LD and Elite Colleges

itsmethere
Mon, 04 May 2009 12:02:41 +0000

I just want you to know, toadstool, that not all LD students get advantages in this competition. I have a very severe LD (a result of cerebral palsy) for which I compensated by my unaffected cognitive functions and by busting my butt all throughout secondary school. Although I always had problems, I never got tested for LD. Therefore, I took my SAT without accommodations and got a 1350 (680V 670M). This, combined with my being at the top of my high school class, was enough to get me into Wellesley and many other selective schools (most small liberal-arts schools). I went to Wellesley, which wasn’t the right choice for me due to my LD, but that’s a different story. Again, many genuinely LD students don’t get tested and therefore don’t use accommodations on standardized tests.