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Mensa IQ Test tomorrow UCD

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  • 16-01-2009 10:27pm
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    mrpropre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭


    !!!!!URGENT!!!!!PLEASE!HELP!!!!!

    I just found out there's a Mensa IQ Test tomorrow at the UCD.

    Does anybody now testing times and if it's a walk-in event?

    Thanks!


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    IrishKnight
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    If I remember rightly, it is not a walk in event. You have to first take the home test and if you get above a certin % of the population you can take the sit down test.

    I am open to correction on this but I am rather sure about it...


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    spurious
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    It was a long time ago, but I think there was a small fee involved too.


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    mrpropre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭mrpropre


    Cheers guys.

    Do you reckon I could pay the "small fee" at the site? Do you guys know a UCD phone number I can contact tomorrow morning?


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    bnt
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    According to the Mensa Ireland Test Dates page, you can book a place by email, no other requirements, and their FAQ says the fee is €24. They say UCD, but don't say where in UCD, so I don't think they want walk-ins. Never mind, they're doing it again on 21 March.

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    The_Minister
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    I did the home test first, and then the ones in UCD.


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    Orion
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    mrpropre wrote: »
    !!!!!URGENT!!!!!PLEASE!HELP!!!!!

    I just found out there's a Mensa IQ Test tomorrow at the UCD.

    Does anybody now testing times and if it's a walk-in event?

    Thanks!

    Why's this so URGENT!!!!?

    You have to book the test. AFAIK you can't just walk in and take it. Do the home test first - see if you attain the percentile required then take the real one by booking it with Mensa. They run them all the time.
    Mensa.ie wrote:
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    @The_Minister: so did I. And I was accepted. Feeling good about myself when I got home and the father-in-law flattened me with: "you know what they say about people with high IQs? - they're good at IQ tests" :o Never a truer word tbh :D


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    Raphael
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    I prefer "Your IQ is an approximate measure of your ability to do IQ tests", myself. Never taken one, amn't bothered ever taking one. I know I'm smart, good enough for me.


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    Pythia
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    I did one of those years ago in UCD. Was accepted but didn't want to pay the membership fee. Don't see much point in joining once you have the score.


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    EamonnKeane
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    Raphael wrote: »
    I prefer "Your IQ is an approximate measure of your ability to do IQ tests", myself. Never taken one, amn't bothered ever taking one. I know I'm smart, good enough for me.

    I think you're making a false jump in logic; "IQ tests are not a fully accurate measurement of mental capacity, therefore they are meaningless"


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