Based in Arlington, Texas, American Mensa is an organization open to anyone who scores in the top 2 percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. In addition to interacting online, members attend local and national events, join special interest groups that range from astronomy to yoga, and help out in their communities. The organization has more than 50,000 members in the United States and its protectorates.
Mensa's purposes are:
1) to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity;
2) to encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence; and
3) to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members.
The society's official objectives are:
to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members
to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity
to encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence
The society welcomes people from every walk of life whose IQ is in the top two per cent of the population, with the objective of enjoying each other's company and participating in a wide range of social and cultural activities.
Mensa is a not-for-profit society. Its purposes are to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity, encourage research into the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence, and to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members.
Membership is available to anyone who has an IQ in the top 2%, demonstrated by sitting the Mensa supervised test or through an accepted standard IQ test.
Mensa Australia is the branch of the society for residents or citizens of Australia