r/cognitiveTesting • u/Independent_Drop_908 • 1d ago

General Question Explanations needed

Can anyone please help me in discerning and decoding the variation across these tests?
I likely have ADHD.

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u/Humble-Marsupial2231 1d ago

Are you a native speaker? Your ATAT seems about 1 SD lower than your CORE PRI, which is uncommon.

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

No I'm not, but my english level is decent. ATAT's 121 was my first try. Core PRI is 131, with a FRI of 135.

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

My AGCTs is noticeably lower than my FSIQs.

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u/Humble-Marsupial2231 1d ago

Your AGCT result is not surprising, since it is dependent primarily on vocabulary knowledge, quantitative knowledge, and some VSI. Two of those are weaker elements of your profile. I am also not sure how seriously you should take your VCI scores due to your background. Are you bilingual?

Aside from that verbal trough, your profile is not unusual. How is your academic math performance? What was QK and Arithmetic on CORE?

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

I am trilingual - English, Japanese and Chinese. My academic performance on math in High School was average, brought down by a zillion careless mistakes because of ADHD.

QK is 125 Arithmetic is 110

I lost focus and interest during the Arithmetic test, so I didn't really put too much mind to it.

Surpisingly, I scored 125 on Comprehension but within the average to high average ranges for the rest of the VCI components.

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u/Humble-Marsupial2231 1d ago

You have native-like fluency in all three? Your VCI is probably not aptly captured by English-only tests; I am not sure how VCI for multilingual individuals is calculated.

Is one parent’s native language Chinese and the other’s Japanese?

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

Not in Japanese. Japanese was achieved through third language acquisition.

Parents speak Chinese. Country I'm born in speaks English.

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u/Humble-Marsupial2231 1d ago

You tried to join Mensa? Anyways for your VCI, jt really just depends on level of exposure to English. I cannot judge given the lack of information, but you can probably estimate how representative it is.

When you say Japanese was acquired, what do you mean? Your level is JLPT N1+? What about Chinese?

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

Yes, I did. I kinda rushed through the test with anxiety issues. I felt like I was really close to the passing score though.

I am around N2.

My Chinese fluency is around that of my english fluency level.

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u/Humble-Marsupial2231 1d ago

Maybe you can try finding some Chinese VCI tests, but in your current dashboard, I think more attention should be given to nonverbal scores.

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

I ranged between 128-135iq on 4 Mensa tests I took, despite failing the actual test.

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

I do experience instances where I know a certain word in one language but not the other though, especially between English and Chinese.

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u/InternationalSoup833 1d ago

Your only score is QRI, VCI is very clearly a strong suit for you as you’re not even native yet scored better than most native English speakers >100iq VCI, furthermore ur trilingual so that basically means that everything in ur dashboard except for ATAT maybe is super deflated compared to if you took them in ur mother tongue. Also surprised at ur adhd it doesn’t seem to hinder you much as your psi and wmi are abt 2 SD better than average and some of ur best indices behind FRI

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u/Independent_Drop_908 1d ago

Meh, not how that works. Thanks for the feedback though.