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 Mensa members can also identify themselves to all Match users 
 
 Dating expert: You're not entitled to love just because you're smart 
 
 Single Mensa member: "I just want someone who can keep up with me" 
 
 It takes a special person to join Mensa 
 
 For one, the elite society only takes individuals with IQ scores in the 98th percentile, meaning just 1 in 50 Americans is eligible. 
 
 This exclusivity -- some might say snobbery -- is part of Mensa's lore. Early Mensans in Britain walked around with yellow buttons , organizational publications once referred to non-Mensa members as "Densans," and last year, a top Mensa member and tester called anyone with an IQ of 60 a "carrot." 
 
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 In short, you don't always join Mensa because you think you're smart. You join to be set apart from most people, who are, as one member put it: "mundane." 
 
 But a new partnership between American Mensa and online dating giant Match.com offers a new, enticing reason to join the society of geniuses: true love. 
 
 Beginning this week, members of the brainiac group can connect through a separate, exclusive dating service called Mensa Match . In addition, Match.com members can add a special Mensa badge to their profiles, signaling a specific interest in connecting with a single person with a confirmed genius-level IQ score. 
 
 Smart dating struggles 
 
 Anne Sereg is one of those geniuses. 
 
 The 55-year-old Florida woman is an IT project manager who graduated high school in three years, college in two-and-a-half and has a law degree from Georgia State University 
 
 "It's been a long time," she said about her dating life. "I went hermit-y for a quite a few years. I just didn't find anyone who's been interesting enough." 
 
 Sereg found she does not connect with people who are athletes or sports nuts, for example. 
 
 "I'm looking for people who are intellectually curious. And when all you're talking about is sports teams and barbeques ... when you're talking about physical traits and not existential philosophy, I'm not going to get the vibe." 
 
 Sereg admits this attitude can limit her relationship options. But one expert thinks the results could be much worse. 
 
 Ali Binazir is the author of The Tao of Dating , and penned a 2009 article , "Why the Smartest People Have the Toughest Time Dating." 
 
 Harvard graduate, Binazir said highly intellectual people can frequently feel "entitled" to love. And sometimes this means unwilling to make the compromises for a successful relationship. 
 
 "IQ tends to be pretty one-dimensional. There's no way to say if this person interacts well with others," he said. "For a relationship, it matters more how that person implements that intelligence in the real world, for jobs and parenting and exchanging of ideas." 
 
 "You need to remove the barriers to love. And when you exclude those people, as smart people tend to do, that's when you become lonely." 
 
 According to Match's data, 80% of singles say they "must have" or find it "very important" to be with someone of the same intelligence level. 
 
 Sereg has decided a college education -- not a Mensa IQ -- is her basic requirement for a future mate. 
 
 "I just want someone who can keep up with me," she said. 
 
 New possibilities 
 
 The new Mensa partnership will give Match.com users a new way to find common ground, said Helen Fisher, a professor at the University of Indiana and Match.com's chief scientific adviser. 
 
 "If you're proud of being in Mensa, if someone (else) is also proud of being in Mensa, then you're already in the same clan," she said. "It's not unlike saying I read a lot of books and I'm looking for someone else who reads a lot of books. There's an automatic filter." 
 
 In their announcement of the partnership, Mensa and Match.com included a heat map of the U.S. , listing where the "smartest singles" live, based on the cities with the highest percentage of Ivy League graduates on the dating site. The top 10 is dominated by college towns such as Durham, North Carolina; Ithaca, New York; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Boulder, Colorado; and Charlottesville, Virginia. 
 
 Fisher cites numerous studies that suggest relationships with a brainy mate could come with great perks. 
 
 "People who are smarter tend to have a higher income, tend to be creative, coordinated, and good at solving problems," she said. "So not only could you have a better conversation during dinner, but dinner could be in a nicer place, and (you could) leave in nicer car." 
 
 Binazir does not believe Mensa members are better at relationships than anyone else. But the partnership with Match.com provides another way for people to find common interests, which is always positive, he said. "I think it's a step in the right direction." 
 
 Anne Sereg hopes he is right, but she won't get too excited just yet. 
 
 "One of the most recent marriages in our Mensa group came through finding each other on Match.com, and that was before the partnership," she said. 
 
 "I'm hoping that it (works). I don't know if it will. But you can't go anywhere if you don't have hope." ||||| A couple meet and mingle at a bar. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) 
 
 It's a genius idea — for geniuses. 
 
 Online dating site Match.com is teaming up with Mensa, a high-IQ membership organization, to connect really, really smart people. 
 
 Only users who fulfill Mensa requirements by testing in the 98th percentile on an IQ test can sign up for the exclusive dating website launched this week. 
 
 Mensa Match members will be linked up with other Mensa members, as well as with other Match members, said John McGill, national marketing director for American Mensa. 
 
 "Meeting people at a higher intellectual level can really enhance your relationships," McGill said. 
 
 American Mensa has more than 57,000 members and an estimated 6 million Americans are eligible for membership, according to the organization's website. 
 
 Scott Porter, who has signed up for Mensa Match, said he joined the organization to meet people, and Mensa Match seems like a natural extension of that. 
 
 "I've hit walls in relationships where I got to the point of, What are we going to talk about next?" said Scott Porter, who has signed up for Mensa Match. 
 
 He said he's noticed that intelligent people are generally curious. "If you get someone who's curious, you can probably always find something to talk about." 
 
 Brainpower is important to most, according to Match, which reports 80% of singles said dating someone of the same intelligence is a "must have" or "very important." 
 
 Intelligence also correlates with other benefits, like a higher income, sense of humor and creativity, said Helen Fisher, chief scientific adviser for Match, in a statement. 
 
 "People everywhere gravitate to smart lovers, because an intelligent partner comes with a host of sexy perks," Fisher said. 
 
 If you're not in Mensa, you can take the practice test for $1 through July 6 to find out if you're smart enough for this dating service. 
 
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 The smartypants society only accepts individuals with IQ scores in the 98th percentile to join its rarefied ranks -- a prerequisite that eliminates roughly 49 out of 50 Americans. Given their relative scarcity, some "Mensans" have struggled to meet potential partners as brilliant as they are. 
 
 All that changes this week. Hoping to help each of its members find that special someone, Mensa has cozied up to Match.com to announce a new platform called Mensa Match. Not only is access to the designated online dating service restricted to members of the elite organization, but certifiable geniuses are also invited to add branded badges to their "normal" Match.com profiles to indicate their interest in superior intellects. 
 
 "Eighty percent of singles rate intelligence as one of the most important factors when looking for a partner, finally proving that brainpower is the ultimate aphrodisiac," Match.com President Amarnath Thombre said in a statement. "Partnering with Mensa now gives Match members another smart way to easily search for and connect with like-minded singles." 
 
 American Mensa Marketing Manager Victoria Liguez told ABC News that members have expressed interest in a service of this kind for "a long time." 
 
 "You're looking for someone in the same tribe as you," she said. "You're asking, 'Do you value intelligence as much as I do?'" 
 
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 Still, Liguez noted that a certain standard of intellect is just a "starting point" for super-smart singles. After all, not all geniuses are compatible. Once members have established a mutual recognition that "smart is good," they still need to nail down more specific shared interests. The initiative, said Liguez, "is a way to reach out and find people who can say, 'Comic-Con is on your list? Oh, me too.'" 
 
 If you, too, are desperately seeking smarts, the companies are currently administering a practice IQ test for the promotional rate of $1 through July 6.
– Good news for brainiacs who are struggling to find love: Match.com has partnered with Mensa to help bring the IQ-blessed together. This week saw the launch of a Mensa-specific channel on Match.com dubbed Mensa Match, where, as USA Today explains, access is limited to those who meet Mensa's standards. That means scoring in at least the 98th percentile on an IQ test. The pool of people who have done so and are officially part of American Mensa numbers 57,000. But there are more potential fish in the sea—Mensa estimates some 6 million Americans would make the cut. Want to find out if that includes you? Through July 6, the companies are offering a practice test for $1 that will indicate if you're one of the one in 50 Americans who make the grade, reports ABC News. (According to Match's data, 4 in 5 singles say they "must have" or find it "very important" to be with someone of equal intelligence.) If you ultimately do, you'll be able to connect with both Mensans and non-Mensans on Match. CNN reports that Match.com users can also now adorn their profiles with a Mensa badge that indicates an interest in connecting with a single whose IQ is of the highest caliber. (For $5,000, Match.com can now help you find a lookalike of your ex.)