Only the tests listed in the table below can be used to qualify for admission.
To qualify for membership, you must provide an official score report (see requirements below) documenting your qualifying score on one of the tests listed below. Please send it together with a signed application form to [email protected].
For full application instruction, please see How to join.
All score reports must include:
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clearly stated name of the specific test you took
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score in the same format as listed in the table below, equal to or higher than specified
In addition, all reports for psychologist-administered tests must include:
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testing psychologist's name
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business address
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professional letterhead or official stamp
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signature
Any applicant authorized to administer, or in any way having access to, any of our admissions tests must provide evidence of satisfactory scores achieved before he/she became so authorized or before gaining access to any such test. It is required that any applicant authorized to administer, or with access to, any of our accepted tests disclose that fact and list all such tests on his/her TNS application. Failure to disclose will result in administrative dismissal from the Society. No scores will be accepted from anyone whose business associate or familial relative administered their test, nor may tests have been self-administered.
Age and date of testing
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You must be at least 18 years old at the time of applying for TNS.
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The only restrictions on age and date at time of testing are those listed below.
There are no exceptions, under any circumstances, to the minimum qualifying scores and age-and-date restrictions listed below.
Not suitable for admission:
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certificates of membership in other high-IQ organizations
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letters of acceptance to Mensa, unless they include exact name of test taken and meet score criteria below for that particular test
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Mensa U.K. Cattell-IIIB scores (their test goes only up to 161, we require 173)
Submitting official ACT score report
You can have your ACT score sent to TNS directly from the myACT website. TNS is listed as number 1935 on the ACT organisation facility to send scores.
Requesting archived SAT score reports
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/scores/send-scores-to-colleges/sending-archived-sat-scores
If you still have questions after reading all information provided on this page, please send a message to [email protected].
| Qualifying test | Minimal score | |
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| ACT (American College Testing Program) | 32 | |
prior to October 1989 | ||
| ACT (American College Testing Program) | 34 | |
after October 1989 | ||
| AGCT/GT (U.S. Army General Classification Test) | 157 raw | |
prior to 1976 | ||
| American Mensa Admission Test IQ | 149 | |
prior to April 2001 | ||
| CTMM (California Test of Mental Maturity) | 149 | |
| Cattell A & B combined | 85 raw | |
not valid for test dates after 2014 | ||
| Cattell Intelligence (verbal) Test – Scale IIIB | 173 | |
| CFT 20-R (Cattell Grundintelligenztest) | 146 | |
| GRE (Graduate Record Exam) verbal + quantitative | 1460 | |
through September 2001 | ||
| GRE (Graduate Record Exam) verbal + quantitative + analytical | 2180 | |
1982 through September 2001 | ||
| GRE (Graduate Record Exam) verbal + quantitative | 336 | |
after July 2011 | ||
| HAWIE-R (Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligenztest für Erwachsene) | 146 | |
| LAIT (Langdon Adult Intelligence Test) | 150 | |
prior to January 1994 | ||
| LSAT (Law School Admission Test) | 730 | |
through May 1982 | ||
| LSAT (Law School Admission Test) | 48 | |
June 1982 to May 1991 | ||
| LSAT (Law School Admission Test) | 173 | |
after May 1991 | ||
| MAT (Miller Analogies Test) | 472 scaled 85 raw | |
| Mega Test | 24 | |
prior to January 1995 | ||
| NGCT (Naval General Classification Test) | 74 | |
1954 through 1977 | ||
| RAPM (Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices) | 35 raw | |
prior to April 2014 | ||
| SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) verbal + math | 1450 | |
prior to April 1995 | ||
| SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) verbal + math | 1520 | |
April 1995 through February 2005 | ||
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale – Form L or M | 151 | |
minimum 16 y.o. at test date | ||
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale – Form LM | 149 | |
prior to 1987, minimum 16 y.o. at test date | ||
| SB-IV (Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale) | 149 | |
minimum 16 y.o. at test date | ||
| SB-5 (Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale) | 146 | |
minimum 16 y.o. at test date | ||
| SRA Primary Mental Abilities | 149 | |
prior to April 2001 | ||
| Titan Test | 24 | |
prior to January 1995 | ||
| WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale) – Full Scale IQ | 146 | |
WAIS-III not valid if taken after 15th February, 2015 | ||
| WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) – Full Scale IQ | 146 | |
only for 15-16 y.o. at test date | ||