Intertel

Intertel is open to those who have scored at or above the 99th percentile, or the top one percent, on a standardized test of intelligence.{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/18637/quick-10-10-high-iq-societies-ill-never-get|title=The Quick 10: 10 High I.Q. Societies I'll Never Get Into|work=Mental Floss|date=13 May 2008}} It has been identified as one of the notable high-IQ societies established since the late 1960s with admissions requirements that are stricter and more exclusive than Mensa.{{cite journal |last1=Schregel |first1=Susanne |title='The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence |journal=History of the Human Sciences |date=December 2020 |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=12–36 |doi=10.1177/0952695120970029 |s2cid=227187677 }}{{cite book | last=Kaftandjieva | first=Felianka | title=Methods for setting cut scores in criterion-referenced achievement tests : a comparative analysis of six recent methods with an application to tests of reading in EFL | publisher=European Association for Language Testing and Assessment | publication-place=Arnhem | date=2010 | isbn=978-90-5834-104-4 | oclc=934307372 | url=https://www.ealta.eu.org/documents/resources/FK_second_doctorate.pdf }}

Intertel was founded in 1966 by Ralph Haines, following the example of Mensa founders Roland Berrill and Lancelot Ware, who wanted to create an association adapted to the gifted needs without any specific restriction of admission (with the exception of a minimum IQ). Intertel thus became the second oldest organization of this kind, Mensa being the first.{{cite web|title=High IQ Societies - 99th Percentile (1 person in 100)|url=http://www.iqsocieties.com/99th.html|url-status=dead|work=iqsocieties.com|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150211090858/http://www.iqsocieties.com/99th.html|archivedate=2015-02-11}}{{cite web|title=High IQ society members enjoy activities together|url=http://www.funeducation.com/News/IQ-Test-Information/high-iq-society-members-enjoy-activities-together|work=funeducation.com}}

Aligned with one of the goals stated in its constitution, Intertel's members participate in research on high intelligence.{{cite journal |last1=Storfer |first1=Miles D. |title=Problems in left-right discrimination in a high-IQ population |journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills |date=October 1995 |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=491–497 |doi=10.2466/pms.1995.81.2.491 |pmid=8570344 |s2cid=220711269 }}{{cite journal |last1=Storfer |first1=Miles |title=Myopia, Intelligence, and the Expanding Human Neocortex: Behavioral Influences and Evolutionary Implications |journal=International Journal of Neuroscience |date=January 1999 |volume=98 |issue=3–4 |pages=153–276 |doi=10.3109/00207459908997465 |pmid=10995133 }}

In 1978, Intertel established the "Hollingworth Award"{{Cite journal |last=Cramer |first=Roxanne H. |date=1990-03-01 |title=The Hollingworth award |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02783199009553268 |journal=Roeper Review |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=184–185 |doi=10.1080/02783199009553268 |issn=0278-3193|url-access=subscription }} in memory of psychologist Leta Stetter Hollingworth, who specialized in research on gifted children. This award was annually presented until at least 1993, first sponsored by Intertel and then the Intertel Foundation.{{Cite journal |last=Cramer |first=Roxanne H. |date=1990-03-01 |title=The Hollingworth award |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02783199009553268 |journal=Roeper Review |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=184–185 |doi=10.1080/02783199009553268 |issn=0278-3193|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |date=1993 |title=Hollingworth Award Announcement: Intertel Foundation |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/016235329301700110 |journal=Journal for the Education of the Gifted |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=98–99 |doi=10.1177/016235329301700110 |s2cid=220401326 |issn=0162-3532|url-access=subscription }}

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• Triple Nine Society, high IQ society above the 99.9th percentile

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