I did HORRIBLE on the PSAT test.

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“Yes, I had bubbled, but I didn’t bubble all of the questions. Only the questions that I had complete understanding of.”

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This is your issue. When you look at your PSAT score, it tells you how many you got right, wrong, and omitted (left blank). You should leave 0 answers blank because there is no guessing penalty. You will not lose any points for having wrong answers; so you have all to gain by putting something down even if it’s just a guess. If you can’t eliminate any answers, just put C (or any random letter of your choosing).

Sorry about how rude people are being to you. Khan Academy might not be best for you yet. You should get an SAT book that has instructions on test-taking skills (Khan Academy will help you practice but you need to learn how to take a test to improve) or even better, get a tutor or sign up for a class if you can afford it. If you put time in (like upwards of 50 hours), you can definitely raise your score up a couple hundred points at the very least. You’re a sophomore; you have lots of time to improve so use it. And definitely follow the guy above me’s advice for getting extra time.

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Guys, guys, guys, you are making me nervous! Yes, it appears that I am making my explanation vague, but that’s because of the work that I have to do from school. Also, not to be rather callous of the position that I am on, but I also have a life outside of my academia.

Anyway, the score report that I have states that all of the reading question were omitted. The writing and language section: I did correct on some questions and incorrect on some other questions. The math had a lot of questions that I have never know in theory, so I only have three correct answers; the most were omitted or incorrect.

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*Also, not to be rather apathetic of the position that I am on

I actually mistaken “callous” as a synonym for apathetic; please excuse me.

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Am I the only person who is a little skeptical that this person is a native English speaker? The syntax of the OPs language is bizarre, and there are, frankly, some odd word choices. “…callous of the position that I am on, but I have a life outside of my academia.”??? Native English speakers don’t speak or write this way (at least not in 2017), especially not when they are dysgraphic. I have a dyslexic and dysgraphic child, so I am very familiar with these learning disabilities.

It’s not a crime to not be a native speaker, but it might help us give better advice, so please clarify OP. As others have asked before, have you been assessed for learning disabilities? If not, you MUST address the issue by requesting, in writing, that your school district test you for learning disabilities. Until you have accommodations for testing in place, you will be spinning your wheels as far as getting your score up.

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^^^^^^my thoughts since the second post @lindagaf. Also the dramatics are over the top. “Guys, guys guys, you are making me nervous.”

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Umm, you do know that having a comma is necessary for separating compound sentences, especially if they have a conjunction word like this sentence? By the way, bizzare does not equate to incorrect. Are you going to call Shakespeare a “non native” because of his usage with syntaxes and words? Come on. Beside, if I were a non native English speaker, I would actually be confused by your comment. A non native English speaker wouldn’t actually know this if he/she studies English for more than five years (this is relative of course). It’s like you guys really find my writing style to be freaky, and I find that to be a bit insulting. The underscore serves as mean to italicize words since there is no text function to italicize them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type

“In plain-text computer files, including e-mail communication, italicized words are often indicated by surrounding them with slashes or other matched delimiters.”

  • “I had nothing to do with it. (Commonly interpreted as underlining, which is an alternative to italics.)”

Oh, and an another thing: How do you dictate what is dysgraphia and what is not dysgraphia? Are you really going to use anecdotal evidence to disprove that a person with dysgraphia can’t have an unusual syntax and an unusual word choice? Not to use the appeal to authority fallacy, but do you run the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Because it sure seems like that you have more experiences than the professors, who work half of their lives to gain a complete understanding of it, if there is any.

http://www.ldonline.org/article/12770
According to this website, the warning signs, and I quote, are:
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*Tight, awkward pencil grip and body position

*Illegible handwriting

*Avoiding writing or drawing tasks

*Tiring quickly while writing

*Saying words out loud while writing

*Unfinished or omitted words in sentences

*Difficulty organizing thoughts on paper

*Difficulty with syntax structure and grammar

*Large gap between written ideas and understanding demonstrated through speech.
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As you can see: The website clearly states that having difficult with the syntax is one of the traits of having dysgraphia. Plus, if you think that having dysgraphia will bar your English writing skill: just note that is not exclusive to English. A person with dysgraphia will have difficult regardless of the native language they use. As long as the person with dysgraphia have no difficulty with speaking: there’s no need to group them with the “non natives,” if his/her first language is English. I should not be verbose with my statement, but I feel I have to clean confusion and–not trying to imply that you are–ignorance on what constitutes dysgraphia.
I am not going to post for 5 hours (battery running out), so don’t try to reply right away. Just be aware that you are speaking to a person with dysgraphia before you make any more questions related to it.

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