International High IQ Society

The International High IQ Society is a high IQ society founded in 2000 by Nathan Haselbauer. Membership in the International High IQ Society is open to persons who have an IQ in the top five percent of the population, with no other qualifications necessary for membership. Members can join either by scoring a 124 or higher on the Society's official IQ test offered online, or by submitting professional scores.
Background information
The International High IQ Society (IHIQS) was founded in April 2000 in New York City by Nathan Haselbauer. Originally called the New York High IQ Society, the organization changed its name to the International High IQ Society on 12 July 2000.
By early 2002 the International High IQ Society had supplanted Intertel as the world’s second-largest high IQ society, remaining behind only the current leader, Mensa International.
IQ test
The International High IQ Society has a culture-free progressive matrices IQ test, GIGI Pro Certified, which serves as their official online admissions test for prospective members who do not have access to prior intelligence testing scores.
Hamilton Institute
The organization created a think-tank similar to Mensa International’s MERF (Mensa Education and Research Foundation) in 2001. Originally called the Hamilton Institute for Policy Research, they shifted in recent years to an online venue for International High IQ Society members to publish and discuss scientific articles. The success of high IQ society research branches remains to be seen, and there has been criticism on both the Hamilton Institute and MERF in recent years due to their limited scope and informal atmosphere. Despite their many critics, both research arms have had minor successes in their short lifespans and continue to be funded by their respective parent organizations, suggesting an ongoing commitment to maintaining them.
On April 11, 2007, Jean-Pierre Levac, a long standing member of the International High IQ Society, was appointed Managing Director of the Hamilton Institute. Since then, the Hamilton Institute has opened up to allow non-members of the International High IQ Society to publish articles on the Institute’s web portal.

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