For parents who are jealous of kids who get extra time/think it's unfair
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Anonymous
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My child just took her first AP exam. She gets extra time because of documented learning disabilities. Not only does she need extra time for the test, but everything takes her longer. This means that she was able to complete half as many practice tests each weekend. It means she missed twice as much class time and had double the assignments she missed/will need to make up, and those assignments will take her twice the time.
Before you complain about how unfair it is because your child struggles with time constraints, think about all the ways in which kids who get extra time are hurt by this requirement. |
Anonymous
| Why is this in the college forum? |
Anonymous
Hurt by what requirement? The requirement to take an AP test? Those aren't required. |
Anonymous
Hurt by the need to take extra time. The same issues will come up for Stats/ACTs. |
Anonymous
| This doesn't bother me at all OP - knowledge and understanding is knowledge and understanding no matter how long it takes, and that is the point of these exams. Wishing all the best to your DC. |
Anonymous
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I hear you, OP. Not sure why the PPs were being rude.
My DC has now taken 8 AP tests. Getting extra time definitely does not mean they outscore others who have the usual time constraints. It merely gives them the opportunity to score as well as their classmates who don't have the same challenges. And there is nothing fun about 5-hour AP exams and 6-hour SATs -- if my DC didn't truly need the time there's no way they would choose extended time over regular. |
Anonymous
Mental health percentage is very high in elite colleges and universities. It's somewhere around 20-40% at elite schools like Pomona, Swarthmore, T-10. These students get doctors notes to get more time, more this, more that. Another way elites of this country know how to work within the system. |
Anonymous
Such an ignorant statement. Some elite families make sure they have a child with autism and other processing delays--documented back to the pre-K days, just to work the system. |
These students get doctors notes to get more time, more this, more that. Another way elites of this country know how to work within the system.
Anonymous
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Yes! My son is in the same boat. He will be very slow all his life. His processing speed is a real lifelong disability and affects him 24/7. It will impact his career and private life in a negative way. I hate it when people dismiss the extra time accommodation as the refuge of cheaters. If only my son didn’t need it!!!! |
Anonymous
| What happens when these kids make it through college (presumably with accommodations) and then enter the working world? I'm not aware of employers making accommodations. |
Anonymous
Or, a lot of really brilliant kids have challenges, which is not at all surprising. If you do not have a smart kid with learning differences, you do not know what they have gone through their whole lives being and thinking differently. They often have social challenges as well. What I think is tragic are the kids whose parents do not have the wherewithal and resources to get their kids help (or extra time) or the kids who are not diagnosed and just labeled as smart but lazy or they just do not like school. |
Anonymous
| People see it as unfair because of parents who game the system without a real need for the child but for unfair advantage. It’s a regular scam, often used for athletes but not limited to them. |
Anonymous
Many will not need accommodations when they are not within the very strict constraints of the school system. Work will give them the opportunity to shine at what they are good at. |
Anonymous
| Learning disabilities are sometimes manipulated as an excuse to help low competence and low effort candidates. |
Anonymous
| When these kids become doctors and the hospital gives them extra time to perform surgery, won't that increase the infection risk to the patient? |