<p>By now I did Math 2 (770) US history (620 - I am an international) and SAT ( 2010 , CR 580, M 760 , W 670) without getting some sort of adaption from CB. I have dyslexia and I think I can get some adaptions that will help me improve my grade.
my biggest problem is reading fast without making mistakes while I am reading ( I can read different lines without even realizing that or read words that aren't there and so on)
Do you think that top schools like Yale or MIT will my score is "less good" then other scores , and me as "less good" than other students?</p>
<p>no, I don’t think so. But remember, I’m sure that there are some students with dyslexia in top schools as well other disabled students. You can write about your disability in your essay as I did. For example, I’m deaf and I wear cochlear implant, but I have been accepted into MIT early action and I will go to there this fall. Your math score is quite good, and your history, CR, and W are understandably low since you’re an international if english is not your first language. I would think you might have to take TOEFL and petition for time accommodations before you test next time. </p>
<p>But don’t give up! You have a chance to get into MIT, Yale, etc if you have the stats and show your interest in math and sciences (for MIT). Keep in mind that admissions for international students are extremely competitive, more so than domestic students. Good luck!</p>
<p>I want to go to MIT and major in computer science. My TOEFL score is above MIT minimum score (90 and I got 102). I will take SAT 2 in science instead of my US history, and I will try to improve my CR (I don’t think I can improve my writing a lot ). But dyslexia isn’t a visual disability; they might think oh that kid , well he got extra time in the SAT so no wonder he has a better score.</p>
<p>actually, you can take extra time and colleges won’t know at all. Years ago, there was some legal issues over this, but now, any disabled students can have extra time and colleges will NOT know at all! So u can go ahead with the time accommodations!</p>
<p>and I recommend taking at least one science SAT 2.</p>
<p>I am doing physics and hebrew</p>
<p>If you don’t already have accommodations granted for the SAT’s, they may be difficult to obtain at this point. You will need to send the ETS your diagnosis and the plan for accommodations you have had in high school. If you haven’t applied for accommodations with the ETS/College Board, please get right on it. They can process these applications very, very slowly. If you are attending an American school, the administrators should know how to apply on your behalf. If you are attending a local school, it might be wise to get in touch with the person who coordinates the SAT’s for students who need accommodations at an American schooly nearby (if there is one) and talk to her about what you need to do.</p>
<p>You might also want to consider the ACT exam. This exam substitutes for the SAT I’s with almost all American universities. Some universities do not require SAT II’s for students who submit the ACT, but others do. Some families of dyslexic students have had a much easier time dealing with the ACT and receiving appropriate accommodations than dealing with the ETS/College Board. On the ACT website, there are clear instructions about the documentation you will need to submit, which will probably include data from the testing that confirmed the diagnosis of dyslexia. Since you are an international student taking an SAT II in Hebrew, I’m thinking that you might be in Israel, and the ACT is administered there. Again, you might want to talk with a local person who coordinates special ACT administrations for students who receive accommodations. You could find that person by talking with an administrator at the closest high school that serves as a test center.</p>
<p>With both the SAT and ACT, it is difficult to receive accommodations (such as extended time) if you are not already using such an accommodation in high school. Be sure that your school provides detailed information about the accommodations you receive.</p>
<p>AnonyMom , thank you .
unfortunately ACT is not offered at Israel; or am I wrong?</p>
<p>I used to have all the accommodation during high school, I am 23 now (after a military service) so I think I need to retake the dyslexia diagnosis in order to get up to date documentation.</p>
<p>I applied to the College Board for accommodations for my dyslexic son in September. (We are homeschoolers, so I am his school counselor.) After much foot-dragging by the College Board, appeals, and phone calls, the accommodations were finally granted two weeks before his first AP test in May.</p>
<p>So-- expect the accommodations process to take a loooong time. Send your request right now, along with the testing results and whatever documentation you have from your high school.</p>
<p>Cardinal Fang where did you find someone that will diagnose your son? I tried to find someone in Israel but I failed so I am thinking on flying to the state for this purpose</p>
<p>I live in the US. I had no trouble finding an educational psychologist to test my son, although it was mighty expensive.</p>
<p>There is at least one test center in Israel that offers the ACT through the Union for Reform Judaism’s Eidenrath student exchange program. I’m not sure if they offer it only for students in the program, but it’s worth checking out. Here is the link: [NFTY-EIE</a> - Testing](<a href=“http://www.nftyeie.org/academics/testing/]NFTY-EIE”>http://www.nftyeie.org/academics/testing/) . In terms of finding a psychologist who does psycho-educational testing, what about the person who tested you for your accommodations in high school, or when you first got your diagnosis? I’m very much surprised that you’re having trouble finding an appropriate psychologist in Israel and hate to think of you traveling all the way to the US for testing. Have you tried contacting the psychology Ph.D. programs at the Universities of Tel Aviv or Jerusalem? Also, for a psychologist who will be able to provide a testing report in English, you might check with a local American school and ask for the person (or people) to whom they refer students with learning disabilities for testing. If you get a list of several people, be sure to ask them if they have ever had dealings with the ETS/College Board or the ACT before around the issue of accommodations. The ETS/College Board can be very difficult to work with and it is helpful if the psychologist has a sense of how they operate going into it.</p>
<p>AnonyMom thanks a lot. Ill called that ACT center.</p>
<p>As for my high school diagnostic , they don’t do the same test the CB ask for in their website , they told me it will be a waste of my money because they won’t fit American.</p>
<p>I found only one psychologist but she ask for the process a lot of money, even more than what both of my parents earn in a month so I can’t afford her service. But, I will try to find an American School in Israel and mail them about this subject</p>
<p>I have two suggestions. I’m not sure they’ll work, but worth a try. Email the divisions of the ETS/College Board and ACT for students with LD’s. Explain that you are a native Hebrew speaker in Israel, were diagnosed with dyslexia using tests A, B, and C that are standardized for Hebrew-speakers, and given accommodations at such and such Israeli high school in the years D, E and F based on data from those tests. State that you wish to be retested for accommodations on standardized admissions tests and for accomodations at the university level, and hope that it will be acceptable to the ETS and ACT if you use these same tests A,B and C that are (I assume) standardized and normed for native Hebrew speakers. Ask them if this will be acceptable, stating that you will be willing to have the testing report translated into English by a certified translator. Hopefully, this will work. (The ETS and the ACT might respond differently, so be prepared.)</p>
<p>Second, if you have to be tested for dyslexia in English using American test instruments – which is, IMHO, completely ridiculous, if different instruments exist in your own language – try contacted the American Psychological Association at [American</a> Psychological Association](<a href=“http://www.apa.org%5DAmerican”>http://www.apa.org) and ask if they have members in the division for educational or school-based psychology or psycho-educational testing with office addresses in Israel. This might give you a list of people who are able to test you using the instruments listed on the ETS/College Board website.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>AnonyMom you rocks:) I talk to one of the universities and found a place that can test me for 1\6 the price of the private psychologists. I sent them the list of test CB asks for and they say they will be able to use them, all I need is to translate the results and they will sign them.</p>
<p>now lets just hope everything will be ok:)</p>