Physics for a quirky kid

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Colorado School of Mines
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern

Appreciate the thought. However, there is a foreign language proficiency requirement. I will add no foreign language requirement to the criteria. He will have completed 3 years of ASL in HS but has no desire to continue or explore another foreign language.

FL requirement is a concern for my dyslexic kid as well. I’ve been told by many folks in a FB group for parents of Autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, and other LD kids that many colleges will waive the FL requirement if you have the necessary paperwork. Worth asking before writing off schools with FL requirements because so many have it.

Yes, my kid had the FL requirement waived for dyslexia. I'm not sure if you could get a waiver for OP's kid's diagnoses though.

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RIT sounds like it might be a good fit and I bet he could get merit. Same with Case Western

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Dead languages (especially Latin) often appeal to a math-y logical brain in a way modern spoken languages don’t. It’s often taught in a very “logic puzzle” way.

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Colorado School of Mines

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Another Rose Hulman vote

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Anonymous wrote:Starting to look at schools for my ADHD/ASD/Anxiety kid. He has been to sleep away camp for the last 5 years for the full summer and is able to handle living in a dorm with a roommate and wants to live on campus. From an academic perspective, he will not need learning support. He could use some social support though. This is what I'm looking for:

--Strong Physics department--my research tells me to focus on schools with large departments so he can explore the various sub specialities in physics

--he will go to grad school

--city vs rural vs suburban doesn't really matter

--needs small classes and would like direct access to professors. This maybe in conflict with the large physics department requirement.

--smaller campus is better than large campus

--athletics and sports culture are not important

--greek culture is not important

--would like a program that does not require a large number of humanities core curriculum courses

---not looking at UMD as it just seems too large. Not looking at Princeton as it seems too competitive. It obviously is for admission but also the type of student that it attracts would need to be someone who is competitive and excels under pressure.

--He has decent grades (4.0 U/W) and a 1580 on his SAT. However, he has no EC and no interest in participating in school activities. Will be sitting for AP exams next month.

take a look at UROchester. Your Core curriculum is "Cluster system". SO he would be able to pick courses/areas he actually might have interest in. He'd need a Humanities and a Social sciences cluster.
https://secure1.rochester.edu/registrar/applications/clusters/

Amazing physics dept, most in it are going onto graduate school (otherwise you'd be a mech engineer major). Campus has some quirky kids, is not greek or party focused (but that's there for those that want it...on a mild level compared to South or Big 10 schools).

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Anonymous wrote:Is engineering on the table? Or just physics?

Physics and math. Maybe quantum computing but not very interested in engineering. His sister is at Mines and loves it but they are very different kids. She embraced the whole rah rah freshman hike and rock placement. He thought that sounded horrific. She and her roommate go rock climbing multiple times per week; the ikon pass was a must have, and she’s happy learning how to mountain bike. DS wonders why she spends so much time outside.

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Reed College (Portland OR)
or
Caltech/Harvey Mudd (both have really small, supportive campuses and classmates)

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If you haven’t already, highly recommend joining this group on FB: “Parents of College Bound students with Learning Disabilities, ADHD and ASD.”

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16Yk5joUZV/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Anonymous wrote:If you haven’t already, highly recommend joining this group on FB: “Parents of College Bound students with Learning Disabilities, ADHD and ASD.”

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16Yk5joUZV/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I’m the pp with the dyslexic kid hoping for an FL waiver and this is the FB group I mentioned, too.

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Universe of Alabanama! Role tyde!

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William and Mary

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Carleton

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Carleton, Rochester, William and Mary