Try this.... When YOU the pilot feel confident and completely in control of your aircraft at all times no matter what attidute altitude or pitch its at. Full throttle or dead stick you have control. Dont worry about what everyone elses opionion is of your flying because everyone is different. And so are their opionions as to when someone should be considered an intermediate piliot. If you posses all of the above then noone can deny that you are indeed an intermediate pilot no matter what your style of flying is.