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    Hello all, I am exposing here a situation which kinda confuses me. A good friend of mine is doing a PhD in physics and he does have some records of the following results:

    WAIS4:

    vci:
    12ss vocabulary
    14ss similarities
    9ss information

    pri:
    12ss figure weights
    12ss matrix reasoning
    14ss visual puzzles

    wmi:
    12ss arithemetic
    11ss digit span

    psi:
    11ss symbol search

    SB5 (here only the quant is available for whatever reason):
    quantitative reasoning: 119
    vqr:13ss
    nvqr:14ss

    i was quite perplexed to see such low results given they graduated from undergrad with honors, I eventually asked him to take some old GRE/SAT 1980s version (which afaik are the only available tests that resemble IQ in many ways and they scored quite low there too:

    550 SAT quantitative
    510 GRE quantitative

    Any ideas if this could be a 2E profile? afaik he does not have adhd but I see some discrepancies there that may point towards something? thanks

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    Robyq, I would suggest being extremely cautious about posting specific test results for someone else (especially an adult) without their consent. I would further suggest that questions regarding 2e should come from your friend, rather than you, and again, only with consent. (As in, please don't do either of these things.)

    With regard to the general question of what testing profiles "belong" in specific fields of study or levels of education, consider that not every person's abilities are uniformly captured by the instruments available to us, for a variety of reasons. Licensed clinicians use these instruments only in context, after extensive training, and for the purposes for which they are each designed. Fields which require specialized skills are much less likely to benefit from the predictive value of general assessments.

    Bottom line, in your place, I would simply appreciate that your friend has been a good sport about allowing you access to personal information, and taking unnecessary tests at your request. If they find that they have questions about themselves and their educational or other experiences, then they may wish to consider professional evaluation. But if they are satisfied with their own current growth, whole-person learning, development and relationships, then they should be allowed to enjoy them. The graduate school years are typically a lot of work, but can be intellectually exhilarating and personally enilvening. Let them be.


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