Triple Nine Society

The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is an international high-IQ society for adults whose score on a standardized test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population.<ref name = "SA">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name = "DP">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name = "DT">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.<ref name = "TestScores">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> TNS was founded in 1978, and, Template:As of, reports a member base of over 1,900 people in 53 US jurisdictions and 39 countries.<ref name = "TNSWhatIs" /> Since 2010, the organization has been a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA.<ref>"Triple Nine Society". Clerk's Information System. Virginia State Corporation Commission. Retrieved July 7, 2024.</ref>

Organization

The society was founded by Richard Canty, Ronald Hoeflin, Kevin Langdon, Ronald Penner, and Edgar Van Vleck,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> as a split-off of the ISPE, a similarly selective high-IQ society, with whose governance structure they were dissatisfied.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TNS is led by a "Regent" and served by an Executive Committee consisting of the Regent and eight further officers, all of which are elected for two-year terms.<ref name = "Constitution">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, TNS established a 501(c)(3) subsidiary charitable organization, the Triple Nine Society Foundation, to provide scholarships to intellectually gifted students pursuing higher-education goals and for other charitable work.<ref name = "TNS Foundation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Communication

TNS publishes a bimonthly journal, Vidya, which contains articles, poetry, puzzles, and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as officer reports and other official business of the Society.<ref name = "Vidya">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TNS members mostly communicate online on the official TNS Discourse forum, official TNS Facebook group, and a variety of unofficial venues ranging from Discord to Telegram and special groups like TNS Youth and TNS LGBTQ+.

Every autumn, the society organizes an annual meeting in the United States called ggg999,<ref name = "GGG999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A privately organized European gathering, egg, usually takes place in late spring.

Qualifying test scores

To qualify for membership, an applicant must submit a qualifying score earned on any of the standardized tests recognized by the society; these include IQ tests as well as various college admission exams and military classification tests.

For IQ tests, a qualifying score corresponds to an IQ of at least 146 for tests with standard deviation of 15 (e.g., WAIS, Stanford–Binet 5), at least 149 for tests with a standard deviation of 16 (e.g., Stanford–Binet IV and CTMM), or at least 173 for tests with a standard deviation of 24 (e.g., Cattell III-B).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

TNS also accepts standardized test scores that have a well-established psychometric correlation with IQ,Template:Cn including SAT, GRE, LSAT, ACT, and the Miller Analogies Test.<ref name = "TestScores"/> Required score will differ depending on the year those tests were taken.

TNS also accepts a GMAT score of 750 (for tests taken between 2000 and 2023) or a GMAT Focus Edition score of 705 (available since 2023), both of which correspond only to a percentile score of 98.2%.<ref>gmat-total-score-concordance-table_august2024.pdf (mba.com)</ref>

Notable members

• Robert Forster (1941–2019) — actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Mike Keefe (born 1946) — American editorial cartoonist<ref name=WashingtonPost>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Andrew Koenig (born 1952) — computer programmer<ref>Nair, R B (2013) 'ANDREW R KOENIG | LBS kuttipedia'. https://lbsitbytes2010.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/andrew-r-koenig/</ref><ref name="adl">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Milligan (born 1958) — American retired professional boxer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Andrew York (born 1958) — American classical guitarist and composer<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

See also

• Mensa, high-IQ society above the 98th percentile
• Intertel, high-IQ society above the 99th percentile

External links

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