<p>Hello. I am a sophomore and I was diagnosed for ADHD in 2nd grade and have been taking medicine ever since. We never told my high school that I take medicine or that I have ADHD so thereforeI don't have an IEP and I don't get the handicaps such as receiving extra time on tests. We never told the school, but if we do I believe I would defiantly qualify for additional time. Would this be an advantage or a disadvantage because colleges would see that even though I have ADHD I still overcame it but it could be a disadvantage because they may think I only got high grades because I got additional time on the tests. Do they think like this?? I am not trying to use my ADHD as a reason for getting low grades because I have grades similar the top 10% of kids in my grade. I am a sophomore with a 95.7 out of 100 unweighted and 97 out of 100 weighted. I took one ap last year and taking 2 this year. I feel that if I did get the extra time it would definitely help me because I am a slow test taker. In class I never have time to check my answers so I make stupid mistakes sometimes and for example on my ap environmental science test last year I only got up to question 80/100 and there was only 5 minutes left so I just circled random bubbles but didn't even read the questions (Luckily I still got a 40.) If I did get extra time would college admissions officers find out and think the only reason for my high grades was the extra time? Could I be discriminated against if I possibly apply to West point or a military school? This is not that big of a deal because I will most likely not even want to go to a military school. I am hoping for schools like tufts, washington u st.louis, emory etc. Do you think It is worth it for me to tell the school. </p>
<p>ADHD is a disqualifying condition for the military academies (West Point). You would need to be med free for a period of time (look it up, lots of documentation out there). </p>
<p>As for the other schools, no, I doubt that they will discriminate against you (an amazing student it looks like). No you don’t have to tell them.</p>