<p>One possible diagnosis is dysgraphia, if it truly is a learning disability. The College Board can provide an accomodation (use of a computer to type the essay), but it is very hard to get … much testing by psychologists, documentation required, etc. </p>
<p>These days almost everything (in the real world) is written on a keyboard of some sort, so requiring the essay to be hand written doesn’t make much sense. But since the SAT is administered in high schools around the country and perhaps 2 million exams are given a year (I think I read that somewhere), it would probably be cost prohibitive for the College Board to allow use of computers except in very rare cases.</p>
<p>But how many college students turn in hand written essays these days, I wonder? Do they still use those old blue books for essay exams, or is that an anachronism like slide rules and mimeograph machines?</p>