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[quote=Anonymous]Senior year, for a kid with severe ADHD with a 504.

He had a really challenging math teacher who did not understand and refused to provide him with his 504 accommodations. The counselor intervened and the teacher just point blank refused. Since this was the only teacher for that math class, and it was too late to change class... DS just struggled with it for the year. Add on the college application process, which was a lot of stress, and it turned into the worse high school year. DS had a breakdown during the second semester.

I agree that ideally kids should do as much college-related work as possible the summer before senior year, and this is what I kept telling DS... but with his inattentive ADHD, low processing speed and inability to write about himself (despite being an excellent technical writer), he procrastinated and just couldn't write his essays. It was so, so painful, for the entire family - we were all yelling at him to get on with it! His W&M app was turned in at the eleventh hour right before the deadline (he got in).

Thank goodness his younger siblings do not have ADHD and are a lot more functional. I don't think I'd survive another round of ADHD-infused college application cycle.
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