Please contact me if you fall within this I.Q. group...I'll tell you why.
I had the great pleasure of reading a series of 4 articles on/about the gifted in the most recent, Mensa Research Journal (Vol. 41, No.1 Winter 2010).
Dr. Miraca Gross, author of these articles, is the Mensa Education and Research Foundation 2008 Lifetiime Achievement award winner.
While all are fascinating, I was especially drawn to her, "Nuturing the talents of exceptionally gifted individuals". So much of the article mirrored and touched upon my experiences and challenges as a gifted youth.
On page 15, she writes, "Employing the lexicon of special education, intellectually gifted children can be classified as moderately, highly, exceptionally or profoundly gifted (Webb, Meckstroth and Tolan, 1983; Kline and Meckstroth. 1985; Gross, 1992). Levels of intellectual giftedness, as defined by IQ ranges, may be classified as follows:
Moderately gifted 130-144 Highly gifted 145-159 Exceptionally gifted 160-179 Profoundly gifted 180+..."
(I fall within the 160-179 range)
Dr. Gross continues, "Exceptionally gifted children comprise a population characterized by their scarcity. The incidence of children scoring at or above IQ 160 on the Stanford -Binet Intelligence Scale (L-M), as predicted by the statistical tables, lies somewhere between 1 iin 10,000 and 1 in 30,000 (Marland, 1972), while children scoring above IQ 180 are fewer than one in one million."
When I was around 16, I met and became friends with a boy of 21, who had an IQ of 200+. He was a Harvard grad...and member of the research faculty in the Astronomy Dept. at my university. He had keys to the observatory with its 13" refracting telescope. We spent so many nights together in the observatory...in study of deep space. Glorius and important times in my life.
I'm interested in meeting and knowing other Mensans who are in the Exceptionally Gifted range. If you feel the same please contact me.
Thanks, Mark Siegmund Mensan markasiegmund@gmail.com
Exceptionally/Profoundly Gifted links
- Hoagie's Gifted Education Page
- many, many, useful resources
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- Welcome to the Davidson Institute We are a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students under 18.
- Texas Parents of the Profoundly Gifted
- Support for our brightest minds and their families
"permission granted by the Mensa Foundation"
Dedicated to the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Everywhere
Here is the book cover of Dr. Gross', "Exceptionally Gifted Children"
This website is dedicated to the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Everywhere
Note: "the contents of this site/publication represent the opinions of the writers and not of Mensa, which has no opinions."
Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Links
- Exceptionally Gifted Children ...by Dr. Miraca Gross
- A review on Amazon of this wonderful book...
- Exceptionally & Profoundly Gifted SIG, an offical SIG of American Mensa, Ltd.
- Currently dues paid and dues lapsed Mensa members are eligible for membership in the group