Freshman Scholarships vs. Transfer Scholarships?

happymomof1
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:19 +0000

Since this has been going on forever, I’d suggest that you take some of your spare cash and march your daughter in to the office of the best Educational Psychologist that can be recommended by the people at her CC. What you take to be slowness because of perfectionism may well be a slow processing speed or other so-far-unidentified learning difference. With a documented LD she can request accommodations for the ACT and SAT, and she can also ask for them once she gets to her four-year institution. My dyslexic niece has grades that are off the charts if she has time to do the work, but her ACT scores with no accommodations were right about where your daughter’s are.

Even if the issue is not a LD, your daughter could probably use some professional encouragement for developing the drop-it-and-move-on skills required in a timed-testing environment and/or advice on handling any anxieties she may have about being less than perfect which contribute to the low test scores. I know kids who suffered from each of those tendencies as well.

Wishing you all the best!