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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

R is for ROSES. Non-traditional MAXICARD with a greeting card and an AMERICAN MENSA pictorial postmark showing a rose

R is for ROSES. Non-traditional MAXICARD with a greeting card and an AMERICAN MENSA pictorial postmark showing a rose.
"Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world.[2][3][4] It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[5][6] Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[7]
Mensa (play /ˈmɛnsə/; Latin: [ˈmensa]) means "table" in Latin, as is symbolized in the organization's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organization; the coming together of equals."

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Membership requirement

Mensa's only requirement for membership is that one score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardised IQ or other approved intelligence tests, such as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. Because different tests are scaled differently, it is not meaningful to compare raw scores between tests, only percentiles. For example, the minimum accepted score on the Stanford-Binet is 132, while for theCattell it is 148.[8] But most IQ tests are designed to yield a mean score of 100 with a standard deviation of 15; the 98th-percentile score under these conditions is 130.82.
Mensa also has its own application exam, and some national groups offer alternative batteries of culture-fair, non-language tests. These exams are proctored by Mensa and do not provide a quantified score; they serve only to qualify a person for membership. In some national groups, a person may take a Mensa offered test only once, although one may later submit an application with results from a different qualifying test.[8] For some national Mensa groups, such as American Mensa, having a high enough score on some graduate school admissions exams is enough to qualify for Mensa membership.[8]"


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2 comments:

  1. Mensa and roses make an atypical but interesting combination. Thanks for visiting my post.

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  2. U B 1 smart cookie.

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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