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[quote=Anonymous]I am working on the Naviance parent questionnaire for our HS senior DD, whose guidance counselor will use our responses to help form the content of his recommendation letter. (He has hundreds of counselees and, I assume, does not know any of them well enough to write a reference without some notes like this.)

DD has executive function-based learning disabilities, which we discovered via neuropsych testing when she was in 10th grade. She has a very high IQ but her working memory and processing speed are average. She was almost but not quite diagnosed as having ADD. She did work with an EF coach last year and has various tools for staying organized.  She uses them with varying degrees of success

Still, her grades (in a demanding magnet program) are just ok. She does work hard but it is very hard for her. OTOH, she scored a 2380 on the SATs. The score doesn't surprise me at all because I think it reflects her raw talents (vs. day to day juggling of homework etc.).

She has EMT (informal) accommodations in school (e.g. she has preferential seating and can turn work in electronically), but no 504 or IEP.

One of the Naviance questions for her parents is: [i]Are there any unusual or personal circumstances that have affected your child's experience or education?[/i]

I'm not sure how to answer this. OTOH I would like to allude to the impediments/difficulties she has faced in the course of her rigorous education. OTOH I fear that if her guidance counselor raises it in his reference letter, it will come off as whiny-excuse-making (given that she does not have a 504 or an IEP).

WWYD? [/quote]

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