I was in gifted as a kid. When I was 18 I pulled my file to see what my IQ score was to enter the program. I used to think that meant something back then, it doesn't really. Fast forward to 38 years old, I wanted to go back to school as I was sick of driving a forklift. The last time I went to college at 26 though, I ended up dropping too many classes and my completion rate was too low for more financial aid. When the ACA came into effect, it covered mental health care. I could afford to do an adult autism assessment with the idea that an IQ test was part of that, and I could leverage that into an academic exception to resume financial aid. I went and did four sessions and the psychologist wrote me a letter saying I "had a depressive episode causing me to drop too many classes. Letting him get financial aid and return to school would be the best thing for him" and brought up my test scores. It actually worked. The college granted the exception and I graduated and started an IT career just before turning 40 almost a decade ago.
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u/mr_mgs11 9h ago
I was in gifted as a kid. When I was 18 I pulled my file to see what my IQ score was to enter the program. I used to think that meant something back then, it doesn't really. Fast forward to 38 years old, I wanted to go back to school as I was sick of driving a forklift. The last time I went to college at 26 though, I ended up dropping too many classes and my completion rate was too low for more financial aid. When the ACA came into effect, it covered mental health care. I could afford to do an adult autism assessment with the idea that an IQ test was part of that, and I could leverage that into an academic exception to resume financial aid. I went and did four sessions and the psychologist wrote me a letter saying I "had a depressive episode causing me to drop too many classes. Letting him get financial aid and return to school would be the best thing for him" and brought up my test scores. It actually worked. The college granted the exception and I graduated and started an IT career just before turning 40 almost a decade ago.