Moyle Park present Mensa and Scholarship awards

Moyle Park College hosted one of the most special nights of the year with its annual Mensa and Scholarship Awards Ceremony last week.

This event welcomes the top thirty students entering the college in First Year. Over 160 students sat the CAT IV entrance exams in Moyle Park College in 2024 and thirty students were then invited to the night and to sit the Mensa exam.

The evening was a celebration of achievement with parents, students and past pupils in attendance.

Mensa is a worldwide organisation, in over 100 countries with 110,000 members. In order to qualify for Mensa you must be within the top 1% or 2% of intelligence in the population.

Just to put it into perspective, currently the world population is 7.9 billion.

Mensa has been running in the school since  the introduction of the programme in 2012.

Currently, 19 students have been awarded Mensa membership in Moyle Park College.

This year’s top 30 incoming first year students also sat their Mensa exam on the April 11 with the hopes of joining Mensa next year.

In order to qualify for Mensa a student needs to receive a score of 148 or higher in the Mensa exam.

Five students were successful in the exam, with scores ranging from 152-160, bringing the total number of students who will be in the college in September to 22.

Moyle Park continues to build the Mensa mentoring programme for high achievers with the support of staff, students and parents, the future is bright for these young men.