<p>Would being a member of Mensa, the high iq society, have much effect on an application or would this be just another out of school academic activity?</p>
<p>Probably wouldn’t help much, since you just need a high SAT score and a fee to get in. And since they’ll see your SAT score anyway…</p>
<p>Out of school academic activity? It’s not an activity. Drinking coffee and playing chess with other high-IQ people doesn’t count as an activity.</p>
<p>It’s useless for a college app, and I think it would only make a person look pompous if they put it on the app. As another member (who’s name eludes me) said in response to the same question: colleges are more interested in what you’re doing than the potential you’re wasting."</p>
<p>ok. but for the record, they dont take sat scores.</p>
<p>It won’t count at all. Colleges want to know what you do with your IQ, not what your IQ is. Most colleges don’t consider ECs in admissions decisions. When it comes to top colleges – the main colleges that factor ECs in admissions decisiions – probably the overwhelming majority of applicants would qualify for Mensa, so it would be no big deal.</p>