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I joined Mensa when I was 15. I don't go to events often, but at that time I really needed to feel like I belonged, and so I remain a member. I follow a couple special interest groups, but especially now living in PA, I just don't feel like there is much going on locally that can drag me out of my apartment in order to socialize. The Triple Nine Society was a different issue. I joined TNS on the basis of my GRE scores mostly because my advisor called me into his office and told me I was too stupid to remain in mathematics. I don't know, what do you think? Mensa
Triple Nine Society While Mensa and TNS are the two high IQ societies that I belong to, there are many others. Why join a high IQ society? Well, each person is different. I needed a sense of belonging, and to prove my "worthiness" in the face of the doubt of someone supposed to be supporting me. Which one will you join, depends on you, and which one you can score high enough to get into.
Top 1% Society There are others, but this is a good spread of levels. For a more complete list visit Ultimate High IQ Societies List You'll notice from the list on this site that
there are A LOT of high IQ societies. It has been suggested to me
that there are so many of them because of the internal politics.
People with exceptionally high intelligence are sometimes poorly
socialized--so the argument goes--and while they need to reach out to
others like themselves, they are not able to work together, so the
societies fracture. It's possible that some of this plays a role,
but it's also true that many of the societies have different focuses...
some of them have more intellectual bents, some are more social. You
may wish to research the society you're interested in closely before you
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