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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm. My GTLD Humanities-oriented college freshman has also seen a dip in his GPA from last year in MCPS (with lots of APs). He has high-functioning autism and ADHD. I assumed it was: 1. A question of high school grade inflation, which MCPS is known for. 2. Transition to independence - he needed supervision and reminders even as a 12th grader, so now I'm sure he doesn't sleep enough, doesn't eat right, and doesn't exercise enough. There's only so much encouragement I can give from afar. 3. Lack of maturity to think through the in-depth questions, exactly as the profs told your son. That IS the real problem, when you take away the rest, which should fall into place. I was going to suggest more reading in their subject matter, and more reading on current events generally. I told my son to take advantage of the free subscriptions to WSJ, and I gifted him NYT and WaPo, and told him to go read more in-depth stuff related to his course work. I think these kids lack a lot of context for their classes, because despite being smart, studious kids, they haven't observed life long enough... having ADHD. Another kid their age might have spent years casually observing and taking notes of how life works, but not these kids. [/quote]
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