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"george" <gblack@hnpl.net> wrote in message
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> On May 31, 11:28 am, "ctyguy" <cty...@hotcoolmail.com> wrote:
>> "george" <gbl...@hnpl.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1180557867.093098.269080@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...> On May 31,
>> 1:47 am, "Tom Sr." <tomswif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> I am in the 98th percentile with an IQ of 131. It places me in the
>> >> "Very Superior" classification. It also means, if I bothered to, I
>> >> could join Mensa.
>>
>> > Riiiight.
>> > However if you really were as you claim you'd know that IQs
>> > are not reported as a definite number but rather over a range..
>>
>> No, all IQ tests result in a number. The are other tests Mensa will
>> accept,
>> i.e. GCT from the military, an example, but still is based on numbers.
>>
>> You may be thinking of: "the only qualification for Mensa Membership is
>> a
>> score at or above the 98th percentileof any of a number of standardized
>> intelligence tests", but still based on specific numbers.
>
> In a word.
> No!
>
LOL I've been a member of Mensa for umpteen years. You need the number to
join or there would be no way of placing you within the qualifying
percentile.
news:1180642289.775475.63180@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On May 31, 11:28 am, "ctyguy" <cty...@hotcoolmail.com> wrote:
>> "george" <gbl...@hnpl.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1180557867.093098.269080@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...> On May 31,
>> 1:47 am, "Tom Sr." <tomswif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> I am in the 98th percentile with an IQ of 131. It places me in the
>> >> "Very Superior" classification. It also means, if I bothered to, I
>> >> could join Mensa.
>>
>> > Riiiight.
>> > However if you really were as you claim you'd know that IQs
>> > are not reported as a definite number but rather over a range..
>>
>> No, all IQ tests result in a number. The are other tests Mensa will
>> accept,
>> i.e. GCT from the military, an example, but still is based on numbers.
>>
>> You may be thinking of: "the only qualification for Mensa Membership is
>> a
>> score at or above the 98th percentileof any of a number of standardized
>> intelligence tests", but still based on specific numbers.
>
> In a word.
> No!
>
LOL I've been a member of Mensa for umpteen years. You need the number to
join or there would be no way of placing you within the qualifying
percentile.