Eric Karlan
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286 appearances
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first heard May 2019
last heard May 2019
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When we talk about what's most important on any college application, and they really do look at students holistically, but by far and away, the most important factor on admissions is grades.
And even significantly more than test scores is
But grades and what we call academic rigor, which is how much a student may be challenged in themselves in their high school curriculum with honors or AP or IB classes.
But grades are the most important.
So test optional is great, but you need the grades to establish your student's academic background at that point.
It's certainly a possibility that that may be what happens.
But the one thing
that I've always emphasized to families who, even before that scandal, who are worried if their students go in the qualify and get approved for the accommodations or not, is talking a lot about, you know, having a history of accommodations that they can show and send to college board for the SAT and then for the ACT.
Having that history is pretty essential and
And for the students who need it, they really do get it when there's that history in place.
As far as the accommodations themselves, there's a wide variety of them.
The most important or the most common accommodation is extra time, which usually comes in the form of what they call 50% extra time.
So basically multiply the time limits on each section by one and a half.
Then
From there, there's, like I said, a wide variety, everything from ranging to taking the test over numerous days to taking the test in a small group testing environment or having an individual proctor who may read the questions out loud or can serve as a scribe for the student.
Having larger print, having the ability to start and stop the clock.
there's more, but that gives you a good idea of what the different accommodations may be.
On rare occasions at this point, to be honest with you, Debbie, but what I will say is even if a student isn't approved for accommodations the first time, there are opportunities to appeal that decision.
So you can make it clear if it wasn't clear enough for college board or ACT the first time around and really explain.
This is why there's not a longstanding IEP.
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