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collegehelp1 June 28, 2009

Looking for information on the process for college for my child with ADHD who's had an IEP since 3rd grade.

collegehelp1
i'm looking for help / information on finding and applying to colleges for my son (a junior in the fall) who has ADHD and has been on an IEP throughout elementary and HS. i'm concerned about him getting into a college with average grades and poor test scores. his guidance counselor really didn't offer any suggestions, and i'm having trouble finding a guide to what i should be informed about through the process. any advice, thoughts would be much appreciated.
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kabuttsobrien
kabuttsobrien September 10, 2009
there is web site that provides a list of schools with comprehensive support services for LD students some suggestions CW Post Long Island university, Barry University, Lynn College, Full Sail College
healthy11
healthy11 June 30, 2009
We found the K&W Guide to be disappointing when we were doing college research...It didn't give details about which schools offered which majors, and other information was lacking. I think students are better off registering at sites like www.fastweb.com
TeacherParent
TeacherParent June 30, 2009
PS - If you're going to look at colleges that do require SAT/ACT scores, I'd avoid considering those colleges that also require Subject Tests. Carnegie Mellon for example requires that prospective students take three subject tests and - for example, Rensselaer Polytechnic does not - yet both are considered equally fine schools.
If your son does not do well on standardized tests and many kids with learning differences do not - then why have him be subjected to more such test taking? The K&W Guide should tell you which colleges do require subject tests, the Princeton Review Guide certainly does but it only reviews about 350 colleges and there are Many More colleges than that.
These days any college's website should tell you whether the college requires subject test scores.
collegehelp1
collegehelp1 June 30, 2009
thanks for all the helpful information - it's a great start
TeacherParent
TeacherParent June 29, 2009
www.fairtest.org/university/optional

That's the address of the site that gives a list of over 800 colleges that don't require SAT/ACTs. Boston has over 100 colleges in its immediate area alone. The idea that a student can't get into college is never true and all colleges and universities these days are required by law to have an office of disabilities that oversees students with learning differences.

I like a small college called Albright College - it has a nice science program and your son's average grades would be welcome there but it's in a small Pennsylvania town and I'd like better any one of a dozen colleges in the Boston area.Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology - those are nice schools in the Northeast for a student interested in chemistry.

I'd suggest again getting hold of a copy of The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences. Your son's guidance counselor should have a copy but if not you can easily buy a used one on Amazon.

Your son's IEP will not help him gain admission to any college but neither would it prevent him. Average grades are not a problem - there are Lots of colleges out there - and if check out the Fairtest site you'll find Lots of colleges that don't care about his test scores.
Good luck.
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