<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>I don’t believe schools even know whether or not you’ve taken the test with modifications or not. That being said, whether or not yout can get extra time depends on how well-documented your disability is. Do you get extra time on tests in schools? Is your disability diagnosed? Does your school have any equivalent to what in America would be called an IEP or 504 (you can look these things up online).</p>
<p>If you can get the accomodations, I don’t think schools will look down on it at all. Even in college, you can get extra time as long as you’re ultimately doing the same work, so it won’t reflect on your likely performance over the next four years.</p>
<p>Thank you very much</p>
<p>I can offer one case where servere dyslexia didn’t hurt. A girl from my son’s tiny HS (created for kids with issues like dyslexia) just graduated from Cornell. She worked hard to learn coping skills. I don’t know her exact stats re SAT … and she didn’t ask for accomodations until after freshman year. She really was drowning in the reading. She is very happy and made it in and out fine, so YES you have a shot. Just make your essay very compelling and positive about what you can do. You are not defined only by needing (possibly) some accommodation.</p>
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This a really important. You need to be tested and have your particular issue identified so that you can learn the appropriate coping skills. What you are describing seems to be an issue in tracking information, more than dyslexia. The coping skills for this are different from the ones for dyslexia. The testing required to get adaptions should identify exactly what the underlying issues are.</p>
<p>Singersmom07 I was tested and found out with 3 differnet types of “dyslexia” in the area of writing ( I write different letters than the one I intend to write (like e and c or i and l). In reading and so on:)</p>
<p>Thank you:)</p>
<p>Dyslexia is not a problem with writing, although dyslexics often have problems with handwriting as well. Moreover, if your problem is with writing, how come your Writing score was much better than your Critical Reading score?</p>