~ ~ ~ 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 @)
~ ~ ~ Updated July 27, 2010 ~ ~ ~
Thanks for your interest in Mensa! (Click on any Testing Session below for the online registration form; directions will be sent you in the next day or so. Please READ this whole page.
IMPORTANT, On the registration page, please click on the SEND button to send the form, please do not press the Enter or Return key. Also, let us know if you'd like to attend a testing session in West LA; we need many candidates for testing there because the venue is so expensive. Our regular test sessions are usually on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 11 AM at Caltech in Pasadena.
Please, when registering for testing, use the SEND button to finish, NOT the ENTER key (We won't get it otherwise..)
Pasadena, Saturday, August 21, 11 AM Standard Exam
Pasadena - Saturday, Saturday Sept. 18th, 11 AM Standard Exam
NATIONAL TESTING DAY October 2010 !!
West LA - Saturday, October 2, 10 AM Standard Exam
West LA - Saturday, October 2, 1:30 PM Standard Exam
West LA - Saturday, October 3, 10 AM Standard Exam
West LA - Saturday, October 3, 1:30 PM Standard Exam
Pasadena, Saturday, October 16, 11 AM Standard Exam
Pasadena, Saturday, October 16th, 1:30 PM Standard Exam
Pasadena, Sunday October 17th, 11 AM Standard Exam
Pasadena, Sunday October 17th, 1:30 PM Culture-Fair Exam
Sherman Oaks - Saturday, October 16, 10 AM Standard Exam
Sherman Oaks - Saturday, October 16, 1 PM Standard Exam
West LA - Sunday October 24, 10 AM Standard Exam
West LA - Sunday, October 24, 1:30 PM Culture-Fair Exam
Pasadena, Saturday, November 20, 11 AM Standard Exam
NOTE, we sometimes cannot send acknowledgements or reminders to hotmail or live.com accounts...(thanks, Microsoft...)
When you register, we will email a confirmation that you have a reservation, as well as details on where the testing site or room is located. If your email provider does not allow us to send a confirmation or further information back to you (some colleges and military), we need an email address (or a home phone number if you don't have email) that we can send your confirmation message to. (You may want to get a free email address at email.com or gmail from Google) for things like this.)
(Note: Pre-Registration is required because we need to know how many to expect. If you get there a few minutes late, we usually have a short break about 15 minutes after starting, so you may still be able to get in on testing.)
If for some reason you cannot do the online registration form, you may email me your (1) Full Name and Age, (2) City, State, ZIP, (3) HOME or Cell Phone#, (4) email address, (5) please indicate where you heard about Mensa, and (6) optional - your occupation. If sending an email, please use SUBJECT: MENSA EXAM, 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. Your email MUST have SUBJECT: Mensa Exam, or I may never see it.
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.
Note: Those who are blind, hearing impared, or needing additional time, etc., must be tested by licensed psychologists. Mensa test administrators are not allowed to provide testing for individuals needing assistance.
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. Those with test anxiety may do better on the Culture-Fair exams. Mensa will administer one or the other exam to a candidate, but each individual Mensa Exam may only be taken once. 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 qualify on one exam set may return for the other set of exams if they wish (additional payment.) Any individual supervised Mensa exam may qualify one for Mensa; you don't have to qualify on them all, and Mensa does not take off for incorrect answers!
Pre-Registration is HIGHLY recommended 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. If 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.. ;-) If you find that you can't make it to the exams, please send us a note, and if you'd like to be rescheduled for the following month, or dropped from the list for now.
~ ~ ~ TESTING LOCATIONS (Not all sites test monthly)~ ~ ~
PASADENA: Caltech, Beckman Institute, Room 121, 360 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena. Room 121 access from central courtyard. Proctor Dave Felt, email feltdd-at-verizon.net Free parking on street or in parking lots.
Proctor Phone: 626-355-8315 (work, messages only)
SHERMAN OAKS/SFV: Proctor Douglas Aberg, email dougaberg -at- gmail.com -- phone 661-916-3015
WEST LA: Proctor Raulette Woods, email Raulette.Mensa -at- yahoo.com -- phone 310-571-6309 (message only)
DIRECTIONS to Testing Locations:
PASADENA: 360 South Wilson Ave, Rm 121, Beckman Institute, Pasadena, CA. 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 full of construction equipment. 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. Free Parking anywhere around campus on weekends. Go to the Beckman Institute Courtyard, (Huge grass lawn) 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 on Wilson Ave are the best bet for free parking. See http://www.caltech.edu/map/
West LA / El Segundo: Doubletree LAX Hotel, 1985 East Grand Ave, El Segundo, CA 90245-5015 Hotel: 310-322-0999 One block East of Supulveda Blvd, one block North of El Segundo Blvd. Free parking in parking structure. For information contact Proctor Raulette Woods, 310-571-6309 (message only) or raulette.mensa-at-yahoo.com
Sherman Oaks/Van Nuys: Hampton Inn, 5638 Sepulveda Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91411 Hotel: 818-785-2211 One block North of Burbank Blvd. Free parking in hotel lot. For information contact Proctor Douglas Aberg, 661-916-3015, dougaberg-at-gmail.com
Please note that when these test sessions are full, we may send out a request for confirmation email several days before the exams. That confirmation from you is needed to actually reserve a seat. When we're not full, we will normally not request your RSVP.
Check back here for the times and the dates, since they may change. We are generally testing in Pasadena on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 11 AM, but schedules may change, and San Fernando Valley and West LA often have testing on different dates and times.
Bring: Yourself, well rested and ready for the Mensa Entrance Exam (takes 1 1/2 to 2 hrs) and a Photo ID, plus a check or money order for $40 made out to American Mensa. (Please no cash, but under no circumstances do we accept bills of over $20 denomination - exact change please!). We supply the pencils and erasers! Please be there by the time noted above - we start the tests promptly.
Exam results will be mailed or emailed to candidates 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, or some will be sent an invitation to come take other Exams. 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 under any circumstances. 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. Specific exams may not be retaken.
Some of the exam items are fairly small print - if you need corrective lenses, please come prepared. Also, the Pasadena room tends to be cool, so a sweater or light jacket may be good to have along as well. At Caltech, there is a set of vending machines just down the hall with sandwiches and drinks (may not take new quarters..) If you need to bring water or a snack, please do so. (There is a small student snack/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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LA Area Mensa Proctors: NO CALLS AFTER 8:00 PM PLEASE!
(Alternate Proctors are not currently scheduling regular 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, 661-283-0327, dlongbottom-at-bak.rr.com Testing by appointment.
Pasadena: Dave Felt, 626-355-8315 (message) or feltdd at verizon.net Primary Greater LA Area Proctor Testing monthly.
San Fernando Valley, Douglas Aberg, 661-916-3015, dougaberg-at-gmail.com
West LA: Raulette Woods, (310) 571-6309 (message only) or raulette.mensa-at-yahoo.com
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): Julia Meyer, (562) 423-2289, memjam at worldnet.att.net
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-sbceo.org
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 ocproctor-at-mensatesting.com - www.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/