I do have to preface this with a small unfortunate caution, which is that informally completing the PRI subtests of the WAIS-IV, even in an overseas edition (since they are substantially the same stimulus items), formally invalidates any administration of the WAIS-IV for the next 24 months. That is, you now cannot be assessed with the WAIS-IV for another two years (presumably after you are out of high school). If you do end up being evaluated in the next 24 months, please disclose early on that you have seen these three WAIS-IV subtests, and share the results, so the evaluator can select a different instrument (there are a couple of other options, but since the WAIS is the most widely used, absent a specific reason, they would probably default to this). It is also possible that the timing of publication will work out for you, and the WAIS-5 will be released while you are still in high school (likely some time in the next year or two).

As to the findings of your recent exercise: yes, these are consistent with a PRI in the GT range (although this specific collection of subtests would not have generated a PRI under standard rules, as one of the core subtests has been substituted). As we have discussed previously, there are many factors that could have impacted your prior testing to reduce its validity. I've also noted that your fine motor speed has been reported to be a possible area of significant weakness both on testing and functionally, which could also have impacted your past measures of nonverbal ability. Notably, the subtests your friend showed you are all motor-free, and the one you did the best on (in terms of scaled scores, not necessarily raw scores) is untimed (assuming your friend did indeed use the correct timing procedures).

The summary continues to be that you have documented strengths in verbal thinking and problem solving, and a history of interfering factors that leave the question of your assessed visual spatial and nonverbal reasoning skills open. Your recent anecdotal evidence, as well as some of your personal life experiences, suggest that your formal tests were more likely than not to be low estimates--but by how much is unclear.

In any case, I think we have established that you have enough learning potential in all discussed domains that your short- and long-term outcomes remain principally a function of what you do with your capacities.

On another note, how are you doing with all the changes resulting from the current public health emergency?


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