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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No chance of ADHD, unless it only started in the last 5 months.

What blows away my mind is this - my child helps with homework/questions on some of the Algebra 2 topics earlier in the year to our neighbor's child who is in the same class. So not like child does not understand or finding it difficult. Attitude is a B is good enough for what the college I want to go to, so why bother. It is working fine, until the health issue. Then it seemed like, I have this health issue, maybe I do not even need a B. Not sure if that is the thinking but seems like it.

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We're trying to find explanations of why an otherwise intelligent child would distribute their time and effort in such a damaging way - make no mistake, colleges place immense importance on math, even for non-STEM majors. It's a proxy for IQ (as wrong as that may be for certain people!).

ADHD, and its resulting dysregulation, would be an easy explanation. It often becomes visible in high school when kids suddenly face more demands on their executive function than they are capable of managing. It's not that ADHD "appears", it's that ADHD is finally revealed.

If it's not ADHD, it could be sudden teen rebellion, perhaps explained by hormones plus anxiety about the diagnosis and the fear of being able to achieve as before.

The point, OP, is that none of this looks good for colleges. If your kid has straight As in all classes for high school, except that one blip in 10th grade algebra, then they can write a little explanation on a dedicated part of the Common App that their math progress was perturbed by a temporary medical issue. But that means buckling up as of today, studying this summer, and changing their whole outlook on school.
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