<p>I know that high IQ societies are generally scams that achieve nothing and provide no benefits to the subscriber, but would it look good on apps? </p>
<p>Could membership to the triple 9 society or cerebrals etc. boost my chances of acceptance?</p>
<p>I’m not talking ivies here</p>
<p>A membership in itself does not say much. Tons of people in the applicant pool would qualify. </p>
<p>It might be a meaningful EC if you were significantly involved in a club, high IQ or otherwise.</p>
<p>Just signing up is not enough.</p>
<p>how would tons of people in the applicant pool to schools like UT or Colorado etc. qualify for the top 99.9 or 99.7% of IQ scores?</p>
<p>Perhaps not for UT or Colorado. . . </p>
<p>However, a mere membership is not saying much.</p>
<p>I am not even saying I would make it, so don’t think I’m bragging or anything because I am not even in one of these scamming societies. I was just curious if it could count as a valuable award or honor?</p>
<p>would it be roughly the same weight as an NHS membership?</p>
<p>I’d guess that it would be a club membership, not an award.</p>
<p>or less valuable because it shows less commitment? Or more valuable because it is rarer?</p>
<p>I don’t think NHS has much merit for college admissions. I might be wrong, but it is a bit on the common side with variable membership criteria at different high schools.</p>
<p>well its like when you get national merit scholar it is an award but it is based off of a score. so the membership to such societies is based off of a score too, the otis-lennon test, see what I am saying</p>
<p>If you are interested in a high-IQ club, join one and try to be involved. See what opportunities there are. Follow your passions and let them shine.</p>
<p>So would IQ society > NHS?</p>
<p>This is what the SAT is for.</p>
<p>But the societies do not accept SAT scores so obviously they don’t believe it correlates with IQ…</p>
<p>passionate involvement in any club > NHS membership without passionate involvement</p>
<p>SAT does not = IQ test - - - those of us that have raised our scores with studying haven’t raised our IQs</p>
<p>
The SAT correlates with the various IQ tests just as well as they correlate with each other. One could easily raise their score on an IQ test by studying just like they could on the SAT, and use this to get into a high-IQ society.</p>
<p>good point lockn, maybe there is no credible method of quantifying intelligence yet.</p>
<p>Theoretically, at least, preparation would not permit someone to raise his IQ from 130 to 160, for example. Some preparation might help a bit, familiarity is always an advantage, but the accepted tests are validated and produce predictable results. The SAT is no longer accepted.</p>