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<grin> Actually my friend Sarah is far smarter than I could ever dream. She got a scholarship to med school at the Mayo Clinic, because she got the MCAT darn near perfect. I plan to see her and ElJay if I ever get up to Minnesota.
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Ok, I'll bite, Slash. But I only brag about my family.
My cousin has her MD as well as specialization in haematology, internal medicine and a PhD in the History and Philosophy in Science that she did in Finland in a language she did speak at the time she started. There are some other degrees in there, but they're escaping me...
She's one of the leading haematologists on the planet and did all the scientific research that wound up being used to prove the third miracle that lead to the canonization of the first Canadian saint.
She's the usual medical expert for the CBC radio show Quirks and Quarks and is also an accomplished musician, professor and mother.
In closing, lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!
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My friend got a 1550 on his SAT, was president of the Nat'l Honor Society, valedictorian, got 5's on six separate AP exams, and graduated magna from Duke.
He then went on to Harvard law where he got a 4.0 his first semester, and is holding in the 3.8+ range after 1.5 years. And he just married an awesome girl who's in Optometry school.
Granted, he *is* a Mets fan. But no one's perfect.
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My friend told me that MENSA has a fairly low standardized test score threshold for membership purposes. After reading this board, she proclaimed that you are all potential members. Is that true? Posts: 1592 | Registered: May 2000
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I dunno... paying $35 a year to hang out with smart people while I can post at Hatrack for free may not be the smartest thing in the world. Posts: 1592 | Registered: May 2000
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I joined MENSA for the sake of my resume, and the only standard I needed to meet was to have an IQ in the top 2% of the country. Though I hear there's also an LSAT cutoff. I don't know of any other standards you can meet.
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Yeah, v. One reason I don't belong. I don't have to be a member to buy their books. Belonging seems pointless and self-congratulatory. I don't mind being self-congratulatory, or pointless, but not both!
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I've never done any standarized testing, but I like to think I would have gotten at least a 300 on my SATs.
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In my experience, MENSA basically IS a dating service. The only reason to go to the meetings if you AREN'T looking to hook up with other certifiably "intelligent" people is to advertise the fact that you have been certified intelligent.
The problem arises -- and this is why I left MENSA -- when you discover that merely being good at certain measures of intelligence does not make someone more likely to be a good conversationalist, a decent human being, or even someone who has anything at all in common with the other intelligent people who decided to show up.
MENSA would work much better, in my opinion, if it was a boardgame and puzzle club and got rid of the ridiculous "intelligence" angle.
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quote:And I bet you haven't lost your W2 form tonight.
OH CRAP!! I KNEW I was forgetting something!
Added: I found my W-2 the other day, and I have most of my receipts, so maybe I can go home during lunch, so I can get to the post office. I think that will be okay.
Oh, for crying out loud. Uh, Boon? Exactly how bad is it if I forget?
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Oh, for crying out loud. Uh, Boon? Exactly how bad is it if I forget?
