<p>Actually, they were. It is none of your business what the specifics were, but let’s just say that when the neuropsyche report came back, the administration deliberated for literally 3 minutes and 27 seconds (I timed it) before they immediately offered me accomodations. Their average deliberation time is 1 month at my school. And though I chose not to bring them up in my common app, my counselor convinced me to allow her to write 2-3 sentences about it in her reccommendation. </p>
<p>The point of all of this is, when they have so many excellent kids with near-perfect-everything stats, they have very little reason to accept people with very low stats in one area.</p>
<p>Also, when it comes to ADHD in particular, they aren’t so forgiving. They should technically take it more at face value, but because it has the stigma of being “overdiagnosed,” they usually aren’t so forgiving about it. Human instinct outweighs political correct-ness, and they wonder sometimes if in ADHD case is just an excuse. Additionally, if it is so bad that it drastically affected a student’s grades (like you apparently explained it in your common app/counselor letter, I’m guessing), they sometimes consider it risky to admit that student, wondering if it will affect them at college, as well. All assurances of “it’s been treated and is barely there anymore” don’t always put their minds at ease. Yet again, it shouldn’t affect their decision, but subconciously or not, it does. All of the above comes from several family friends who are adcoms at pretty high up schools. When I was considering whether or not to include my LD stuff, we consulted a few of them on the matter and that is what they had to say.</p>
<p>P.S. The ONLY reason I brought that all up is because you said the following:
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