collegestuff123456
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Is it possible to get a medical waiver if ADHD medicine has not been taken since the end of Junior year and the student maintains good grades in 4 AP classes, with no other assistance?
Extended time on the ACT still counts as an accommodation. The other applicants didn't get extra time to take the ACT. That extra time is an unfair advantage. The real question is if extra time wasn't required during any other exam, why did you invoke your privilege on the ACT?I have a question, what if you never had extended time on school tests or any such accommodation, but you did have extended time on the ACT? Does that question ever get asked of the recipient?
@MabryPsyD Thank you for your response. I understand it's an unfair advantage, I'm wondering if the question is asked about standardized tests, or does it ask to see his IEP from the school. My main concern is whether he is commissionable, and not necessarily for the scholarship.
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Extended time on the ACT still counts as an accommodation. The other applicants didn't get extra time to take the ACT. That extra time is an unfair advantage. The real question is if extra time wasn't required during any other exam, why did you invoke your privilege on the ACT?
Regardless, my advice is to RETAKE the ACT WITHOUT the accommodation. When answering the DODMERB questionnaire, you can truthfully answer you weren't given special accommodations.
That does not make the student receiving the accommodation weaker or less able, just different.
My apologies for intruding in this thread, but I am concerned that there is an idea that students receiving accommodations have an unfair advantage over students who do not receive accommodations. As an educator with 21 years of experience working with students of varying abilities, I would like to reassure you that students receiving accommodations do so to level the learning field. Accommodations are provided because they are needed to meet the educational needs of an individual so that they have an opportunity to engage in learning at the same level of their peers. This may translate to the need for extended time in testing because the student needs the extra time to process information in order to produce the same level of response as a peer who does not experience processing delays. That does not make the student receiving the accommodation weaker or less able, just different. We love our kids, and respect the hard work that they have put forth in the process of continuing their education.
My apologies for intruding in this thread, but I am concerned that there is an idea that students receiving accommodations have an unfair advantage over students who do not receive accommodations. As an educator with 21 years of experience working with students of varying abilities, I would like to reassure you that students receiving accommodations do so to level the learning field. Accommodations are provided because they are needed to meet the educational needs of an individual so that they have an opportunity to engage in learning at the same level of their peers. This may translate to the need for extended time in testing because the student needs the extra time to process information in order to produce the same level of response as a peer who does not experience processing delays. That does not make the student receiving the accommodation weaker or less able, just different. We love our kids, and respect the hard work that they have put forth in the process of continuing their education.
My apologies for intruding in this thread, but I am concerned that there is an idea that students receiving accommodations have an unfair advantage over students who do not receive accommodations. As an educator with 21 years of experience working with students of varying abilities, I would like to reassure you that students receiving accommodations do so to level the learning field. Accommodations are provided because they are needed to meet the educational needs of an individual so that they have an opportunity to engage in learning at the same level of their peers. This may translate to the need for extended time in testing because the student needs the extra time to process information in order to produce the same level of response as a peer who does not experience processing delays. That does not make the student receiving the accommodation weaker or less able, just different. We love our kids, and respect the hard work that they have put forth in the process of continuing their education.