American Mensa

Limited-time Offer on Admission Testing

Enjoy 50% off Local Group Testing and 10% off Private Testing for the month of October! Score at or above the 98^th percentile to be invited to join American Mensa.

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Prior Evidence Review

Qualify the quick, easy way by sending us evidence of scores from prior intelligence tests you've taken. For individuals younger than 14, this is the only way to qualify.

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Mensa Practice Test

Wondering if you're Mensa material? Take our Practice Test and you'll know in 30 minutes your likelihood of success on our official admission test.

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The American Mensa website will undergo maintenance starting on Saturday, October 5, at 10PM CDT and lasting a few hours.

During that time the website may not be available.

The American Dreams

Like most dreams, the American Dream is a yearning, a seeking, a striving somewhere over the rainbow. Dreams are difficult to define, and the American Dream is no exception.

Polka-Dot Brain

The mother of a child with disabilities knows: No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever turned it into a ramp — but there’s still reason to smile.

Lincoln 2.0

Could we build an artificial intelligence that could think, make decisions, and communicate like the man most regarded as our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln?

20th-Century Genius, 21st-Century Idiot

When I was 16, we were given the SAT exams. I scored so well that 15 or so years later, those scores got me into Mensa.

Theodore Talks 2024: TEDer Than Ever

Local Group books compelling experts for monthly interactive series open to all Mensa members, including talks with a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist, an authority on BBQ, a master distiller, and a host of others.

Readers Have Spoken! 2 Books Are Best of the Best

Voting has ended and the results of our 2024 Mensa For Kids’ Battle of the Books literary challenge are in! Find out which titles came out on top.

At-home Learning Resources for Kids

As the school season begins anew, here's a friendly reminder that the Mensa Foundation is here to help. MensaforKids.com features a curated lists of free and low-cost educational resources to enrich your child’s mind and ignite their excitement about learning.

National Events

Mensa Foundation Colloquium: Giftedness Across the Lifespan: Giftedness in the Workplace

The Mensa Foundation continues to better understand and support giftedness across the lifespan, focusing on the unique experiences, challenges, and opportunities that the neurodiverse face as they move through the contexts, ages, and stages of life.

Mind Games 2025

An annual tradition since 1990, Mind Games is a four-day board-game-judging marathon, during which the year’s five best new-to-market tabletop games are chosen and awarded the coveted Mensa Select^® seal. Join hundreds of tabletop fanatics for a long weekend of around-the-clock board gaming.

Annual Gathering 2024

The largest yearly confab of Mensans anywhere, the American Mensa Annual Gathering started as a small, two-day meet-and-greet at the New York Belmont in 1963. The event now spans five days and features a sprawl of talks, games, and entertainment unlike any other.

Local & Regional Events

Inquiring Minds: Lights, Camera, Chaos! Surviving and Thriving in a Very Crazy Business: Tales of a 35-Year Journey

October 19, 2024

No group assigned

Join us for this interactive session as we delve into Bob Presner's 35-year journey through the film and television industry.

Humans in Space

October 20, 2024

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Join us for a virtual presentation with Dr. Gary Kitmacher, a 44-year NASA veteran who will be speaking on topics ranging from space engineering to NASA's history to man's future in space.

Irish Mensa Lecture and Discussion

October 21, 2024

No group assigned

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