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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple of points:  Serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder usually present themselves for the first time when people are 18-22.  So it is possible that quite a few students who were "normal" in high school will suddenly need mental health care and accommodation in college. Secondly students who suffer from anxiety and depression can suddenly get worse when they are away from their support system. I suffered from clinical depression my freshman year, and needed more time to do my school work, but got better after I found the correct medication. So if you think mental health issues are scams to get better grades, thank your lucky stars you don't know otherwise.

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Yes!
And the reason so many high school students get diagnosed with ADHD is because often kids can get by until the demands increase and then the challenges are exposed. 
There are a lot of horrible people on this thread. [/quote]

You need to get out more and apply some critical thinking. These so called horrible people are telling you the reality. Go check out the college board study that showed a HUGE jump in time accomodations once they could not mark on the test that extra time was given. This is why there is an increase in college. These wealthy parents do not think twice about spending thousands on a diagnosis to get extra time for their kids: they are already spending over $40 k for private school tuition, thousands more on prep! In fact the doctor diagnosis would be the cheapest cost. It is tha easy to get the diagnosis. If you don’t think it is easy to get that dr diagnosis, you definitely don’t know very wealthy people.[/quote]

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