Do colleges look down upon IEPs

[Anonymous]

What if an accommodation is breached which results in an uncharacteristically poor grade on an otherwise stellar record?

If the high school is willing to take accountability for that breach in their letter, should you take them up on the offer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not disclose because it may signal that your child is less likely to be successful, especially at competitive schools. Your high school is not allowed to note that you have an IEP on the transcript so they won’t know unless you tell them.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-qa-20081017

(See question 7)

Once you decide to attend, all schools have accommodations offices that will review documentation and help make an accommodations plan for the student.

Unfortunate. A real struggle that has been overcome by one's student, only to hide it when applying to colleges, vs. celebrating as a success. Some day....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if an accommodation is breached which results in an uncharacteristically poor grade on an otherwise stellar record?

If the high school is willing to take accountability for that breach in their letter, should you take them up on the offer?

I think (and have heard from things like YCBK podcasts) that it’s important to provide context and explanation for an anomalously low grade or poor semester. It helps colleges to understand why it happened and why it won’t be repeated or what the kid learned from the experience (depending on the circumstances). So in your case, yeah, I think it would be valuable to explain. It falls under “you can’t hide it because it’s on the transcript so you might as well explain”.