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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your post. Is an LD an asset or a liability? If you have two applicants that are similar, both have the stellar grades, ECs, top 10% from rigorous HS, excellent recommendations - the student with the LD has slightly lower SAT in the area of their LD but still in the middle 50% of accepted students....... would you ding the one with an LD or would they have an edge since they overcame a hurdle the other did not? [/quote] By the ADA, we are trained to never hold a LD as a liability. Actually, we want students with LDs to tell us they have one, so that if they are admitted, we can start preparing for their consideration process by sending them targeted resources about what their experience will be like and what the college has to help accommodate them. Given the scenario you present, it will absolutely give an edge in our office. We believe all forms of diversity are important- not just socioeconomic and racial. We want our students to meet a great variety of people in their class from all walks of life. The reality is that there are many with LDs. To not include them in our campus would be perpetuating the invisibility many of them face in our society. However, all students have to meet the academic standards. We want our students to graduate on time and contribute to the academic and social vitality of the campus. Also, feel free to ask questions even if they were not mentioned by the initial post. I know a lot of it is common knowledge, and I could have missed something. [/quote] Thank you, this gives me hope. We are now in the waiting game and two of the ones DC applied are "crapshoot" schools and one is "most selective" but he should get in based on his stats. His LDs are fairly profound and does well with technology in addition to years of hard work to get to the level he currently is. He has stated that one of the crapshoot schools and the "most selective" are his top two choices (finally, he would not differentiate from 6 in the fall). My main worry is being able to get electronic/ PDF versions of textbooks in a timely manner. That is something his HS has had difficulty -even though they know in February what books they need in September. (But that is not your expertise).[/quote]
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