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As someone who has used similar accommodations (though not specifically on the SAT), yes. Dyslexia will hold you back in college. SAT is intended to measure o
by hoka-one-one 7y ago
As someone who has used similar accommodations (though not specifically on the SAT), yes. Dyslexia will hold you back in college. SAT is intended to measure odds of success in college.
- Spivak 7y agoYou're not wrong but I think that's due to how much of university is based around timed tests. The artificial difficulty is maddening. I was fortunate that my school's disability office had fangs and that the maths program wasn't super competitive and wanted students to learn more than get marks. My favorite professor was teaching number theory and always scheduled his classes for the end day and gave unlimited time for exams. Every time I would sit there for at least 5 hours (which wasn't super uncommon) and it was the nicest thing to not be freaking out and trying to force myself to focus.
- hoka-one-one 7y agoI disagree that it's artificial. There's only so much time in a day. A programmer who can do a task in one hour will in the long run outsprint one who needs two. Yes, you can (like many, many others) spend an extra couple hours at work every day, but it'll all come back to center eventually. Sometimes, or even much of the time, you won't even have that option. These are times when people seriously depend on you to perform. It's not personal. I get that it can be stressful and I've been there but I don't kid myself that I'm as good as the people who can work quickly and under pressure.