American Mensa

Admission Testing

Schedule an Admission Test with a Local Group and 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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Limited-time Offer: Half-price Mensa Practice Test

Wondering if you're Mensa material? Enjoy 50% off our Practice Test if you purchase by Aug. 24. You'll know in 30 minutes your likelihood of success on our official admission test.

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The Art of Mystery/The Mystery of Art

A mother-son duo with a taste for mystery take their whodunit graphic novel from the kitchen table to Comic-Con.

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.

Mensa Eyewear Collection

Be smart. Look brilliant. Mensa Members can look sharp and save with the Mensa Eyewear Collection. See and be seen with exclusive designs from Readingglasses.com and Mensans. Explore the collection now!

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 Winners

After nearly four days of brain-busting, dice-rolling fun at the 2025 Mind Games® competition, American Mensa and its members have crowned seven tabletop games with the coveted Mensa Select® seal. Curious who made the cut? Check out the most clever games of 2025!

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

An Overview of Forensic Psychology (Live & Via Zoom)

August 16, 2025

Southeast Michigan Mensa

Join us as forensic psychologist Dr. Jack Haynes leads us in an examination of the nature and scope of forensic psychology and its application in both civil and criminal contexts. Methods and challenges will be discussed with a special focus on legal cases involving competency and criminal responsibility (insanity), with case examples.

Irish Mensa Lecture & Discussion: The Future of Immunity

August 18, 2025

No group assigned

Knowledge has led to immune-based therapies that would have seemed like science fiction to our grandparents: monoclonal antibodies, T-cell therapies, anti-cancer vaccines, precision immune suppression – the list is endless. In this lecture, we look to the future and ask, "What next for immunity?"

Theodore Talk - Spotting the Signs & Preventing Child Sex Trafficking

August 24, 2025

No group assigned

This Theodore Talk will focus on how children are lured into the dark world of sex trafficking and exploitation. Attendees will identify the dangers of technology, including strategies used by child predators, discover how to identify a child in trouble and learn some best practices on how to be a child's trusted adult or a trusted child advocate.