating
a candidate for graduate or meical schoo.