Hi, if a student is accepted as a student to a college (and he disclosed he had a learning disability in his application) & He scored very low on his last neuropsych eval (when you go from child to adult in the Wisc/Wais he took you get lower scores, they have since revamped the test that measures IQ). If you submit the neuropsych to the colleges’ disability services (in order to get supports for the student) - can they rescind admissions if they think his scores were too low to succeed at the college?
Short answer is no. Privacy laws prevent the disability services office from sharing information with admissions.
I agree they won’t rescind because of privacy laws and I want to amplify even further…this would be true even if your student didn’t divulge their disability in the application (which generally I wouldn’t recommend a student do)
Wow thank you so much, I had no idea they could not share with admissions.
Thanks, I had no idea the privacy laws restricted to admissions. Yes, he disclosed it twice - in the Common App / application & in his essay.
You can also choose which parts of the eval to share, so you would not need to disclose scores, just diagnosis and suggested accommodations.
Do you think you would have a harder time securing the accommodations without the scores?
Are scores listed on the IEP? Even though schools are not legally required to follow an IEP, they usually try to abide by most of the recc’s if feasible. Most parent’s do submit the IEP as documentation. Having said that, that info (scores) is protected, and should NEVER be shared outside of the Disability office
To clarify, IQ scores at the tail end of the age distributions can be a little wonky either at the high end of the WISC or the low end of the WAIS . It’s also likely true for the high end of the WPPSI and the low end of the WISC.
And when they come out with a new version of the test (the new WAIS the WAIS-5, came out I believe in 2024) they have a new standardization sample and the scores tend to be a tad lower because of the stronger scores in the new standardization samples.
Even if admissions had received that info, it doesn’t matter. Your kid was accepted based on their actual abilities, skills, and achievements, not based on some questionable measure of “potential”. Your kid was accepted because their grades, tests scores (if they were submitted), recommendations, and essays demonstrated that your students has the ability to succeed in college, and is very likely to do so.
No college factors “IQ” scores into its admissions decisions.
PS. Despite claims to the contrary, SAT and ACT scores do not measure “IQ” or “intelligence”.