<p>Just wondering whether cornell cares about AMC/AIME?
i scored 120 on AMC 9/15 on the AIME which did not qualify me for USAMO but is considered really good i think....do cornell engineering care?? i mean..do the adcoms even know what it is and the significance of the scores?? if so, should i put it under academic honors?</p>
<p>Does being a member in MENSA make a difference?? Mensa means top 2 percentile of intelligence...i just checked mensa, and i know i m eligible becoz i scored 150 on my IQ test scale (the cut is 130)... if not..should I at least submit an IQ test report?</p>
<p>Mensa is irrelevant (and I say this as a Mensa member). Cornell is also not, I expect, interested in your IQ unless it were off the charts. 150 (depending on test) is high mean for student body of schools of its caliber. If your achievement does not measure up, providing it would also likely be seen as a negative. Because Mensa also let's you back door to membership through achievement tests, it would be a rare Cornellian who did not qualify.</p>
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150 (depending on test) is high mean for student body of schools of its caliber. If your achievement does not measure up, providing it would also likely be seen as a negative. Because Mensa also let's you back door to membership through achievement tests, it would be a rare Cornellian who did not qualify
<p>I received a 140 on the Mensa and a 145 from the International High IQ society, but there is absolutely no chance that I would be accepted at Cornell (1350 SAT 3.6 GPA). So, to answer your question, probably not.</p>
<p>Not quite sure what triggered that almost guttural response, but it is in fact the case. Mensa let's you in based on scoring in the top 2% on any of the Princeton administered tests, SAT's, LSAT's, etc. and may have other avenues as well.</p>
<p>I know Mensa really doesn't affect getting into college.
But you can only get through by taking one of their IQ tests, not by SAT etc. Now I'm not going to argue the validity of their tests, but since that is what Mensa is based on, it certainly cannot be considered "backdoor." </p>
<p>Additionally, I am willing to bet that well over 50% of cornell students cannot qualify for Mensa. Getting into college and getting a good score on one of those IQ tests are two completely different things.</p>
<p>Ok, im not going to post after this, but as bearcats stated, they dont accept it after a certain year (im not sure if it was 1989)
this was because it was previously thought of as an IQ test</p>
<p>Mensa dropped the SAT as an option for acceptance a long time ago. From their Website:</p>
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Membership in 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. There is no other qualification or disqualification for membership eligibility.</p>
<p>The term "IQ score" is widely used but poorly defined. There are a large number of tests with different scales. The result on one test of 132 can be the same as a score 148 on another test. Some intelligence tests don't use IQ scores at all. Mensa has set a percentile as cutoff to avoid this confusion. Candidates for membership in Mensa must achieve a score at or above the 98th percentile (a score that is greater than or equal to 98 percent of the general population taking the test) on a standard test of intelligence.</p>
<p>Generally, there are two ways to prove that you qualify for Mensa: either take the Mensa test, or submit a qualifying test score from another test. There are a large number of intelligence tests that are "approved". More information on whether a test you have taken is approved, as well as information on the procedure for taking the Mensa test, can be obtained from the nearest Mensa office. There are no on-line tests that can be used for admission to Mensa. Feel free to contact Mensa for specific details about eligibility.