<p>maybe your right about that, mekrob</p>
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Colleges do know if you have extra time, and even if you truly have ADD/ADHD, they still look down upon your scores because all you need is a cooperative doctor to write you a note, which leads to corruption for many who are wealthy and personally know doctors.
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<p>Are you saying that all you need is a doctor to sign a form for you and you automatically get extra time?</p>
<p>I have add too but I just drink a ton of caffeine (4-5 cans coke) to calm me down and keep me focused. It's weird but the caffeine really helps.</p>
<p>I don't use extended time, nor do i have ADD, but from what I've found, CB has cracked down on people just getting a shrink to write a note for you, and they require a two month process or something that involves a faculty member from your school before they make a decision as to whether or not you're given extra time.</p>
<p>College Admissions will look down upon your score when they see that you had extended time.</p>
<p>After some lawsuits were filed, I believe that College Board (or any testing service, for that matter) isn't allowed to put on score reports that extra time was given during an administration of a test.</p>
<p>"what colleges did bushes ds go to"</p>
<p>I think Yale and U Texas.</p>
<p>W got into Yale with a 1.9 GPA at Andover, a 1210 SAT, and legacy. But he was rejected by U-Texas b/c he had a low GPA. He then got his MBA at Harvard. Correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
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W got into Yale with a 1.9 GPA
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<p>That is appalling.</p>
<p>OK ADHD shouldn't be a problem on the math section, as focus is not as important, but solving the problem and understanding the methods are. On the verbal section it's 100% about concentration, which many people including me find hard to concentrate on, hence the 300 point difference it made for me (800,500).</p>
<p>1st of all, when gw bush was college age, yale wasnt very selectice and neither were most colleges; you mostly went to college if you could afford it or not, not if you could do the work. so it was because he was rich, but not because he was george w bush.</p>
<p>2nd of all the olsen twins make movies so they probably have to drive to teh studios and home, etc. and because they were working before age 16, they, like all other teens that age in the usa, can apply to get their licenses early to get to and from work.</p>
<p>Who cares about W's SAT score? He has been a fine president and I don't think the SAT has anything to do with that.</p>
<p>Response to the following comment on this thread:
"i personally have issues with extended time because once students get into college the extended time benefits (usually) stop there. i think everyone should have to take the same test for the same amount of time."</p>
<p>Colleges do indeed (and must indeed) provide extra time for enrolled students taking tests in regular college courses with proper certification: For example see the Harvard University website:</p>
<p>You can search on just about any college web site and find the same thing regarding accommodations. Second, A college will not be aware of the fact that an applicant was given extra time on the SAT unless the applicant tells them. For example, just because an applicant has ADD does not mean they applied for, and were granted extra time on the SAT.</p>
<p>"meh. Bush got a 1210 on his SAT. Went to Andover, Yale, then Harvard. And now he's the President of the United States. I envy that lucky bastard; got the right genes."</p>
<p>Clearly those schools did nothing for his "intelligence" anyways...</p>
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Oh yeah, and WHY do we care about Mary-Kate Olsen anyway. The rich and powerful do what they want. the Olsens were allowed to get their driving LICENSES before they were 16 years old. Therefore MK was bound to go to whatever collge she wanted.
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Then why choose NYU over Harvard or Princeton?</p>
<p>Because they are actresses (not great ones though, haha) and NYU's Tisch School of Arts has one of the best acting schools in the country.</p>
<p>"Clearly those schools did nothing for his "intelligence" anyways..."</p>
<p>well said</p>
<p>not all celebrities could get into harvard if they wanted to...many who could not keep up with the work would feel totally out of place, and all that. like, for example, britney would not go to harvard...its a mutual thing, not just the whole college will accept you so go.</p>
<p>i probbaly have add but i didn't go get it tested although I thought it would help me explain my marks and sat scores. however, many advised me not to because add would give your app a negative connotation - as in you might not be able to keep up with all the college work and complete activites and by trying to find excuses, it won't get you anywhere.</p>
<p>Wow...call me jealous, but I hate famous people and how they can get anything or into anywhere they want to. Here I am, not allowed to get my license even though I'm past the age for working (instead I take the bus and risk getting mugged at night during closing/late night) and will be lucky to get into a low state-school for one messed up year which I've worked hard to fix...yes, I'm bitter. haha.</p>