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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple of points:  Serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder usually present themselves for the first time when people are 18-22.  So it is possible that quite a few students who were "normal" in high school will suddenly need mental health care and accommodation in college. Secondly students who suffer from anxiety and depression can suddenly get worse when they are away from their support system. I suffered from clinical depression my freshman year, and needed more time to do my school work, but got better after I found the correct medication. So if you think mental health issues are scams to get better grades, thank your lucky stars you don't know otherwise.

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Yes!
And the reason so many high school students get diagnosed with ADHD is because often kids can get by until the demands increase and then the challenges are exposed. 
There are a lot of horrible people on this thread. [/quote]

Right. All those kids who got admitted to Pomona suddenly developed debilitating learning disabilities upon matriculation ...[/quote]

I think you're misreading many of the comments.  What explains the rampant growth?  That's the shocking part -- how did suddenly between 2014 and now (less than 4 years) Pomona go from 5% disabled to over 20%.  Much of it because parents seeking an edge, i.e more time on tests, etc.

[b]There are a lot of horrible people in this thread[/b]. [/quote][/quote]

Could it be a change in methodology? Perhaps in 2014 they didn't include those who suffered from a mental illness. I don't see how you'd suddenly get a 4x increase in demographics in such a short time otherwise- Pomona's student body and academic stats haven't changed much (if anything, the school has gotten even more racially and socioeconomically diverse than it was in 2014). [/quote]

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