>>13424777Because you got lucky 7 trips I will answer your question the best I can.
In America, Mensa (which is not an acronym, Mensa doesn't need to be capitalized) uses two tests to qualify potential members. The tests are called the RAIT (The Reynolds Adaptable Intelligence Test) and the Wonderlic. The Wonderlic, although interesting, is the inferior of the two. Composed of mostly verbal items and math type questions, the Wonderlic is decent but not the most accurate measure for assessing exceptional ability. It is taken at exceptional speed, 50 items in 12 minutes. RAIT is quite different from what you usually see online. It's made up of 3 sections: crystallized knowledge, fluid reasoning, and quantitative reasoning. In these there are 7 subtests you complete in around 50 minutes, some being very fast (47 items in 3 minutes at its quickest [the items are matching people to a key, so it's not as bad as it sounds and it's all on one page]) and others being more relaxed (37 items in 10 minutes at its most relaxed) in their pacing. This is okay because it was standardized such that even if extra time is given on the sections it doesn't increase the score of examinee, even those with ADHD.
The subtests consist of completing nonverbal analogies, sequences of figures, identification of people you learn about in school, identification of antonyms, identification of odd-ball words, and various math problems along with sequences of integers. The score you get on these will be different from the scores you get on online tests because they are faster and harder and more complex.
>Is it even worth attempting to join MENSA?I am not in Mensa, however I know a bit about them, and I would say no. Not because it's expensive or anything, but because I don't think you'll find anything there that you simply couldn't find through online networking or chats or 4skin.ogre planks.
That being said, if you want to socialize with intelligent people, you should look in intelligent places.
