<p>Excellent classroom grades, coupled with lower than expected standardized test scores can indicate previously undiagnosed learning disabilities and/or stress induced anxiety. Pay a visit to your guidance counselors office, and talk with that person about being screened for dyslexia-type processing issues and anxiety. It is better for you to get a handle on this now while you are still in high school.</p>
<p>If English isn’t your home language, and you have fewer than seven years in schools where English is the medium of instruction, you may want to consider taking the TOEFL.</p>
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