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Mensa Qualifying Scores: Which Test Results Get You In

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Checked on 2 November 2026: compiled with AI from the official sites listed in the sources, each figure confirmed by two separate searches of the official site or on the page itself, and read by our editor before publication; every month the figures are checked again, automatically. Rules and prices change; the official site always has the last word.

Can an old test score get you into Mensa? Below are the qualifying scores American Mensa lists for 9 tests, read on its own site on 2 November 2026. Mensa admits people who score in the top 2% of the population on an accepted test.

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Mensa Qualifying Scores (checked 2 November 2026)
TestQualifying scoreCondition
SAT1300; 1250taken prior to 9/30/1974; taken 9/30/1974 through 1/31/1994
ACT–taken prior to 9/1989
GRE1250 (quantitative + verbal) 1875 (quantitative + verbal + analytic) Not acceptedtaken prior to 5/1994 taken from 5/1994 to 9/30/2001 taken after 9/30/2001
GMAT95%(percentile rank)
Stanford-BinetIQ 132Tests must be administered by a neutral and qualified third party in a traditional testing environment under conditions appropriate for the norming standards of each test.
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)FSIQ 130The Wechsler tests must be given in their entirety. Mensa requires a Full Scale IQ score (FSIQ), so all sub-tests needed to obtain an FSIQ must be given.
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)FSIQ 130The Wechsler tests must be given in their entirety.
Cattell Culture FairIQ 148In order for scores to be accepted for Mensa membership, tests must be administered by a neutral and qualified third party in a traditional testing environment under conditions appropriate for the norming standards of each test (such as the classroom of a certified school teacher or a private psychologist).
Otis-Lennon School Ability TestTotal SAI 132–

How to use this table

  • Mensa needs the official score report or a signed copy, not your memory of the score.
  • If no accepted score is at hand, Mensa gives its own supervised admission test.
  • Scores from tests taken in some years are not accepted, because the tests changed: see the conditions.

Before you rely on it

  • Each national Mensa keeps its own list; this one is American Mensa’s.
  • The list is updated from time to time: the date it was checked is in the sources.

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