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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious if all the kids getting extra time on tests have to disclose this for college and/or does your high school mention on your application. My DC has been asking I look into this and I have always said no although DC could benefit as we manage some add issues. DC gets good grades but has to study a lot and is getting frustrated at so many kids with the extra time. [b]My answer was always that this will catch up when applying for college[/b] but now am not so sure and wonder if I should go through the process for extra time to lessen stress. [/quote]

My kid has a high IQ, but has a severe learning disability that makes life an incredible challenge for him. He also has to study a lot, probably more than your kid, actually. Extra time on tests is no fun, by the way. Some tests and days can be very long. So please, please keep teaching your kid to be "frustrated" by the learning disabled and hoping that they get theirs in the end, including being shut out from college. For now, that's not the case-my kid is going to Georgetown! You and your kid sound like real gems.[/quote]

PP, congratulations on your kid's hard-earned admission and future success at Georgetown!!!

As to OP, 
my student has had an IEP since 2nd grade, with documented "invisible" disabilities dating back to age 5.   The College Board initially denied him extra time and small group testing accommodations, based on our school's initial submission.   Probably since so many kids convince their parents to try to get them extra time.    Fortunately, his appeal was granted weeks later.  We provided historical documentation, confirmed via older and more recent evaluations.   We listed doctors' practices and contacts, SLPs, and other providers of services over the years (none of this was tutoring by the way).  Elementary, middle, and hs IEP excerpts.  All of this was done to show that we were not seeking to be ONE OF THOSE "ALL THOSE KIDS" who get extra time, just in the nick of time, to game the system.

I am not sure what you mean when you say, this "will catch up" when one applies to college.   
Colleges, just like real life jobs, operate under the federal ADA, which qualifies an eligible person for reasonable accommodations.[/quote]

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