![]() The test has different sections, one dealing with numbers, one with words, one with diagrams and one with situational logic. To put it into perspective, I live in Cambridge, where most of the students would score at or above that level. A score above 148 on Cattell III B is required for admission into Mensa. Mensa normally uses the Cattell III B or occasionally the Cattell III A culture fair tests. Some years ago I co-authored three books on IQ with my colleague Dr Eamonn Butler, and we even devised and standardized a new IQ test to accompany them. ![]() In Britain that would cover more than a million people, so it is not all that exclusive. The level required for admission into Mensa is the top 2 percent of IQ scores. The society publicized them to help boost applications and membership. ![]() ![]() It is not, as the BBC tells us, “a perfect score.” Nor is it true that “a score above 140 is considered to be that of a genius.” During the 13 years when I was Secretary of Mensa similar stories cropped up every few years. This time it’s Neha Ramu, a 13 year-old who has joined Mensa with an IQ score of 162. It’s a remake of a familiar story that surfaces periodically. ![]()
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