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Permian Basin Gifted Children Chair:  Claudie Northcutt
Permian Basin Youth Activities Chair:  Shirley C. Volkmann

Testing and Admissions

Many parents are concerned that the American Mensa admissions procedure for children is a difficult one. Rest assured that the testing & admissions department will make the procedure as simple as possible.

All American Mensa testing and admissions procedures are done under the supervision of Dr. Abbie Salny, Supervisory Psychologist, American Mensa Ltd.

Admissions Procedures:

American Mensa offers a test battery to all candidates, provided they are 14 years of age or above. Persons 14 and above can opt to take the Mensa Admissions Test Battery, or if English is not their first language, they may request to take our Culture Free Test Battery. Request information or make arrangements for taking our test with the testing proctor. For specific questions regarding our test battery, you may contact the national testing and admissions manager.

  Otis Lennon
Stanford Binet
Cognitive Abilities Test
Test of Cognitive Skills
Woodcock-Johnson Intelligence Test
(not the Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test)

Score on the tests listed above must be at or above the 98 percent with an index of 132.

To submit evidence from any of the tests listed above, the test score must be in one of the following formats:
  Listed on a sealed school transcript
An original score report (include a SASE for safe return of the document)
A notarized copy of your original document

Many parents have their children tested by a school or private psychologist. Tests that are most commonly administered include:
  WPPSI
WISC-R
WISC-III
WAIS-R
WAIS-III
Mensa requires a Full Scale IQ of 130, at or above the 98 percent, on one of these tests in order to qualify for membership.

To submit evidence of testing given by either a private or school psychologist scores must be presented in the following format:
  Testing information must appear on psychologist/school district/clinic or agency letterhead.
  It must give:
Candidate's name
Date of test
Name of test
Full Scale IQ and/or percentile
The document must be signed by the Psychologist
Psychologist license number must appear on the document

 

Permian Basin Gifted Children Chair:  Claudie Northcutt
Permian Basin Youth Activities Chair:  Shirley C. Volkmann

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