scholarships for ADD ?? - ADD / ADHD Message Board

6re99 · 11-18-2003, 11:21 AM

I have heard about people getting 'free rides' thru college b/c of ADD. I tested in the highest 97 percentile when my doctor tested me, and I believe I should have some recorse for the 2 semesters of school i took and dropped out of. (first semester in fall 99 dropped out b/c i just couldnt take the load) and second semeseter spring 2002 failed Western Civ [couldnt read 30+ pages in a big book a week] and dropped my english class with 1.5 months left b/c i coudnt sit down and write a full paper would always wait untill the last day and cram a paper down (( doctor called this hyper focus ))] I feel that I should be able to get some kind of refund for those classes .. I DID get a B+ in my Alg. class, for some reason I have ALWAYS been great in math.. i just took to it easier than anything else.. I assumed it was b/c the way you do math, you're always doing something different, you're always 'moving place to place' in your mind so to speak... I never could STUDY for a math test, but i just always took to it REAL easy in lecture class and could remember what we did for the test. HW has always been like a punishment to me.. I would actualy break out in a sweat or get hot and red if i had to sit down for longer than 5-10mins and do something that was 'boring' like read or do repetative actions..

so basicaly my ?> is do any of you know of where i could sign up for scholarships or financial aid based on my ADD..

and while i have you in here, what about getting marks taken off your Credit report? When i moved out with my then fiancee, i ENVER could keep up and pay for my finances. she just always said i was lazy, but after testing high for ADD i realized it was b/c of the ADD that i couldnt keep up with bills and pay them on time.. would i have to get a doctors scripting that I have it to the extent i do and that it is why my finances were so fowled up back then??

thanks and take care

* Free ~ Spirit * · 11-18-2003, 12:10 PM

You cant use ADD as an excuse, and honestly it sounds like you are trying to. If you really are ADD and now you know, all you can do is try to understand yourself better and do things in ways that can help you be more successful in the future. You cant get things taken off of credit reports or be re-embursed for dropping out of school!!! Nobody forced you to drop out, you did that on your own and cannot blame ADD for that. Even if you think ADD factored into it in the end YOU MADE THE CHOICE!

As far as financial aid, just go to the financial aid office at your school and apply for regular financial aid. Search the net to find scholarships for ADDers.

Good Luck

6re99 · 11-18-2003, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by * Free ~ Spirit *

You cant use ADD as an excuse, and honestly it sounds like you are trying to.
Good Luck

i appologize you took it as such.. but it's not an excuse.. more of a REASON for the troubles i have faced throughout this life. BUt oh what a wonderful world it would be if we could go back to when i was young and then had treatment. but we cant.. so i live with what i have now , and treat it and do what i can WHEN i can.. this DISEASE is hell to be honest.. and people who do not have it, have NO CLUE what it is like to figgit for no reason, to loose keys at the drop of a hat, to misplace money b/c the phone rang and you just threw it down where you were.. Yes, i am guilty of tyring to get the MOST out of this disease.. it has put me in a place I shouldnt be.. back at home and starting college @ age 23.. and yes ADD did this to me.. when you live 22 yrs aflicted with someone as powerful as ADD and you dont know it, it can cause you MUCH PAIN..
take care..

rainonwindow · 11-18-2003, 08:24 PM

ADD can have a severe impact on a person's life. I think that often people with milder forms of it cannot comprehend the limitations and difficulties this disorder can cause. There are times it is not only the reason but also the excuse. Do the best you can to put the past in order and to make your future goals more attainable. I wish you the best.

* Free ~ Spirit * · 11-18-2003, 08:33 PM

I have VERY SEVERE ADHD actually rain! ADHD is not an excuse to drop out of school!!! I mean don't get me wrong, people do it all the time, BUT if something was that wrong then the person should have saught help earlier. You cannot drop out of classes then ask to be re-embursed simply because you have ADHD, that is ridiculous!!!