American Mensa

Limited-time Only: Admission Testing

Enjoy 10% off Private Testing now through Feb. 28! 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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How the World Woos

Dating customs across the globe range from flirty whistles to Zulu beadwork to matchmaking markets in Shanghai. Learn how to woo your way around the world.

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?

Mensa for Kids' Excellence in Reading

To encourage the joy of reading, the Mensa Foundation has developed the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program. Earn a commemorative certificate in recognition of your outstanding achievement and get an Excellence in Reading T-shirt, too!

Discover Mensa Experiences: Our Newest Members-Only Perk

Save up to 60% on theme parks, hotels, concerts, movie tickets, and more! As a Mensa member, you can now enjoy access to exclusive savings through our Mensa Experiences program. We've partnered with MemberDeals to bring you members-only savings on some of the world’s greatest entertainment and travel brands!

2025 Theodore Talks: Getting TEDer All the Time

This free monthly interactive series offers talks with a Principal Investigator for Zooniverse, an authority on Chicago's culinary scene, a blues musician and historian, along with a host of others.

National Events

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 2025

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.

Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2025

The Mensa Foundation hosts and supports Colloquiums to encourage and expand learning, research, and intelligence. This year's Colloquium will explore the core distinctions between human and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on what uniquely defines human cognition.

Local & Regional Events

The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms and Our Minds

February 23, 2025

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Join San Francisco Regional Mensa via Zoom on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4:30 p.m. (CST) as Benyamin Cohen, journalist and award-winning author of The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms and Our Minds, gives us a fascinating and funny overview of history's favorite genius, and explains why he still matters.

Theodore Talk -- Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites

February 23, 2025

No group assigned

In Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites, authors Monica Eng and David Hammond will discuss lesser-known mom-n'-pop places that serve more affordable – but no less satisfying – food to tens of thousands of Chicagoans every day.

Carolinah Regional Gathering

March 7, 2025

Piedmont Area Mensa

And now for something almost but not quite completely different — PAMalot: The Meaning of Life of Brain, Live at Drury Inn. Join us for a weekend of Pythonesque (it's a real word, look it up) entertainment. You won't be able to swing a dead parrot without hitting a presenter, game, or trivia event. Just don't expect the Spanish Inquisition.