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## In an idea that can be called nothing short of genius, Mensa’s U.S. chapter (which requires members to score at or above the 98th percentile on a standardized IQ test) is launching an online dating service.

**What’s the benefit?** Working with Match.com, [American Mensa (opens in a new tab)](http://www.us.mensa.org/)
 announced last week the [launch of Mensa Match (opens in a new tab)](http://www.us.mensa.org/welcome-to-our-site/introducing-mensa-match/)
, a dating and friendship service that aims to help its members “connect on a more emotional level.” The service is restricted to the U.S. chapter’s roughly 60,000 members, who have one very important thing in common—their incredibly high scores on IQ tests.

**Why it works for them:** According to American Mensa’s marketing manager, Victoria Liguez, members have often requested a dating service. “You’re looking for someone in the same tribe as you,” [she told ABC News (opens in a new tab)](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mensa-match-play-cupid-lovelorn-geniuses/story?id=24297280)
. “You’re asking, ‘Do you value intelligence as much as I do?’” Liguez emphasized something you don’t need to be a genius to figure out: Similar intelligence doesn’t necessarily mean compatibility. Nonetheless, she said, Mensa Match is “a way to reach out and find people who can say, ‘Comic-Con is on your list? Oh, me too.’”

**Other benefits:** The organization offers discounts you might expect from a group focused on smarts—think deals on computers, brainy magazines like *Science Illustrated*, and distance-learning courses from Stanford and Johns Hopkins—but some of the offerings also have a social bent. For example, American Mensa has an app called “[The Mensa Connection (opens in a new tab)](http://www.us.mensa.org/shop/benefits-and-services/the-mensa-connection/)
,” which allows its members to strike up conversations through the nonprofit’s LinkedIn group.

And if you’re looking to make sure other folks know you’re a Mensa member, the organization offers a free vanity email address. It might come in handy for online dating, just in case you can’t find your match among the 2 percenters.

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[Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/)

Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.

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