MENSA Test

Why are you taking a Mensa test?

Reply 2

You take two tests: Cattell B and Culture Fair. First tests linguistic ability and lateral thinking and the second tests visual/spatial awareness (it's called culture fair because you don't need to have any knowledge of language to do it).

You sit in a room with about 10 other people, two testers, and you just work through the test under supervision, and it's timed. It's not that hard.

You find out a couple of weeks later :smile:

Reply 3

Laith

To see what my IQ is and out of interest. I don't really want to go to many meetings though! :smile:

Urgh, no.

Reply 4

pinkpenguin

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I took one when I was 7. Got in too.

It was a problem based test. Nothing too dificult if I remember.

But I probably took a kiddies one so it doesn't really count!

Reply 5

yawn

Laith

To see what my IQ is and out of interest.! :smile:

Ask your school for the results of your cognitive ability tests. Doesn't cost anything... :p:

Reply 6

Laith

What does it mean by lateral thinking?

Is each test 1 hr 15 mins roughly?

As in, "x is to y as z is to ?" or "what's the next picture in the series.

I can't remember how long it was to be honest! It was a few years ago now.

Reply 7

Laith

Ah ok. And the linguistic tests are 'what three letter word can be added to the front of these to make another word?'

For the visual / spatial awareness, is that more mathematically based? I hope so!

I can't actually remember. It's that kind of thing though, yes.

It's not mathsy, but let say you have 4 pictures where dots move around. What's the 5th in the sequence, etc.

Reply 8

well i took mine ten years ago but as far as i can remember you don't need to know anything. it's just like the initial exam, but longer, and it's just like those "here's a cube, which of these is the same cube from another angle" things you always get on facebook iq tests. it's not like it's hard. no worries :biggrin:

Reply 9

pinkpenguin

I took one when I was 7. Got in too.

My sister's school make her year 7 class take this test at the end of the year - almost 80%+ of the students get into MENSA - and thats not b/c it is a genius school by any means, just your bog standard....

Reply 10

Inter-Company

My sister's school make her year 7 class take this test at the end of the year - almost 80%+ of the students get into MENSA - and thats not b/c it is a genius school by any means, just your bog standard....

Given that Mensa's remit is to accept the top 2% of the bell curve of IQ, that's unlikely. Or the childrens' test is easier.

Reply 11

pinkpenguin

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Inter-Company

My sister's school make her year 7 class take this test at the end of the year - almost 80%+ of the students get into MENSA - and thats not b/c it is a genius school by any means, just your bog standard....

Yeah, I getcha.

Didn't really know what I was doing at the time. Parents said 'do this!' and, being the loser I am, I just did it.

Reply 12

that's weird. why would parents or schools want you to do it. it makes no difference to anything.

Reply 13

pinkpenguin

Yeah, I getcha.

Didn't really know what I was doing at the time. Parents said 'do this!' and, being the loser I am, I just did it.

exactly - the school's 'reason' is to build points on the CV and UCAS et al

Reply 14

employers and ucas don't give a flying **** if you're in mensa!

Reply 15

Noémie

employers and ucas don't give a flying **** if you're in mensa!

exactly!

seriously, if anything, it makes you look a lot more pompous - but hey, try telling her school that

Reply 16

i wonder why i did join.
the magazine's ****.
there's no good clubs, and even if there were they're all about 60 years old in them.
the teenager's magazine leaves much to be desired, and is just filled with geeks trying to look cool.

i forgot i was in mensa. that says a lot about me.

Reply 17

ashy

Given that Mensa's remit is to accept the top 2% of the bell curve of IQ, that's unlikely. Or the childrens' test is easier.

well they do a different test to the one for adults (I think MENSA have a couple of different 'age' range tests)

tbf, I did the adult MENSA test and got in, and I'm not just saying this humbly, I don't think I'm anywhere near the top 2% level - the test is a just a logic/puzzle type thing

I should really find the time to go to one of there meetings ha..........

Reply 18

yeah i did the adult test when i was 9. it's nothing to do with age, unless you're like 6 or something.

Reply 19