<p>hey guys
I was diagnosed with non-verbal learning disorder very early (4th grade) and have been put in special math classes every since. I have had the most excruciating time in school since then, because my math skills have been about four years behind. I am now a senior, and barely passing algebra II. Although I take refuge in English and writing, (I want to be a writer someday and have written countless stories, novels, case studies, etc) it was brutal news to hear that I will have no chance going to any school that will gear me toward my writing career. (NYU was my dream since sixth grade) The discrepancy between my math and writing SAT scores are "unheard of", according to my guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Don't believe me?
I had a 290 MATH
and 690 writing
and 10 on my essay</p>
<p>But I am not here to simply bemoan my own struggles, I want to assure all of you who have a learning disability, or if you have a son or daughter that has been diagnosed with a disorder, that you or your son\daughter has absolute unmeasurable brilliance. </p>
<p>Results on a test will not even begin to cover how incredibly gifted you are and I regret wasting my high-school career fretting about the number scores on all those SAT tests, PSAT tests, SAT prep tests, LD testing tests, going through what seemed like endless amounts of tutors and....every test imaginable.</p>
<p>I hope that whatever Learning Disability you have been labeled with will NOT hold you back like I let it do for me. Instead, I hope you let your diagnosis do the exact opposite and prove every single predictor wrong, and dominate the world.</p>
<p>I've realized being tagged with a documented learning disability is not an end all situation. Yes, you'll find yourself frustrated once the college search and application process begins, and you may be like me and be convinced that no school will take you because your not the majority. Your not the perfect SAT scores, carrying all AP courses and president of the calculus club. </p>
<p>But that's just it! You are your own minority. No one can group you in a sea of robotic applications. It's that quirk that will have your application reviewed more then once.</p>
<p>People who have learning disabilities, don't feel like the system is out to demolish you. Prove the system wrong.</p>
<p>There is absolute hope, and in five years, you will be doing exactly what you were born to do and then some. No matter what you want to do, nothing in this world can stop you and you WILL be doing just that.</p>
<p>So do me a favor, and just dominate. DOMINATE, because that test score screamed at you otherwise.</p>
<p>(please remember this post was to encourage people with diagnosed learning disorders who have been increasingly discouraged during their high school years, just like me. I hope I do not offend anyone.)</p>