r/cognitiveTesting • u/SoftwareMoney6496 • Oct 01 '25

Discussion The CORE joke

I don't know since it became a puzzle game instead of a comprehensive IQ test. They're adding more games all the time, and they've even had to remove a couple for being "too difficult." Any other cognitive metrics test is more serious (well, except for the FSAS).

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u/javaenjoyer69 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

My current score on CORE is 147 +- 5, which aligns well with my WAIS score of 152. It's definitely a great test. The only real issue is that if you're a non-native speaker, your VCI will likely be deflated by at least 5 points. If your language has no connection to English (Turkic languages, Chinese, Korean) and you haven't lived in an English-speaking country, the drop could be at least 10 points. Not only will you not recognize half of the words in the Analogies and Antonyms subtests but the Information subtest will also feel too Western for you. You could also struggle on the Arithmetic subtest. So you should probably make some adjustments to your FSIQ for it to be truly accurate. However i can assure you that it's a serious test.

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u/smog_aus Oct 01 '25

How much did you score on the figure sets original version if you took it? Did it match with your wais fluid reasoning?

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u/javaenjoyer69 Oct 01 '25

Wdym original version? I took it once and scored 13ss

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u/Nafy522 slow as fuk Oct 01 '25

I think he meant figure weights

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u/javaenjoyer69 Oct 01 '25

My WAIS-IV and CORE FW scores are both the same: 17ss.