Daughter derived 0 benefit past several years. San Francisco chapter is a sham too. We tried to register for a careers Zoom invite but blocked. Part 2 was held the day before I inquired when webinar would be offered a second time only to miss it the day earlier. The invite was buried in bottom of an email and I missed it. My daughter never reads their boring newsletters. Never attended any webinars, chapter events or meet anyone. Total desert and waste. NOT RENEWING. We get more benefit from a Costco membership. read more

I have never been so outright disenchanted with an organization in my entire life. This (dis)organization is rife with plebeian incompetency. American Mensa gladly accepted payment for a test they refused to provide while sneakily ceasing all communication for over three months. This asinine farce goes all the way to the top...as I even emailed the president. Applying to Mensa is not worth the time or effort as they cannot be trusted not to shamelessly abscond with applicant's money and operate like a petty Ponzi scheme. Absolutely insulting and abhorrent conduct. Their "non-profit" status should also be heavily scrutinized. Update: Paid testing fee on 12/8/20, filed complaint online on 4/07/21. Refund processed on 4/19/21 and received on 4/20/21. read more

I seldom go back to a one or two star experience...most especially, I don't revisit to: - Write an update of the experience; - Continue to "pile on" a business...once is plenty; - "See if it was really that bad"...I kind of had that figured out, already. So why the revisit to American Mensa? Well, I'm glad you asked me that! Mensa won't leave me alone...they continue to insinuate themselves in my world...trying to get me to notice them and react...just like a really bad ex-girlfriend:) Mensa has shown me who they truly are...and I don't like it...and it sort of embarrasses me that I fell for it (and them) in the first place...just like a really bad ex-girlfirend:( Quitting Mensa has turned out to be an experience on a par with non-renewing your subscription to TV Guide...to wit: - Multiple emails ("it's not too late!!!"..."we want you back"..."was it something we said?!?!"..."why won't you give us some money?") - http://tinyurl.com/28qlkmt - Multiple snail mails, saying the same things (BTW, the USPS REALLY hates the term "snail mail"...try saying it sometime at the counter at the post office and be prepared for the 10 minute lecture on how these humble postal workers are so darn efficient and doing everything possible with only the limited resources of the entire United States Government backing them:) Mensa has revealed itself...just another organization more concerned with getting me to open my wallet, than anything else...no better than that CitiBank buyers club that won't quit charging your Visa (no matter how many letters you write) or multiple junk mail invitations to renew that subscription to Cat Fancy that you invested in on a lark ("It would be Purr-fect if you renewed now!":) In fact, maybe Mensa is worse...they hold their organization out as something better, nobler, higher minded than other organizations...and they aren't...not really...it's not about intelligence...it's just about the money:( In the end, Mensa is just another group wanting my dough and nothing else, trying to appeal to a different sort of personal conceit, attempting to go on suckling from my teat (no, you can't unread that...and you won't be able to get that image out of your head all weekend...sorry! :-) read more

Great people. It's a social organization. Some people complain that they offer a paid membership and that they campaign to fund their organization... they really don't get that well, all such organizations do that. Communications are opt-out, so if you're too lazy to say "No Thanks" than you might feel harassed. I have nothing but good things to say about them. I'm someone who's just qualified and will be joining. Whether it has the value for you that it does for me, I don't know. To each his own -- the added benefits / discounts alone will cover the cost in my case, and to be able have the opportunity to socialize and network people as smart as I am, if not smarter, will be pleasant. read more

Yes. This is as good as it gets. Some paid, and some volunteers. Like the Girl Scouts of America, barbershop singing's Sweet Adelines, or the United Methodist Church. The structure of American Mensa is fine, and is evaluated and overhauled as needed when those involved see fit. It is June 2016, and I am a 32 yr life member of the Greater NY chapter. And I was in Girl Scouting for 10 yrs, sang barbershop for 15 years and am a dyed-in-the-wool devout Methodist. read more

Renee Harvey and Timothy Brooks both helped me out recently with my registration and other matters. They really did a great job. Timothy was lightning fast. I was impressed. Pleasee keep up with the good work. read more