Also-If i put Mensa Member on my resume-would it help me join a hedge fund.
2007-01-28 02:38:52 · 5 answers · asked by samdonalds 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
A) Yes. You have to score above a certian level on an IQ test. The exact score depends on the particular test, but it works out that Mensa only takes the top 2% of the IQ scores.
B) No. Four reasons for this.
1) It makes you look like an snobby idiot. There are 300,000,000 people in America. That means the top 2% work out to 6,000,000 people. There are a lot less than 6,000,000 Mensa Members. Not everyone who is smart enough to join does so. Pushing Mensa membership on your resume sort of implies that you are saying "I'm smarter than you are".
2) There are lot less than 6,000,000 people working on Wall Street, or as lawyers, or in any of the particular professons. With any job at that level it is simply ASSUMED that you are bright or you wouldn't be in the room.
3) Hard work counts for more than intelligence in the work place anyway.
4) My personal experinece with Mensa was that most of the people were very nice, but several of the ones I met didn't understand that I.Q. and understanding were not the same thing. They thought that a high IQ and several years of overeducation at a State University meant they were God's gift to the world. I used to say they had first rate mental hardware and third rate mental software.
I've met some very nice people who were in Mensa and didn't make a big deal about it. They were great folks. The ones I met who made a big deal about it tended to be pompus jerks. If you make a big deal about it (like putting it on your resume) most people will assume that you are in the latter camp and not the former.
2007-01-28 03:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Larry R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definitely agree with Larry. I've always thought that if you were smart enough to join Mensa, you were too smart to pay someone a hundred bucks a year to tell you you were smart.
I work with Ph.D. scientists every day, and I'm working on my own Ph.D. None of them have joined Mensa.
2007-01-28 04:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order....Yes, and No. If you put Mensa member on your resume, it would be fraud (I assume this because you are asking what Mensa is...meaning you are obviously not a member.
2007-01-28 02:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by wildraft1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes-they have to have a certain IQ in order to be eligible to join.
It depends on whether the member you have in mind would be able to give you a good reference.
2007-01-28 02:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by ambr123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you need is on the link below
http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10
2007-01-28 02:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by Emma K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋