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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be careful what you set your kid up for. My son’s classmate was smart but had some impulsivity and focus issues. His parents landed him unlimited time on the ACT through what accommodation I do not know. He scored a 36 and got into Duke ED. Now a sophomore, in a challenging academic environment and no one around to help him stay on task, he’s already been on academic probation once and is struggling. Sometimes a [b]short term focus on gaming the system[/b] to get into the most selective school possible isn’t in a kid’s best longer term interest [/quote]

OP is not gaming the system.[/quote]

But PP makes a legitimate point. What happens in college? Will there be accommodations in college?[/quote]

Every college handles it differently. And private colleges that do not receive federal funding are not required to provide accommodations. In the corporate world and the rest of life, there are no accommodations. All of this time and money spent on getting accommodations would be better spent with specialists and tutors to help students overcome and compensate for their learning difficulties. [/quote]

OP here.  To be honest, I am not worried about DS and his future.  He has these accommodations, but would he do fine without them?  Yes.  Instead of a 36, he might get a 34 or maybe even a 35.  That's the beauty of having high intelligence along with a disability.[/quote]

Why put him through the embarrassment of accommodations for a point? [/quote]

Embarrassment?  Accommodations are very common.  Lots of kids get them.  And it could be 2 points...who is really to know?  I am pretty confident he would have a fine ACT score without accommodations, but probably not a perfect score.   I do know that many times he finishes in plenty of time and uses the extra time to check his work.  So there's that.  But the bottom line is he has a history of using accommodations and is entitled to them.  So why not use them?  He would be crazy not to.  And we have given him the choice to use them or not and he chooses to use them.  If anything is prevents anxiety.
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