The Triple Nine Society 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. The Society recognizes scores from over 20 different tests of adult intelligence. The Triple Nine Society is a non-profit, 501 organization incorporated in Virginia, USA. The organization was founded in 1978., TNS reports a member base of over 1,900 adults residing in 50 countries. The Society's constitution encourages friendship, communication, and intellectual exploration. TNS members communicate online, at gatherings, and through Vidya, the Society's bimonthly journal. Dues are set at $10 per year for the internet version of Vidya and $30 per year for the print version..
History
The Triple Nine Society was founded in 1978. Executive Committee Officers serve for two-year terms, six by election and three by Appointment with annual performance reviews. Voting for Officers occurs from February 1 through March 1 inclusive, in even-numbered years. In 2015 TNS established a 501 subsidiary charitable organization, the Triple Nine Society Foundation, to provide scholarships to intellectually gifted students pursuing higher education goals, to educate the public about the needs of very intellectually gifted people, and for other charitable work.
Communication
Triple Nine encourages members to freely express their views in keeping with the Society's commitment to friendship and intellectual growth. The preamble to the Triple Nine Society constitution reads as follows: TNS publishes a bimonthly journal, Vidya, which contains articles, poetry and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as Officers' Reports and other official business of the Society. TNS members communicate with one another online through emaillists, a Facebook group, two Yahoo! Groups, a LinkedIngroup and a scheduled weekly IRC chat; European members have established a group in XING and a French language members-only Yahoo! Group. In the autumn, TNS sponsors an annual meeting in the United States called the "ggg999" meeting, the "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A European meeting is arranged in the spring. TNS also helps its members to organise their own, informal TNS gatherings by maintaining a members-only database and a Member Map.
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 admissions 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, at least 149 for tests with a standard deviation of 16, or at least 173 for tests with a standard deviation of 24. In comparison, Mensa International, a high IQ society with a member base in the tens-of-thousands, admits applicants who score at or above the 98th percentile, which corresponds with an IQ score of at least 130, 132, or 148. TNS also qualifies applicants based on standardized test scores that have well-established psychometric correlations with IQ, including pre-2005 SAT, pre–November 2001 GRE, LSAT, ACT, and the Miller Analogies Test,.
