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Making an attempt?  If you didn't have it already, you can't post here.

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For the MENSA test, not the Intellectual test.

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Quote: from jamesish at 7:33 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Making an attempt? If you didn't have it already, you can't post here.

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For the MENSA test, not the Intellectual test.

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this... i guess i coulda made that a little clearer

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Quote: from SgtPatches at 5:34 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Quote: from jamesish at 7:33 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Making an attempt?  If you didn't have it already, you can't post here.

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 For the MENSA test, not the Intellectual test.

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this... i guess i coulda made that a little clearer

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Thanks.  You had me a little confused.

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I've never taken the Mensa test, but I do have a whole laundry list of intellectual accomplishments (Dean's Lists, NHS, studying at Oxford, 3.5-3.8 GPA from high school on, etc.). I've found that in my job hunting in the past three years, not one of my employers cared that I'd made the Dean's List in college. They all wanted to know how much experience I had in any given field (healthcare, office management, sales, advertising, etc.).

So that's just been my experience. Obviously, ymmv, but I don't know many people who would consider you more for a position because of your Mensa membership than someone who didn't have that membership but had more experience.

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Although it did tell me my IQ, which is the only good thing about having taken it.

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I applied to MENSA when I was 10, and never got in. I really couldn't care less, even then. I think it's such a pretentious society - and honestly, all it proves is that you're good at the kind of questions they ask on that test.

Although it did tell me my IQ, which is the only good thing about having taken it.

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That tends to be the problem with standardized testing...someone could be an absolute genius, but if they don't have a specific aptitude for the type of questions being asked, they're seen as a moron.

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