If you think you’d like to be a
member of American Mensa, the high IQ society, but you’re nervous
about arriving at the Mensa Admissions Test session unprepared,
Piedmont Area Mensa and American Mensa have the solution for you.
Using a combination of the Mensa Home Test and The IQ Answer
by Dr. Frank Lawlis, you’ll find yourself better equipped to answer
the questions on the Mensa Admission Test, and you may even improve
your score.
“The Mensa Home Test is a great way for a person to practice
test-taking while having fun at the same time,” says Pam Donahoo,
Executive Director of American Mensa. “It will also give you an idea
of the kind of questions you may see on the Mensa Admissions Test. If
you’re one of those people who likes to prepare, the Mensa Home Test
is an inexpensive and effective way to go.”
While the Mensa Home Test is not mandatory for membership and can not be
used as a qualifying test result to join, it does engage the brain,
and it gives the test-taker an understanding of what to expect from
American Mensa's supervised test.
The Mensa
Home Test can be scored only if it is taken in its entirety,
including the English-language-based verbal section*. Once you
complete the Mensa Home Test and send it to the National Office, it
will be scored, honestly and privately, and you then will receive a
letter recommending whether or not you should sit for the supervised
test.
The Mensa Home Test
can be purchased from Piedmont Area Mensa for $15 (a $3 discount off
the price of a test purchased from American Mensa).** The price
of the Mensa Home Test includes confidential scoring. To purchase the Mensa Home Test, for
more information about the Mensa Admissions Test, or to find out
when an upcoming Mensa Admissions Test session will be scheduled in the Upstate, please
contact Piedmont Area Mensa's Proctor Coordinator, Ike Kullman, e-mail
, telephone (864) 605-1494.
Additionally, The IQ Answer,
authored by
by Dr. Frank Lawlis, American Mensa's Supervisory Psychologist, is filled with tips and tactics
on how to prepare yourself mentally and physically for an IQ exam in
order to maximize your score. In the book, Dr. Lawlis reveals proven
methods, like breathing exercises and diet changes, that will help
your brain reach its IQ potential. The IQ Answer is a great
gift item and can be found at
www.barnesandnoble.com and at
www.amazon.com.
Whether
you're considering the Mensa Home Test for your sixth-grade class or
your sixth-floor marketing department, you should consider the
volume discount. With American Mensa's volume discounts on Mensa
Home Tests, corporations can take advantage of a great opportunity
for an unusual and challenging team-building exercise. Also,
teachers can test their class members to garner interest for gifted
and talented programs and sometimes just for the fun of seeing if
their students qualify. Contact our Proctor Coordinator, Ike Kullman,
for more information.
* Mensa
does offer a culture-fair, language-free test for admission. The
English-language section included in the Mensa Home Test might not
show a true indication of the abilities of some applicants who might
qualify for a Mensa's culture-fair admissions test. Please contact Proctor
Coordinator Ike Kullman for information about culture-fair testing.
** The Mensa Home Test can only be purchased with a valid U.S.
address. If you are not currently living in the United States or its
protectorates, you may wish to contact
Mensa International for more
information on pre-testing in your country.
