[nabs-l] College entrance exam

[Bridget Walker]

Hi Sami,
I'm happy to hear you have applied and are looking ahead to your college experience. I have seen four different college entrance exams and have taken one of my own. Most entrance exams evaluate your reading comprehension, writing ability, and math skills.  There is no major thing to study. I would take advantage of opportunities to work on your reading comprehension, writing, and math with your teachers. Do not stress but, it is not a bad idea to ask about feedback on an essay you write or why you may have made a mistake on a math question. You want to really master skills not just because of the test but, this is the training ground for when everything really falls to you. You own your learning. Please remember this.
In your first year generally you will need to take an english course which contains of evaluating different types of sources or reading passages and responding to these readings in different forms of writing. These forms include but are not limited to persuasive, informative, analysts which is a big one, and others. 
The math exams looks at General math skills with an emphasis on algebra and usually goes up to very basic calculus. I know NYI has not taught any percale for a while. When I was there I asked the math teacher to go over the basic braille symbols I would see and the general knowledge and steps to solve logarithms. 
Submit all of your documentation to the disability services coordinated on your college campus and take the time to have a meeting to identify what you will need for the teat. You do not want to opt out of this test because it determines where you get placed. If you do great  on the writing portion and can test out of basic writing and in to college writing you want to do that. These tests see if you need bridge courses.
By law your college will need to provide the format you will need. Understand if you choose braille, there is some turn around time so schedule accordingly. The college will need some time to prepare the test. 
I wish you the best of luck. If you need anything please do not hesitate to ask. bridgetawalker13 at aol.com 
Bridget
 

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> On Feb 4, 27 Heisei, at 10:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> So I'm currently a senior in high school, and believe I'll be taking the college entrance exam for the schools I would like to go to (I only believe this because I still don't know my SAT score, even though I took it back in December).
> 
> So I have a few questions about your experiences taking the college entrance exam.
> First, how easy or difficult do you think it was? Is it only tested in English and math or other subjects as well? Does it require a lot of studying?
> Secondly, accommodations.  Did you have to discuss with DSS  your required accommodations for taking tests for the entrance exam as well as for college classes in general? How would the test be provided, like do they have it in Braille or would you need a reader?
> Also, (this may be a silly question) has it been your experience that your school exempt you from taking the entrance exam just because of your blindness? Not that I would like to, of course, because I'd like to have the most chance of getting accepted to my colleges of choices, but I'm just curious and also recent discussion on this list about accommodations, or lack thereof, that are being provided to blind students, has got me wondering this as well.
> 
> I hope you guys can answer my questions.
> 
> Looking forward to hereing from you, and good night all.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sami.
> 
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