# How many Dopers are Mensans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545 "2003-07-01T10:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/1 "2003-07-01T10:46:23Z")
The OP says it all… ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/2 "2003-07-01T10:57:35Z")
I certainly am not… where would one go to take the test, and isn’t there a membership fee? ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/3 "2003-07-01T11:19:44Z")
The membership fee is about 50 USD per annum. You can take the test at any of your local testing centres - contact your local mensa for details… ---
**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 1, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/4 "2003-07-01T11:35:57Z")
The fee IS the test. They figure if you’re dumb enough to pay it, you can’t be a member. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Antiquarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/5 "2003-07-01T12:27:25Z")
_raises hand_ [Boston Mensa](http://www.boston.us.mensa.org/) . Board member 01-03. ---
**Author:** ![Antiquarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/6 "2003-07-01T12:30:28Z")
**ChaoticDonkey** - the fee is $30. USD. Here is a link for [test sites](http://www.us.mensa.org/ttntestsites.php) around the country. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/7 "2003-07-01T13:08:25Z")
**Antiquarian** - I might know you. email me about last October 16th, Applecart Colloquium… Former Mensa BTW for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/8 "2003-07-01T13:12:50Z")
I’m not, but I was invited to join not long after I took my GRE. At the time they had some sort of policy where you could join based on your GRE results. Or maybe I still would have had to take a test from them. It was a long time ago and I don’t remember for sure. ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/9 "2003-07-01T13:21:02Z")
Yep, member of Mensa Switzerland here. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/10 "2003-07-01T13:41:04Z")
Used to be DC Mensa, but I saw no point in paying $45/year when I can hang with you guys for free. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/11 "2003-07-01T13:54:08Z")
Same reason here **gobear**. Why pay a fee. though I dropped out long before I discovered the SDMB. thanks for the weightlifting advice BTW. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/13 "2003-07-01T14:56:29Z")
Nope but I’ve been told I’m a real _menso_. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/14 "2003-07-01T15:02:48Z")
Like **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** , I also qualified for MENSA based on my GRE scores. (This was 10-15 years ago … maybe they have changed this policy.) Anyway, when a Mensan co-worker found out about my eligibility (I swear I wasn’t bragging!), she invited me to a meeting. Very boring. Didn’t join. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/15 "2003-07-01T15:22:07Z")
> [@](#): > > I am, and I’m sure 2% of the rest are, since that’s the guideline for getting in. Ah, but that’s 2% of the general population. The Doper population is heavily skewed toward the brainy, so I would suspect that a larger percentage of Dopers would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/16 "2003-07-01T15:24:23Z")
I was invited. No thanks. Why would I pay actual money to spend time with people who, IMO, tend to be self-righteous, holier-than-thou elitists? I do that in my own circle for free 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/17 "2003-07-01T15:27:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*Used to be DC Mensa, but I saw no point in paying $45/year when I can hang with you guys for free. \*\* Free? You guys get to be here for free? I’ve beed dashing off checks to the Reader all this time. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/18 "2003-07-01T17:10:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Free? You guys get to be here for free? I’ve beed dashing off checks to the Reader all this time. \*\* The _Reader_?!?!?!? Dammit, **dan** , I _told_ you, it’s **twickster** , c/o General Delivery… ---
**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 1, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/19 "2003-07-01T17:13:14Z")
Ah, now that you mensan it… This is why I get so little respect here! My checks have not reached their intended destination! ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/20 "2003-07-01T18:14:24Z")
A girl that I used to date is in the club and says that I should test in too, but I just don’t see the point of it. Paying to hang out with potentially boring people you haven’t met? I’d need a better reason. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545/21 "2003-07-01T19:43:30Z")
My kid just got his acceptance letter in the mail today. He qualified off of his IQ score. I singed him because I thought it was a cool thing for a 10 year old to belong to, and parental bragging rights and such. If I could ever find my IQ test, I would probably join myself, but I doubt that I would go take the their test or anything. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-mensans/185545.md?page=2)