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I would be reluctant to send a “terrible test taker” to college without finding out the reason for the terrible test-taking —- anxiety, depression, adhd, learning disability - I would want to discover and accommodate these before starting college. Many, many college classes consist of only test grades and often as few as 2 - a midterm and a final.  That is not great for a “terrible test taker”. [/quote]

Different poster here, but do you really think that a parent of a “terrible test taker” in high school is just now wondering why? And what, exactly, do you imagine can be done to solve it? My kid has learning disabilities in reading, math, and writing. He’s also very smart. All the accommodations in the world won’t change his testing abilities. But he can still benefit from college! He can still read great books and thing and write about them, do science experiments, and do projects of all sorts. And get a whole bunch of Bs, some Cs, and a flame out D here and there. College is still worth it, if the kid wants to go.[/quote]

So have your DD go to community college to demonstrate their ability and transfer to the desired college/university after they've demonstrated that they're capable of achieving whatever standards are necessary to transfer. Why isn't this a solution?[/quote]

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