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The ability to assess one’s own competence is a very important problem. An inability to do so results in erroneous decisions connected with the choices regarding education, a professional career and economical decisions or in personal failures. Overvaluing one’s competence results in developing a demanding attitude, whereas undervaluing results in a number of complexes, not believing in oneself and, in extreme situations, leads to social exclusion. This article presents selected results of the research carried out on a sample of 423 middle-school students concerning the assessment of their own abilities in the view of exam requirements in the years 2006–2011.