Additional neuropsych testing for kid at college/law school level. LSAT. Anyone go through this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The combination of anxiety and short-term memory issues is not a good fit for law school. Yes, she may like to argue, but your success in law school isn't based on whether you like to argue.

I wonder if OP is actually underestimating/pathologizing his daughter. There seems to be this trend in doing neuropsych exams and tagging any relative reduction in one area as a disorder. Maybe she "just" has some ADHD and anxiety, but actually can cope fine with focusing and completing structured tasks. If she can complete high-level college work ON TIME, then I think she could have a shot at law school. I would not recommend getting additional time on the LSAT, because I think the LSAT broadly does measure your aptitude for actual practice of law, so there's no point in gaming it with extra time. Try dialing back the supports and see what she can do. But if she is only barely, painfully getting through college by getting unlimited time on in-class tests and multiple extensions on papers because she can't discipline herself to finish and enters into anxiety/procrastination spirals ... yeah, law school is not a good idea.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t gone through this but my DH is a tenured professor at a top law school. Most of his students go straight through and do NOT take time off. Some do, but they tend to be people who had another successful career and now seek a law degree (tech, patent types, medicine).

Your daughter sounds fine and like she will be a good law student. I used to teach as an adjunct and many of my students had ADHD accommodations. Profs don’t care, 1/10 of the class has some kind of accommodation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t gone through this but my DH is a tenured professor at a top law school. Most of his students go straight through and do NOT take time off. Some do, but they tend to be people who had another successful career and now seek a law degree (tech, patent types, medicine).

Your daughter sounds fine and like she will be a good law student. I used to teach as an adjunct and many of my students had ADHD accommodations. Profs don’t care, 1/10 of the class has some kind of accommodation.

No, a two year break is now expected at Harvard. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/9/13/law-school-work-experience/