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I just graduated college about a year ago, and I've found that way more often than not, teachers/profs are more than happy to accommodate. I've had my stutter for about 10 years or so, although it didn't get actually terrible until my last couple years of school since it was so stressful. I (for whatever unholy reason) don't tend to stutter/block when reading something that's already written, so what I did to get through the required public speaking class was I would write out my speech first, and then practice saying it word for word exactly the same every time. We got to use note cards, so I would have a note card with just the main points, but I would say the speech EXACTLY the same word for word every time (obviously required a lot of time to practice but was well worth it). Not having to speak off the cuff at all made me only block up a couple times, which was really not very embarrassing. Also, I took that class at a local community college near my university (and it was cheaper too!) so there wouldn't be anyone I knew in my class with me. My very last quarter, I took a general ed class that was super easy except we had to do a group presentation at the end of the term. This was when my stuttering was at its worst, so I sent an email to the teacher asking if I could maybe do most of the research and PowerPoint for the whole team but not have to speak. She was very nice and thanked me for asking her, and let me do it. Of course my group was also fine with it since they wouldn't have to do as much research and nobody wants to see me stand in front of a single slide and block for like 20 minutes... I guess what I'm trying to say is if you're open about it with your teachers and make good friends (you don't even necessarily need to talk about it with your friends, I didn't but they obviously know about it) then you're the only one that's really going to care about your stutter.