Bronchitis and SSAT exams

ExieMITAlum
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:12:33 +0000

I think you could send a note, but I don’t think it really matters. From the outside everything seems to magnified, but honestly - on the Admissions side this happens even among some students who were not sick. Students seeing the test for the first time, those who were nervous, etc. sometimes show a dramatic increase from one test to another. Most schools look at the highest scores and ignore the lower ones. Most will just assume the student had a “bad” day. It happens.

I worry that trying to explain the child had bronchitis as an explanation for low grades looks too “helicopterish” and sends up more red flags than you want to eliminate.