Aida Donbaeva, a native of Kyrgyzstan, became a member of Mensa at the age of 20 — an international association uniting people with high intelligence. She shared details of her success with a journalist from 24.kg.
In early June 2024, Aida took the international Mensa IQ test in the Czech Republic. The test was conducted in one of the classrooms of the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) under the supervision of an examiner. It included 30-40 logical problems that were time-limited and aimed at assessing the ability to analyze structures and solve problems quickly.
The test results showed that Aida has an IQ of 140 on the Stanford-Binet scale, which corresponds to the 99.6 percentile. This confirms that she falls into the top 0.4% of people with the highest intelligence in the world. After receiving these results, she was officially invited to join Mensa, membership in which is available to those who score 130 points (98th percentile) or higher. By the end of summer 2024, Aida became a full member of this organization.
Interestingly, Aida did not set out to become a member of Mensa. “I decided to take the test more out of curiosity. I was interested in checking my abilities on an international level. I realized that the results are not just numbers, but a chance to become part of a global intellectual community,” she said.
Mensa brings together people from all over the world, providing opportunities for development, communication, and participation in educational and cultural initiatives.
“For me, Mensa is a space where people can think and feel differently, yet still be on the same wavelength,” she added.
Aida graduated from the Bishkek Lyceum "Aichurek" in 2022 and enrolled in a university in Cyprus to study "Artificial Intelligence." However, after a year, she decided to continue her education in Europe and moved to the Czech Republic, where she learned the language in a year. Currently, Aida is a second-year IT student at the University of Pardubice.
She noted that without her family's support, she would not have been able to achieve such results. Aida expresses gratitude to her loved ones for their contribution to her education and their faith in her abilities.
