My DD has dyslexia. Slow processing speed and other things. Her maths and science results are very good but her writing lets her down. Hence she had mixed results at GCSE (maths and sciences top grades, a mixture for the others). But she's doing really well in year 12 so far and her internal school exams have lead to her being predicted 4 A* grades. One of her friends is already talking about applying to Oxford and that has got her thinking too. Shes thinking maybe maths at one of them. I'm just wondering if that's realistic. She spends a long time over her homework, longer than her friends I think. She does get 25% extra time in exams but would that happen at any uni, including Oxbridge? Would she be left behind with the coursework? Even assuming she'd be in with a chance of getting in. I dont want to discourage her but i dont want her to be unrealistic either.
Does anyone else have a DC at uni with this issue?
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slowprocessing · 25/10/2019 00:26
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