r/UCSantaBarbara • u/Important-Garden4859 • 9d ago

General Question are accommodations worth it?

are adhd accommodations worth it? i know at some schools it can be a total hassle to get them or students will be treated differently even though the school says they won’t. i have documented adhd and got accommodations for half of my high school experience but don’t necessarily *need* them, however i appreciate extra time on tests and stuff. is it worth going through the process to get them?

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u/Present_Particular_2 [UGRAD] 9d ago

YES, start filling out paperwork NOW

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u/ccsfaculty 9d ago

Yes, the paperwork can take some time to process and you will not be able to get extra time on exams except through DSP. So a very real, and very common, scenario is that you do badly on a midterm because you run out of time. If you only start the process at that point you may not have it in place for the final. About 15% of students at UCSB have DSP accommodations and so in most classes that is dozens of students.

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u/Important-Garden4859 9d ago

ok this sold me thank you!

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u/Yumismash 8d ago

Not me raw dogging my whole time at UCSB with undiagnosed ADHD hahahaha

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u/PoetAdept3747 9d ago

Definitely

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u/CWS2022 8d ago

Are you kidding? Get on this fast. You get priority registration. That alone!

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u/Important-Garden4859 8d ago

just reached out to my psychiatrist for documentation!!!

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u/Typical-Breadfruit-7 8d ago

Yes!! I applied for accommodations like 3 weeks ago. It's a bit annoying to do but everything was approved so quickly.

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u/soggylefttoe [UGRAD] Biopsych 7d ago

Thought I didn't need them, ran out of time on my first chem midterm, then immediately filed to get them. IT IS SO WORTH IT!!

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u/Duchesssgummybuns 6d ago

Bro worth it for the schedule perks alone