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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a short term focus on gaming the system to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest

OP is not gaming the system.

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties.

OP here. To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future. He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them? Yes. Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35. That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.

Why put him through the embarrassment of accommodations for a point?

Embarrassment? Accommodations are very common. Lots of kids get them. And it could be 2 points...who is really to know? I am pretty confident he would have a fine ACT score without accommodations, but probably not a perfect score. I do know that many times he finishes in plenty of time and uses the extra time to check his work. So there's that. But the bottom line is he has a history of using accommodations and is entitled to them. So why not use them? He would be crazy not to. And we have given him the choice to use them or not and he chooses to use them. If anything is prevents anxiety.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a short term focus on gaming the system to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest

OP is not gaming the system.

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties.

OP here. To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future. He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them? Yes. Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35. That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.[/quote]

Now I am convinced this is a troll. A kid with 25th percentile processing speed wouldn’t finish half of the questions in time, no matter how intelligent. Take your nonsense pot stirring elsewhere.

I think she may be real but have a very unrealistic view of the college application process and how well her son will do on this test. This is his first test under real exam taking environment. A 34, 35 or 36 are all amazing, top scores. Cheers if her son gets them, but to post here and tell us her SN kids is going to get 34, 35, or 36 but not admit to extra time and then to fight about it does smack of hubris and arrogance. She's living her life through her son. Well, good luck to her. I hope he does well but he certainly has a velcro helicoptering parent.

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Btw- there is no anonymity in high school. Everybody knows who gets extra time on tests because it either happens in the same classroom, or they are pulled out for every test.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a short term focus on gaming the system to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest

OP is not gaming the system.

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties.

OP here. To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future. He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them? Yes. Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35. That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.

If your son is capable of reaching a 34 without accommodations and a 35/36 with accommodations; then I would venture that your family is gaming the system.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a short term focus on gaming the system to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest

OP is not gaming the system.

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties.

OP here. To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future. He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them? Yes. Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35. That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.

Why put him through the embarrassment of accommodations for a point?

Embarrassment? Accommodations are very common. Lots of kids get them. And it could be 2 points...who is really to know? I am pretty confident he would have a fine ACT score without accommodations, but probably not a perfect score. I do know that many times he finishes in plenty of time and uses the extra time to check his work. So there's that. But the bottom line is he has a history of using accommodations and is entitled to them. So why not use them? He would be crazy not to. And we have given him the choice to use them or not and he chooses to use them. If anything is prevents anxiety.

The typical argument to justify why gaming the system is legitimate for themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:No he doesn't have a score but consistently scored 35-36 in the mock tests, so pretty confident he will get at least a 35. Hey, this is not a popularity contest people, it's an anonymous forum. I really don't care about your opinion of me or the rest of my family.

So, he could have gotten a 29 for all you know.

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Anonymous wrote:No he doesn't have a score but consistently scored 35-36 in the mock tests, so pretty confident he will get at least a 35. Hey, this is not a popularity contest people, it's an anonymous forum. I really don't care about your opinion of me or the rest of my family.

So, he could have gotten a 29 for all you know.

Uh, ok OP. Whatever you say. Cough, cough.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a short term focus on gaming the system to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest

OP is not gaming the system.

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties.

OP here. To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future. He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them? Yes. Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35. That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.

Why put him through the embarrassment of accommodations for a point?

Embarrassment? Accommodations are very common. Lots of kids get them. And it could be 2 points...who is really to know? I am pretty confident he would have a fine ACT score without accommodations, but probably not a perfect score. I do know that many times he finishes in plenty of time and uses the extra time to check his work. So there's that. But the bottom line is he has a history of using accommodations and is entitled to them. So why not use them? He would be crazy not to. And we have given him the choice to use them or not and he chooses to use them. If anything is prevents anxiety.

The typical argument to justify why gaming the system is legitimate for themselves.

As a parent whose child really does need accommodations (think single digit percentiles without them), I have to say the OP is frustrating. People who use accommodations and don't need them lead others to believe the accommodations are a joke or "cheating." Thanks a lot, OP, for ruining it for kids who really do need the accommodations.

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OP here. Well the results are finally in. DS got a 36. We are pretty thrilled.

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What a weird thread. Your son achieved a 36 with accommodations. Hooray?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Well the results are finally in. DS got a 36. We are pretty thrilled.

Congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:What a weird thread. Your son achieved a 36 with accommodations. Hooray?

Let's be honest, the vast majority of people couldn't get a 36 given unlimited time on the test.

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Anonymous wrote:What a weird thread. Your son achieved a 36 with accommodations. Hooray?

Let's be honest, the vast majority of people couldn't get a 36 given unlimited time on the test.

Er, my 34 ACT kid would have easily scored a 36 with unlimited time.

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Anonymous wrote:What a weird thread. Your son achieved a 36 with accommodations. Hooray?

Let's be honest, the vast majority of people couldn't get a 36 given unlimited time on the test.

Er, my 34 ACT kid would have easily scored a 36 with unlimited time.

Really? Alrighty then!!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Well the results are finally in. DS got a 36. We are pretty thrilled.

Right. Total bullshit unless you post a dated photo of the test score sheet.