Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site smu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!smu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Mensa and IQ tests Message-ID: <15100010@smu.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 15:14:00 EST Article-I.D.: smu.15100010 Posted: Sun Dec 30 15:14:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 01:10:57 EST Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #N:smu:15100010:000:375 Nf-From: smu!mcdonald Dec 30 14:14:00 1984 Perhaps I missed it... Has anyone pointed out here that Mensa membership is not necessarily based on IQ tests at all? They also accept top 2% scores on SAT, ACT, and several others. Many Mensa members don't even know their IQ scores. And if the College Board exams don't measure _something_ useful, an awful lot of organizations besides Mensa are in trouble. McD