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Thanks to all who attended BLAST!

Our BLAST! Regional Gathering was held from January 23 and 24. The Sunday events were held by Zoom because of the winter storm


Join our literacy outreach!

Help to spread the word about Northern New Jersey Mensa’s Literacy Program. We are providing free resources for teaching reading! For information about how you can help, contact us.


Renew Your Membership!

If your membership has lapsed or your membership expired on March 31, you can renew by clicking here.


Admissions testing

For information on how to qualify for Mensa, click here.

May 2026
May 16
May 16, 20261:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Admissions Testing
Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave.,
Whippany, NJ 07981 United States

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via[…]

June 2026
Jun 20
Jun 20, 202610:30 am – 12:30 pm
Admissions Testing

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via[…]


Who We Are

Northern New Jersey Mensa (NNJM) is a chapter of Mensa, the international society for people who score in the top 2% on IQ tests. The goals of the group are to provide and encourage social and intellectual interaction among members.

Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.


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Upcoming events

May 2026
May 03
May 03, 20269:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Brainstorming

Ken Lawrence’s Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234

May 09
May 09, 202610:00 am – 11:30 am
Northern New Jersey Mensa Executive Committee Meeting

The Northern New Jersey Executive Committee meets by Zoom the second Saturday of each month, except for August, when it is held in conjunction with the annual picnic. Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tZ0ofumqqjwrHNOhGbFsv9vtp2caZZcMW77c/ics?icsToken=DD-Gc3YAANjZCmeMHAAALAAAANjkS_rNaC6ZT1AwtDh-8NAQ9u62Dfkm9vIHPzMo4BGajotga5J_yOqP9rNh6MU6A3taqgf7cDjdiY5xZDAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=nq63tF_OSImkbYrI7WLZUw Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89590247167?pwd=MVO3wgLRzlvRCopCqIwNTzdIIbYLNq.1 Meeting ID: 895 9024 7167 Passcode: 698189 —[…]

May 09
May 09, 20264:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Euclid’s Elements

Here’s an interlinear Greek/English translation: farside.ph.utexas.edu/Books/Euclid/Elements.pdf Here’s a series of videos: Euclid’s elements: definitions, postulates, and axioms Euclid’s Geometry was built on assumptions. But what if you altered one of those assumptions? Nikolai Lobachevsky: Non-Euclidean Geometry and Euclid’s Fifth Axiom – Kronecker Wallis

May 10
May 10, 20269:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Brainstorming

Ken Lawrence’s Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234

May 16
May 16, 20261:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Admissions Testing
Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave.,
Whippany, NJ 07981 United States

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via[…]


Volunteer opportunities

Learn valuable new skills while helping to build Northern New Jersey Mensa! We need a Vice Chair and a calendar coordinator, among others