<p>Would including that you are a member of Mensa in your application increase your chances?</p>
<p>I think many of the accepted students at top schools can be accepted to Mensa. I’m a member of Mensa and the Triple Nine Society, which require 135 IQ and 150IQ respectively. I think the Triple Nine Society may be worth putting on the application because my IQ puts me in the 99.9987 percentile… getting into Mensa only puts you in the 98th percentile…</p>
<p>So did you put 999 on your app and did it do any good?</p>
<p>What if your IQ is 162 top 0.003%, is that worth mentioning. Would a top school be that interested.</p>
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<p>No, it’s a bad idea.</p>
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<p>But the Triple Nine Society requires a score in the 99.9th percentile, so how would they know that your IQ is in the 99.9987th percentile?</p>
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<p>He or she wouldn’t know whether something helped or not.</p>
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<p>Mention achievements. Colleges already ask about the test scores that they are interested in. If they wanted to know your IQ, they would ask. Volunteering it could very easily come off as arrogant.</p>
<p>I know I got into Triple Nine and I know what my IQ is - that’s how I know my exact percentile.</p>
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<p>Perhaps you misread my question:</p>
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<p>Don’t put it on your application. Colleges care about what you do with your intelligence – your grades, scores, class rank, and ECs. They don’t care about what your IQ is.</p>
<p>Mensa is garbage because it is only 98th percentile. I know that ACT/SAT doesn’t directly correlate with IQ, but at many private schools, over 50-75% of the students score above 99.9% percentile (33 ACT/~2300)</p>
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<p>2300 is below the 99.9th percentile, and 33 isn’t even in the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>The SAT does not correlate with IQ, so attempting to find a SAT score that equates to a 99.9th percentile IQ is meaningless.</p>
<p>As for your question, they may or may not know my exact percentile. It depends on whether they have calculated it. I took the Stanford-Binet test and sent my score report to Triple Nine.</p>
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<p>No, there is a positive correlation.</p>
<p>For the old SAT, prior to 2005. The correlation between the new SAT and IQ is largely minimal - a if you get a 2390 or a 2400 in the SAT, it doesn’t mean your IQ is 150+.</p>
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<p>The tests (i.e., the new SAT and the old one) are so similar that the correlation would not be significantly reduced.</p>
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<p>Well of course it doesn’t “mean” that, but that is far from saying that the “SAT does not correlate with IQ.”</p>
<p>Perception need not be reality. I was staying at a hotel that was hosting a regional Mensa meeting. Bunch of overweight guys and gals that looked like they don’t own combs were sitting around playing board games. 12 hours later, I’m back at the hotel where it didn’t look like anyone had moved other than to visit the loo. So, if an admissions officer has the same perception I do, you might just want to leave that tidbit off.</p>
<p>well, the atmosphere here got a little tense. anyways, im not even a mensa member, just was asking… chill… and thank you in advance, for your replies. I got the point</p>