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tnot4w wrote:

_crystal_m wrote:Okay op. here you go: aw poor baby.

This should be included in a separate thread: "How not to make an intelligent counter to arguments." _crystal_m and cahwc12 would particularly benefit from that thread.

ScottRiqui wrote:Have you started your LSAT prep yet, or taken any practice sections/tests? If so, how is your condition manifesting itself while you're taking the test?

AFAIK, the only LSAT accommodation that would possibly be available to you would be extra time (the other accommodations like a large-print version of the test, wheelchair accessibility, etc wouldn't apply to you).

Depending on how severe your symptoms are, it's entirely possible that even though extra time might help (as it would anyone else), it might not be enough. But at the very least, you need to know what kind of shape you're in now as far as the timing of the test goes.

I did start my LSAT prep and have been studying Powerscore Bibles and doing PT's on and off the past year, because I wanted to go to law school for a long time and bought LSAT books when I was in high school. I want to get 175+ on the LSAT, but I can't score that high unless I take extra time (I took extra time in reading comprehension and one of the logical reasoning section in a test and got 178) and minimize all distractions.
When I take the LSAT under time constraints in simulated environments, even with medication, I can't achieve the score I want unless I take longer time (I require longer time because I'm often forced to read a paragraph or body of words more than once to fully grasp it). I have to minimize distractions as well because even someone flipping paper can distract me.

emkay625 wrote:I lost all sympathy for you when you decided to use the word retarded. Do you realize how shitty and ironic it is for you to call someone retarded in a forum on which you're complaining about not being able to get disability accommodations?

bitsy wrote:I don't think it particularly matters if you get a 175+. If you take the LSAT with accommodations, it won't be reported in the school's LSAT distribution. They lose the incentive to accept you for your score.

ScottRiqui wrote:

tnot4w wrote:

_crystal_m wrote:Okay op. here you go: aw poor baby.

This should be included in a separate thread: "How not to make an intelligent counter to arguments." _crystal_m and cahwc12 would particularly benefit from that thread.

ScottRiqui wrote:Have you started your LSAT prep yet, or taken any practice sections/tests? If so, how is your condition manifesting itself while you're taking the test?

AFAIK, the only LSAT accommodation that would possibly be available to you would be extra time (the other accommodations like a large-print version of the test, wheelchair accessibility, etc wouldn't apply to you).

Depending on how severe your symptoms are, it's entirely possible that even though extra time might help (as it would anyone else), it might not be enough. But at the very least, you need to know what kind of shape you're in now as far as the timing of the test goes.

I did start my LSAT prep and have been studying Powerscore Bibles and doing PT's on and off the past year, because I wanted to go to law school for a long time and bought LSAT books when I was in high school. I want to get 175+ on the LSAT, but I can't score that high unless I take extra time (I took extra time in reading comprehension and one of the logical reasoning section in a test and got 178) and minimize all distractions.
When I take the LSAT under time constraints in simulated environments, even with medication, I can't achieve the score I want unless I take longer time (I require longer time because I'm often forced to read a paragraph or body of words more than once to fully grasp it). I have to minimize distractions as well because even someone flipping paper can distract me.

Unfortunately, none of the available accommodations will reduce distractions. As for needing extra time, that's almost a given with the LSAT - I don't know of anyone, with or without a medical condition, whose score wouldn't benefit from a few extra minutes on one section or another. The question is, are you outside the norm in your needs? If you got a 178 in practice and only needed extra time on one LR section and the RC section, you might be able to address that with more preparation (depending on how much extra time you took, obviously). Having to re-read passages in order to fully grasp them isn't unusual among test-takers, either. Basically, the problem is that even if a particular accommodation would allow you to get a higher score, that doesn't necessarily mean that the accommodation is warranted.

emkay625 wrote:I lost all sympathy for you when you decided to use the word retarded. Do you realize how shitty and ironic it is for you to call someone retarded in a forum on which you're complaining about not being able to get disability accommodations?

longwalk wrote:I am severely ADHD, as are four of my children. Life's tough, and sometimes inconvenient. But this "disability" blesses me with the creativity and energy to pursue law school even though I am pushing 60. Yes, I will probably score 5 - 10 points lower than if I took the test 30 years ago, and/or was not ADHD. But the court room will not offer me any meaningful accommodations, so why should LSAC? Bottom line: Suck it up, and deal with it. Use the hyper-focus, perseverative aspect of our shared "disability" to study hard, and make it happen.
Good luck to you!

KFV wrote:Having ADHD sucks. We have to go through shit that other people simply can't imagine. But it's part of who we are and we're always going to have to deal with this disability. The more you frame yourself as needing or deserving of accommodations, the stronger the excuse you're building for yourself in case you don't succeed.