[blindlaw] Additional Medical Factors Related to LSAT Score

[Anita Keith-Foust]

Dear Aimee:

I agree with Michal, and, based upon my experience, I think that there is a
potential for someone on the admissions committee who will decide against
you because of your visual challenge and request for accommodations. So,
yes, I think that it potentially can be negative to send the sleep apnea
information.

I think the lack of accommodations from Kaplan and the  difficulties of
taking the LSAT with a visual challenge are very compelling reasons. 

I cannot imagine a reasonable sighted person would need more than that to
understand.

Consider the following questions:

Will you need accommodations for your sleep apnea? If not, why mention it?. 

Is the sleep apnea a recognized disability under the ADA?

I hope this helps and that you get into the law school of your choice.


Anita Keith-Foust
919-430-1978

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee
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Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:09 PM
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Cc: Aimee Harwood
Subject: [blindlaw] Additional Medical Factors Related to LSAT Score

Hello everyone.  I have a quick question regarding submitting additional
information that could have had an impact on my LSAT score.  I recently
submitted additional information regarding the accessibility issues that I
had with Kaplan to clarify how much of a disadvantage it was for me during
test preparation.  I submitted this after accepting an offer to be placed on
a wait list at my top pick school.  I indicated that the score does not
appropriately reflect my abilities due to the inaccessible materials.

Now that we have a little of the background out of the way, here is my
question.  I recently did a sleep study and have a diagnosis of sleep apnea.
If you are not familiar with it, the affects on your cognitive abilities is
significant if you are not receiving treatment.  So this also would have had
a negative effect on my score.  Would it have a negative effect on the
admissions process if I were to submit documentation of this disorder and
indicate that I feel my score also could have been lower than desirable due
to this as well?  I submitted my other document regarding the Kaplan course
around June 11th.  What are your thoughts?


Aimee
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