Standardised Testing

[medismything]

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Random question.

Does every exam to get into a graduate school provide accommodations for students with disabilities?

Such as for med school, podiatry, dental school, pharmacy, law school...etc.

Does every standardized test need to do this legally?

 

[DermViser]

Yes, I believe it's under the Americans with Disabilities Act. That being said how they choose to follow it and be legally ok, may not be the same across the board.

 

[medismything]

Thank you.
That is what I assumed - that whichever graduate test it is, they all need to follow American with Disabilities Act, regardless.
Thanks, this question was bothering me!

 

[gyngyn]

Random question.

Does every exam to get into a graduate school provide accommodations for students with disabilities?

Such as for med school, podiatry, dental school, pharmacy, law school...etc.

Does every standardized test need to do this legally?

They need to provide reasonable accomodations. This may vary by discipline. The documentaion needed to confirm the disability must meet standards specific to the field.

 

[efle]

Also the MCAT is notoriously hard to get accommodation for, you need years of documentation of severe disability. Showing up with a doctors note that says you have bad ADD won't get you anywhere

 

[DermViser]

They need to provide reasonable accomodations. This may vary by discipline. The documentaion needed to confirm the disability must meet standards specific to the field.

Correct - it has to just be shown they "reasonably accommodated" your disability. You can run a mack truck thru something that vague.

 

[medismything]

Right.
Like getting extended time on the "DATS" is probably easier to obtain than getting it on the "MCAT", simply because of the nature of each field.
Again, I pretty much assumed all of this. But thank you for confirming my knowledge - this makes sense.