Chelu

I have ADHD and recently took the GRE. Though I didn't try to get extra time for it, I have a few strategies that helped me greatly. 1. Take medication (I couldn't make myself finish the test without it. My scores went up 60pts in both verbal and quantitative) 2. Take the test as fast as you can. (If you're like me, even on medication I'm only good at a two hour test. Answer quickly for the best score.) 3. Don't read the passages. (Again, it saves precious concentration time.) 4. Don't drink too much water beforehand. (My ADHD friend getting a PhD at Stanford said this is the most important thing to remember on test day) Remember, you don't need to be perfect. I didn't even finish the verbal section and got a 680 without reading the passages. Not a stellar score, but fine for an engineer. Everyone is different, but I'm incapable of effectively taking a test over two hours with or without breaks. I'm fairly sure that extra test time helps most people with ADHD less than it would help most people. Also, choose your graduate program carefully to make sure your ADHD will be an asset rather than a problem.