# Apparently, almost all Dopers are eligible for Mensa

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953 "2003-07-03T04:53:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/81 "2003-07-04T13:27:57Z")

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> b)He really isn’t into being cool, and I am really glad our family’s control of American cultural influences includes very little exposure to the Simpsons, so he has never seen the slogan before.

Ah, but virtually everyone else has. Get your son the t-shirt by all means. I was forgetting he was 10.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/82 "2003-07-04T13:41:41Z")

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I think that t-shirt would be a good Mensa test, personally. If you get the joke, you’re in! If not, you’re not.

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**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/83 "2003-07-04T14:04:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mhendo \*  
> \*\*I found it. According to [this page](http://www.us.mensa.org/join_mensa/testscores.php3), the GRE requirement is:  
> prior to 5/94 (math + verbal): 1250
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> scored from 5/94 to 9/01 (math + verbal + analytic): 1875
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> effective 10/01: N/A  
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I’m in! Woohoo! My life is now complete. 😃

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/84 "2003-07-04T17:00:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by The Weak Force \*  
> \*\*It seems intuitive to me that intelligence not be measurable, at least in practice. \*\*

Well, that just shows how stupid you are.

😃

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**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/85 "2003-07-04T17:07:42Z")

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Mensies? My SO has been a member of that club since pooberty.

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**Author:** ![Nomadic\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Nomadic\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nomadic_One)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/86 "2003-07-04T17:45:34Z")

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hmm, well I have not taken a ICQ but I got a 21 on my ACTs… So im not sure how “qualified” I would be. I wonder if bad test taking is in my genes.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-almost-all-dopers-are-eligible-for-mensa/185953/87 "2003-07-04T17:55:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Nomadic\_One \*  
> \*\*hmm, well I have not taken a ICQ but I got a 21 on my ACTs… So im not sure how “qualified” I would be. I wonder if bad test taking is in my genes. \*\*

I have no idea what the ACT is, but according to [Mensa](http://www.us.mensa.org/join_mensa/testscores.php3), you need the following to qualify:

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> **ACT Composite**
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> prior to 9/89: 29
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> effective 9/89: N/A

So, if you tool the ACT after September 1989, it wouldn’t qualify you for Mensa no matter how high your score.

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