From the MENSA Website: "Membership of Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised."
The actual score for the top 2% depends upon the particular IQ test, how it is scored, and most importantly, how it is centered on the curve. On some tests, the 98% mark is approximately 130, on others, its 140, 145, 148, and even higher. Indeed, there is no precise definition of "genius," which is why the term is frowned upon in certain segments of the psychobabble community. "High IQ" is probably the better term.
“From the MENSA Website: ‘Membership of Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised.’”
Glad to see I got that right. The upper two percent of the population is slightly more than two standard deviations above the norm. Which is what I said in my last post. And which, as I said previously, is a little over 130 on the Wechsler scale.
And, although the term, as I said several times previously, isn't one with a formal definition, or one that is used technically, a “genius” is not typically thought to be someone with an IQ that measures a little better than two standard deviations above the norm.
Members of Mensa are not necessarily geniuses, although their measured IQ marks them out as at least generally bright folks.
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