<p>How much extra time do students suffering with ADD/ADHD get? Has anyone diagnosed with ADD/ADHD been denied?</p>
<p>Yeah I was wondering about this too; I dont know anyone thats disabled and took it.</p>
<p>extended time kids get twice as long i think. either that or they get time and a half.</p>
<p>sooooo many kids at my school get it. cuz my schools private and rich parents pay to have their kids diagnosed..its dumb and unfair. i wish they still redflagged them.</p>
<p>I don't think ADD/ADHD is usually severe enough to warrant extra time. Collegeboard is really strict with that kind of stuff (unless you're rich enough to buy it, I guess).</p>
<p>The appeals process for testing accomodations is extremely difficult. While I have personally not gone through it, I have heard enough about it to know it is no walk in the park. For more info: <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/accom.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/accom.html</a></p>
<p>It is really not easy getting accommodations and I personally think it's really rude that anyone would suggest it can be bought. I'd kind of like to know the reason for the question. People who get extra time get it because they need it and have to back it up with volumes of testing over a long period of time. Having your medical history being given to people with probably less than a high school education to make a decision (and if you've ever talked to anyone at collegeboard, you know what I mean) is embarrassing. But you do what you have to do, and even then for many with LD and ADD, SATs and ACTs are difficult because of the way the brain functions. </p>
<p>Time depends on disability. For SAT is can be 1 and a half times or double time. For ACt it can be anywhere up to three times. My friend also got extra time, but he was diagnosed with leukemia over the summer and has been in chemo for 5 months, and has trouble sitting up for periods of time.</p>
<p>"sooooo many kids at my school get it. cuz my schools private and rich parents pay to have their kids diagnosed..its dumb and unfair. i wish they still redflagged them."</p>
<p>That's where the "buying it" came from.</p>
<p>its true though. it CAN be bought.</p>
<p>why do you think some private schools have like 15% extended time while most public schools have less than 1%?</p>
<p>rich ppl can BUY it.</p>
<p>So true, I tried to get my parents to do the same for me, but they said it was ethically unmoral. lol. w/e, still got a 2330.</p>
<p>2330 and "unmoral"?</p>
<p>no i think he got the 2330 after the parents thought that it was unmorral to be diagnosed falsely</p>
<p>it's spelled "immoral"</p>
<p>um, i believe unmoral is a word. And, no i was not diagnosed with ADD, my parents wouldn't allow it.</p>
<p>Unmoral is indeed a word; however, it doesn't mean what you think it does. Unmoral means possessing no moral qualities; you want immoral, which means violating moral principles. (Thanks, dictionary.com)</p>
<p>Good thing your parents are honest.</p>
<p>"why do you think most private schools have 15% extended time while public schools have 1%"</p>
<p>?? Unfortunately, a lot of students with disabilities are not cut out for public school (large classes, lack of flexibility) and so their families have to put them in private school just to survive. My brother is dyslexic and my family, on top of tons of medical bills and therapy bills, also has to pay for private school because that is the BEST environment for him. It isn't a matter of "buying" a disability. If he could, I'm sure he would buy a normal brain in an instance.</p>
<p>The other day, he took a test in his Algebra 2 class. He absolutely knew the answer was "2 radical 2" but for the life of him he couldn't recall how to write the number 2. He had to take a few extra seconds and look over his test to find a 2 to remember how to write it. He will definitely need extra time on the SAT. It isn't unfair, it is right. I am worried that he will be denied entrance to college, even though he is brilliant, because standardized testing tries to make him fit a standard designed for kids with normal brains. And every day when he takes tests in classrooms his memory blanks on him regularly and 85% of a test is the best he can do. Remember that Einstein got kicked out of high school for being such a poor student.</p>
<p>My friend was forced to get tested for ADD when we were freshman. He was diagnosed with severe ADD and put on meds. Supposively, this is why he doesn't try in school and doesn't pay attention in class. He has taken the hardest classes possible and because he is so lazy he didn't even make the top 25%.</p>
<p>He took the SATs. No extended time. 2250.</p>
<p>That's why the College Board is so strict. With extended time, he would have got a 2400.</p>
<p>For people who think its hard getting accomodations for ADD/ADHD, I guess you've just never been around them. But in the generally affluent areas this is so pervasive as high flying parents , who can't accept the fact that there are kids smarter than their own children, look for an edge. In this places, being diagnosed as ADD/ADHD carries no social stigma and it's very easy for these people to get certified, why sometimes all it needs is a phone call to a relative doctor. I agree that those who suffer from such handicap should be given preferential treatment, but it's aggravating to find out that such and such person has no time tests when for all intents and purposes everyone knows he/she is a normal kid.</p>