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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high IQ low processing speed child. I have one. She qualifies for extra time but she’s never used it.

Her high intelligence more than compensates for her speed. She’s not slow because the SAT is easy. She will still score in the 99th percentile. That has always been the case in school. Only when the content is difficult does she become slow. But I would think that’s like everyone. [/quote]

I'm one of the posters who has been stating that the SAT (in part) tests processing speed, and I absolutely believe that other kinds of intelligence compensate for low processing speed.  That said, I have a hard time grasping how your child could actually have low processing speed, and yet get 99% on the SAT. My guess is that the low processing must be a function of attention with her,  not actual cognitive ability.  EVERYONE's processing speed slows down when the content gets more difficult or their focus wanes.  At any rate, I also agree that processing speed is not the ultimate measure of intelligence or achievement.  But I think that it's really on the colleges to design admissions policies that take this into account -- not to rely on the SAT score alone.  [/quote]

DP. My kid's processing speed is in the 4th percentile and his GAI is in the 98th percentile. His SAT was 1550. He has mostly As in high school. He has extra time on a 504 but chooses not to use it. He does, however, use a keyboard for all writing because he also has fine motor challenges.

The school submitted an accommodation request on his behalf, and asked for 1.5 time.

[b]The College Board denied the extra time, saying that his grades demonstrate it isn't needed (we actually agreed). [/b]They agreed to the keyboarding -- which is good because no one could actually have read his handwritten answer. It's literally that subpar (despite years of therapy with an OT trying to improve it).

I think the CB does not always get it right -- but many more times they probably do.

I do wonder whether they are more likely to eye roll and just grant accommodations to students coming from elite privates (my kid is in public) knowing the parents are more able to sue if they aren't granted.

He has learned

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