She should have known her IQ was where it was. Anyone in her position would have taken several IQ tests and know she was middling. I remember back in prep school my guidance counselor was surprised at my test scores on the PSAT. He had been suggesting uber liberal mid-tier Antioch College to me, not figuring out that I was anti-school in general but not in a lefty sort of way. I wound up doing my own guidance counseling. I must have sized myself up pretty well as I was wait-listed for my top two choices before getting accepted to both.
HS guidance counselors are worthless......................
I’ve never taken a real IQ test, but many of my close relatives have and scored high. For kicks I and family members have taken the quickie internet IQ tests, with a few interesting take-aways:
1) They are are not completely worthless - family members who have taken the real IQ tests received somewhat similar scores on the internet tests. In other words, if you scored average, above average or genius level on the real test, your score would fall within the same broad grouping on the internet tests.
2) You have to provide your date of birth, sex, race, and level of education. I am a white male, aged 71, with a masters degree. When I entered that information honestly, and took three tests, I got an average of around 144. When I lied, saying I was African American, female, 20 years old with a high school degree, I scored an average of 152 on the same three tests.
It seems they make the interment tests easier for certain demographics - I have heard they do that on the real IQ tests as well - at least with regard to age and education level. So if you are in 10th grade you are measured against a different standard than if you are older with an advanced degree.
I think the test should be the same for everyone.