.... Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa Testing Information ....
Dave Felt - Mensa Proctor P.O. Box 515, Sierra Madre, CA 91025
Message Phone 626-355-8315 (message) or email to: feltdd -at- verizon.net (replace the -at- with @)
Take-At-Home-PRACTICE tests $18 Click HERE !
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Thanks for your interest in Mensa! The next Mensa Exams will be held at:
(Click on any Testing Session below for the online registration form)
(See bottom of page for other Chapters near Los Angeles)
Pasadena: Saturday May 17, 11 AM Standard Exam
Pasadena: Saturday June 14, 11 AM Standard Exam
Northridge: Saturday June 14, 1 PM Standard Exam
Pasadena: Saturday July 19, 11 AM Standard Exam
Pasadena: Saturday July 19, 1:30 PM Culture-Free Exam
(Note: Pre-Registration is required because we have limited seating. Thanks! Also, if you get there a few minutes late, we have a short break about 20 minutes after starting, so you may still be able to get in on testing.)
Testing in Northridge is sometimes available... Please enter "SFV" in the comments section of the registration form!
Please read all the fine print below!
Please READ the following information carefully, then, if you wish to come for testing:
(CLICK the testing session above to register, and use the COMMENTS section to indicate the LOCATION , DATE and TIME you wish to attend, and if you are registering for the Culture-Fair exams.)
OR, email me your (1) Full Name and Age, (2) Home Address, (3) City, State, ZIP, (4) HOME or Cell Phone#, (5) email address, (6) please indicate where you heard about Mensa, and (7) optional - your occupation. If sending an email, please use SUBJECT: FirstName LastName, EXAMDATE, LOCATION and either STANDARD or CULTURE. A phone call is OK if you don't have email, but speak SLOWLY and clearly into the recorder, giving your first and last name AND phone number - and please call back if I don't contact you within a few days - perhaps I couldn't understand the phone number given.
Candidates 17 and under must have a PARENT or LEGAL GUARDIAN WITH THEM to sign the authorization paperwork. Minimum age for these exams is 14. For candidates under the age of 14, please check with your school district or phone books for psychologists who test youngsters. Candidates will be notified in about three weeks if they qualified for Mensa or not - actual scores are not returned under any circumstances. Candidates who do not pass one exam set may return for the other set of exams if they wish (additional payment.)
PLEASE, if sending an email, make certain that you use a SUBJECT: Mensa Test .. line in your email with your name as requested above - I may never see the email if there is no SUBJECT: line! Also, if you change email addresses, please send me that email address as soon as possible.
The Standard Mensa Entrance Exam is for those who have been raised in an English-speaking culture, and takes just over 90 minutes. The Culture-Fair Exam takes about 2 hours, and is especially for those who were not raised in an English-speaking anglo culture, but anybody may take it. Mensa will administer one or the other exam to a candidate, but each Mensa Exam may only be taken once.
. Pre-Registration is Required since we have limited seating - use the above Online Registration Form, AND indicate which testing DATE and LOCATION you will be arriving for. Plan on arriving at least 15 minutes before the time testing starts, since we'll be a bit busy getting everybody setup. As sessions fill up, I will either ask you to schedule another session or place you on a waiting list. When you arrive, please sign in on the attendance sheet, and select a seat. We will handle the Candidate Information and payment later as part of starting the exams; please bring a check made out to American Mensa in the amount of $40.00. Exact cash in bills is OK too, and yes we do take credit cards and money orders. (Sorry, we no longer accept your first-born.. ;-)
TESTING LOCATIONS
PASADENA: Beckman Institute, Room 121, 360 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena. Room access through central courtyard. Free parking on street or in lots. email: dave-at-verizon.net --- Please use above online registration form
Proctor Phone: 626-355-8315 (work) Online registration greatly preferred! (above)
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - Juniper Hall, room 1212, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330..
see http://www.beathinker.com/Home_Page.html
email: dougaberg -at- gmail.com -- phone 661-916-3015
I often think there is a correlation between those who accurately read these instructions, and how well they do on the exams ...
Culture-Free Exams
If you need the non-language based Culture-Free exam, for those for whom English is a second language, OR, who have difficulties with short timed tests, you should request a seat for the Culture-Free exam. This exam is also available for those who did not qualify on the standard exam. Culture-Free exams are normally only given in Pasadena.
I will email a confirmation that you have a preliminary reservation. If your email provider does not allow me to send a confirmation or further information back to you (some colleges and military), I need an email address, or a home phone number if you don't have email, I can send your confirmation message to. (You may want to get a free email address at mail.com (or hotmail.com or gmail from Google) for things like this.)
YOUNG Folks: We can accept those who are age 14 - 17 for testing, HOWEVER, a parent or legal guardian MUST be with them, with photo ID, to sign the Candidate Information Form for them.
Please note that these test sessions are often full, thus I may send out a request for confirmation email 10 days before the exams. That confirmation from you is needed to actually reserve a seat. If no confirmation - seating if available only. When we're not full, I will not request your RSVP.
Check back here for the times and the dates, since they may change. We are generally testing on the 3rd Saturday of the month, but schedules may change.
If you reserve a space, please make every attempt to be there,
or let me know so I can reschedule your test, AND, let those waiting know that I have an opening!
Pasadena Location: Rm 121, Beckman Institute, 360 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106
(Come South on Wilson and look for the large grassy lawn in front of the Beckman Institute just to the East of Del Mar. Entrance is from the central courtyard of the Beckman Institute building, south of the small geometric fountain, signs will be posted) Parking is available on Wilson, and in the parking lot north of the building. All parking lots and spaces are open (except handicapped) on weekends.
Directions to Pasadena Test Site: Take either the 210 Fwy West or South to Pasadena, OR, the 134 Fwy East to Pasadena. Exit on Lake Avenue, turn South on Lake, past Colorado Blvd to Del Mar. Turn LEFT (East) on Del Mar to Wilson. Turn RIGHT (South) on Wilson, and perhaps four houses and buildings in, on the left, is the Beckman Institute building with the huge grass lawn. If coming North on the Harbor or Pasadena 110 Freeway, go to the end of the freeway, and continue on that street until you reach Del Mar. Turn right onto Del Mar, and continue east past Lake to Wilson, RIGHT on Wilson to Caltech. Park anywhere, except handicapped spaces. Go to the Beckman Institute Courtyard, and enter the South section of the building from the Courtyard opposite the small 57-sided fountain. I will have signs posted. The parking lot just North of Beckman Institute and the Broad building (off of Wilson), or the street, is the best bet for parking.
Beckman Institute (there are several Beckman buildings on campus, we're in Beckman INSTITUTE, the large square 4-story building), located near the Northwest corner of the campus (building 74), next to the new Broad building, just a few buildings South of Del Mar on Wilson. For an interactive map of the Caltech campus, see http://www.caltech.edu/map/
San Fernando Valley: See above for venue.
Bring: Yourself, well rested and ready for the Mensa Entrance Exam (takes just over 1.5 Hrs) and a Photo ID, plus a check or money order for $40 made out to American Mensa. (please not cash, but under no circumstances do we accept bills of over $20 denomination - exact change please!). We supply the pencils and erasers! That's right, you don't have to do the exams in ink!
Exam results will be mailed to candidates in about three weeks after the exam, and will only indicate if one has qualified for Mensa or not (actual scores are not sent out under any circumstances.) Those qualified to join Mensa will also be sent an invitation to join. Not passing the Mensa Exam does not mean that you're not qualified for Mensa; only that you didn't qualify on this exam. Private psychologists (or colleges etc) may also test a candidate and qualify him or her for Mensa, and provide you with your scores, which Mensa does not do. Mensa accepts over 200 standardized exam results. Mensa now also offers testing on the Culture-Free exam for those who did not qualify on the standard exams; an additional $40 payment is needed for the second testing session.
Please be there by the time noted above - we start the tests promptly.
Some of the exam items are fairly small print - if you need corrective lenses, please be prepared. Also, the room tends to be cool, so a sweater or light jacket may be good to have along as well. There are no lunch facilities near Beckman Institute.. If you need to bring water or a snack, please do so. (There is a small sandwich bar/coffee shop across campus that opens at 10:30 AM).
**** If you reserve a testing spot, please make every effort to be there so that others aren't left waiting. If you can't make it, please email me as soon as possible so another candidate may be called!
Thanks, and we'll be looking forward to seeing you!
Dave Felt, feltdd at verizon.net
Mensa Testing Coordinator
Interested in other Qualifying Scores? See: http://www.us.mensa.org/join_mensa/testscores.php3
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Other LA and LA Area Mensa Proctors: NO CALLS AFTER 8:00 PM PLEASE!
(Alternate Proctors are not currently scheduling testing sessions.)
Candidates may be tested by any proctor, anywhere in the US.
On the email addresses below, replace the -at- with @
Bakersfield: Dave Longbottom, dlongbottom-at-bak.rr.com
Burbank: Myron Faverman, (818) 729-7867, myron-at-pacbell.net (not currently testing)
San Fernando Valley, Douglas Aberg, 661-916-3015, dougaberg-at-gmail.com
San Gabriel Valley: Pasadena: Dave Felt, (626) 355-8315 (message) or feltdd at verizon.net Primary Greater LA Area Proctor
Neighboring Chapters: If you are in these Proctors' areas, please call them to inquire about testing sessions.
Corona: Lee Hansen, (951) 735-3361, vilee-at-juno.com
Harbor Area (Long Beach): Not currently testing.
Hemet: (951) 659-6193, millesmiles-at-yahoo.com
Palm Springs: (760) 770-3823, kg6tbd-at-yahoo.com
Santa Barbara: Wanda Jacobs, (805) 687-4957, jacobs-at-sbcc.net
San Bernardino: Alice Tryon, (909) 877-2808, atryon-at-msn.com
San Bernardino-Riverside: Lee Hansen, (909) 735-3361, vilee-at-juno.com
San Diego: (Oceanside) Nancy Chadwick, (760) 945-5365 nancychadwick-at-cox.net
Orange County: Greg Wilson, (714) 883-3785 proctor-at-ocmensa.org
Ventura: Kathleen O'Donnell, (805) 659-1319, katy5o-at-aol.com
Victorville: J. McClintock, (760) 244-0316, jmcclintock-at-charter.net
No Mensa connection, but want to take an online test for fun? See http://www.iqtest.com or http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/