From:	shadowrn@*********.com (Justin Bell)
Subject:	Yourself as a contact
Date:	Fri Mar 8 17:05:05 2002

At 10:22 AM 3/8/2002 -0600, Mark M. Smith wrote:
>At 3/8/02 01:56 PM, you wrote:
>> >I always figured IQ's for even very smart people were lower than that, like
>> >around 140-150, with 160+ being really rare.
>>
>>Yep. 170 or 180 counts as 'genius'. You've got to have over 140 to be
>>eligible for MENSA. Etc.
>
>140 for Mensa now? Wow... assuming they go by the test I'm assuming they
>do that's a bit lower than I would have assumed. Time to finally get out
>and apply.

No, Mensa does not use IQ tests as a gauge, because they are all varied.
They use a percentile test, not sure of the specifics, but you must score
in the top 2%
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Justin Bell
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