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Selected Entrance Criteria for High IQ Societies


Direct Links to Entrance Requirement Pages
Percentile
GRE (V = Verbal, Q = Quantitative, A = Analytical)
SAT (V = Verbal, M = Math
15 S.D. IQ
16 S.D. IQ
Mensa
98
Prior to 5/94 (Q + V) 1250. Effective 5/94 (Q + V + A) 1875. Effective 10/01 N/A
scored prior to 9/30/74 1300, scored from 9/30/74 through 1/31/94 1250, scored after 1/31/94 N/A
130
132
Top One Percent Society
99
1300 V + Q (till 5/94) not taken after 9/2001
1300 (but 1360 after 1995)
135
137
Intertel
99
1300 V + Q
prior to 1993 only, V + M 1375
135
136
Colloquy
99.5
700 V, 790 Q, 770 A, 1470 Q+A
prior to 4/95 1360. SAT-I (recentered) 4/95 & later 1420.
139
141
Poetic Genius Society
99.5
95th %ile V
97th %ile V
139
141
Direct Links to Entrance Requirement Pages
Percentile
GRE (V = Verbal, Q = Quantitative, A = Analytical)
SAT (V = Verbal, M = Math
15 S.D. IQ
16 S.D. IQ
One-in-a-Thousand Society
99.9
1460 V+Q (until 5/94), 2180 V+Q+A (6/94 until 9/01), not taken after 9/2001 
1450 V + M (but 1520 after 1995)
147
150
International Society for Philosophical Enquiry
99.9
1460 V+Q, 2180 V+Q+A until Sep. 2001
taken prior to April 1995 recentering: 1450 V+M, 1520 V+M Apr. 1995 — Feb. 2005
146 (Full IQ)
151
Triple Nine Society
99.9
1460 V + Q through May 1994.
2180 V + Q + A June 1994 through Sept 2001.
Not accepted from October 2001 on.
1450 V + M prior to April 1995.  1520 April 1995 thru Feb 2005
146
149
Glia High IQ Society
99.9
1490 V+Q before Oct. 2002
1470 before April 1995
146.2
149.3
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Direct Links to Entrance Requirement Pages
Percentile
GRE (V = Verbal, Q = Quantitative, A = Analytical)
SAT (V = Verbal, M = Math
15 S.D. IQ
16 S.D. IQ
Prometheus Membership Officer Page
99.997
1600 (V+Q) Taken before 1 October 1981
1560 Taken before 1 April 1995
160
164
The Official Mega Society Home Page
99.9999
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176
Giga Society
99.9999999
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196

An example of a 15 S.D. (Standard Deviation) IQ test is the Wechsler and an example of a 16 S.D. IQ test is the Stanford-Binet (up to the 4th Edition). Note that the Stanford-Binet 5 now has a 15 S.D.  See the IQ Basics page if you have no idea what a standard deviation or a percentile is.

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