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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone can score a 35. A 27, a score in the 85th percentile, doesn't automatically mean there is a diagnosable learning difference. Isn't the average ACT score like a 20? I suppose you could try to get a diagnosis to get extended time, if time allows. However, isn't the time crunch supposed to be part of what makes the test a challenge?[/quote]

Yeah, I graduated 20 years ago and 27 was considered a very good score. 35 was an out-of-this-world score that only one kid in my 2000-student UMC high school got (me) and I haven't had the career to show for it. I don't see where a 27 ACT is "struggling" unless the scoring has been completely revamped and all the kids are above average now.[/quote]

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Bc everyone on DCUM DESERVES to be able to get into a top school. The bell curve is ingored and inapplicable bc everyone on DCUM is or should automatically be at the very end of the distribution. If not, there must be a diagnosable difference bc it is impossible that anyone on DCUM would be towards the middle or, gasp, below the curve. [/quote]

That’s a good point, but OP claims this student is so advanced that he/she is way ahead in math and multiple APs taken prior with the highest score.

Doesn’t sound so “average”.[/quote]

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