I. High IQ Society definition II. Goals and activity ways IIIa-b. Membership: admission requirements, costs and number IV. Accepted IQ tests V. Examples of High IQ Societies VI. Other info sources

1. High IQ Societies
Piotr Piotrowski
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2. Presentation plan
 I. High IQ Society definition
 II. Goals and activity ways
 IIIa-b. Membership: admission requirements, costs
and number
 IV. Accepted IQ tests
 V. Examples of High IQ Societies
 VI. Other info sources
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3. I. High IQ Society characteristic
„A high IQ society is an organization that limits
its membership to people who are within a
certain high percentile of intelligence quotient
(IQ) test results.”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_IQ_society
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4. II. Goals and activity ways
• „forum for intellectual exchange among its
members”:
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discussion forums,
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journals,
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meetings,
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society promotion,
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serve as society officer and volunteer
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applicants proposals
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promotion members achievements
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make connections to external world & provide consultants
Source: http://www.mensa.org, http://www.thethousand.com,
http://www.5eca.com/
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5. IIIa. Membership issues –
admission requirements
• appropriately high IQ certified by accepted
tests
• (exceptional creative achievement)
• (education)
• ethical requirements and excellent moral
character
Source: http://www.5eca.com/requirements
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6. IIIb. Membership issues – costs
and members numbers
Society Fees Members
International High 16-129$ 12,600
IQ Society
Mensa 60$ 110,000
International
Intertel 44-162$ 1,200
ISPE 37-65$ 650
Prometheus 20-30$ 65
Society
Mega Society 2$ 26
Giga Society - 7
Source: http://www.polymath-systems.com/intel/hiqsocs/hiqsocs1.html
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7. IV. Accepted IQ tests
Time Limited Time Unlimited
Supervised Unsupervised
IQ tests accepted by different societes:
http://www.polymath-systems.com/intel/hiqsocs/hiqsocs3.html
IQ results in different scales (e.g. 147 in Wechsler):
http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/iqscores/150.html
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8. V. Examples of high IQ societies
 International High IQ society (top 5,5%, 1/18, 124)
 Mensa International (top 2%, 1/50, 130)
 Intertel (top 1%, 1/100, 135)
 ISPE (top 0,1%, 1/1000, 146)
 Prometheus Society (top 0,003%, 1/30000, 160)
 Mega Society (top 0,0001%, 1/10 6, 171)
 Giga Society (top 0,0000001%, 1/10 9, 190)
 Other societies list at http://www.psiq.org/,
http://www.iqsocieties.com/
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9. VI. Questions, Sources and
Contact with Presenter
 Additional info:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_IQ_society
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http://www.iqsocieties.com/
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http://www.psiq.org/
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http://www.polymath-systems.com/intel/hiqsocs/inde
 Have you got any questions?
Piotr Piotrowski
falowkas@wp.pl
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