Imhotep, architect of the step pyramid of Saqqarah, was the first great pyramid builder and perhaps the first universal genius in Western history. His Order exists to encourage and reward the brave who do their best to score high on the world's hardest intelligence tests, thus allowing the highest levels to be normed and contributing to the study of high intelligence.
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Vase containing the great pyramid builder Imhotep's brain, currently in possession of the Order's Psychometitor. |
Like the step pyramid has six stages, the Order has six grades; Neophytus, Assessor, Magister, Inspector, Mathematicus, and Philosophus. Each grade has a requirement in the form of a score on any of the heterogeneous tests (excluding subtests) scored by Paul Cooijmans, the Order's Psychometitor. Please read that sentence carefully as it is sometimes misunderstood, resulting in questions like, "Is [this or that non-Cooijmans-scored test] accepted?" The requirements are expressed as Intelligence Quantifiers (popularly know as I.Q.) and for reasons of transparency, information on the frequency of the qualifiers is included for each grade. Do realize that this information is based on over 30 years of testing, collecting data, norming, renorming, revising tests, removing fraudulent scores and so on.
Upon achieving a qualifying score one automatically acquires the corresponding grade. Application and registration are not needed and one will not be informed. Please read the first two sentences of this paragraph carefully as they are sometimes misunderstood, resulting in questions like, "How do I join?" Below are the requirements and privileges of each grade. The Intelligence Quantifiers are given on a scale with a standard deviation of 15.
You may call yourself Neophytus in the Order of Imhotep. As of mid-2025 and according to the current admission criteria and norms, fewer than 510 have qualified for this grade.
You may call yourself Assessor in the Order of Imhotep; currently, fewer than 275 Assessors are.
You may call yourself Magister in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than 131 Magisters. Also, you may have your name mentioned here; send request to the Order's Psychometitor. You must send a clear, explicit request for your name can not be published without your permission. Do mention the qualifying test and the grade it qualifies for.
You may call yourself Inspector in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than 38 Inspectors. You may have your name mentioned here, including a hyper reference to a web page of your own with biographical information. Dead hyper references will be removed eventually. Do mention the qualifying test and the grade it qualifies for.
You may call yourself Mathematicus in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than 11 Mathematicus'. You may have your name mentioned here, and a short biography of no more than 30 words, including a hyper reference to a web page of your own with biographical information. Do mention the qualifying test and the grade it qualifies for.
You may call yourself Philosophus in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than 5 Philosophus'. You may have your name mentioned here, and a short biography of no more than 30 words, including a hyper reference to a web page of your own with biographical information.
You may call yourself Psychometitor in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than 3 Psychometitrae. You may have your name mentioned here, and a short biography of no more than 30 words, including a hyper reference to a web page of your own with biographical information. There are ideally no scores that qualify for this grade because the theoretical rarity is too high, but due to the tentative nature of norms these scores may occur, and will then likely be renormed downward later on.
You may call yourself Verificatrix in the Order of Imhotep. There are currently fewer than √-1 Verificatrices. You may have your name mentioned here, and a short biography of no more than 30 words, including a hyper reference to a web page of your own with biographical information. There are ideally no scores that qualify for this grade.