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of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements. Notable high-IQ societies include:
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51:tests for membership eligibility; these include
47:High-IQ societies typically accept a variety of
482:International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent
330:"American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee"
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158:Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100)
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665:"The Prometheus Society"
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377:"Qualifying test scores"
274:"When High IQs Hang Out"
828:Intellectual giftedness
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31:, which was founded by
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356:"The Quest for Genius"
813:Intelligence quotient
759:Terman, Lewis Madison
452:"IQ values explained"
114:Eligibility / Rarity
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510:Sternberg, Robert J.
478:Sternberg, Robert J.
402:"Intertel - Join us"
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833:Human intelligence
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