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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC has a 2.6 GPA (lower if you look at only core classes) at a (not big 3) DMV private. 1380 SAT. Applied EA to 10 colleges recommended by school counselor. Only one college has rolling admissions and it was on the “match” list. Wait listed. Very concerned DC won’t get in to college. Has anyone else been in a similar grade/SAT situation? If so, where did your child get accepted? Wondering whether DC should apply to a couple more safeties RD. DC needs a small nurturing college with good supports (tutoring, writing center, approachable professors). Thank you. Please no snarks. And please no suggestions for community college. Thank you.[/quote]

My feeling is that, if you have the money to send your son to a four-year private college that would support him, and he likes the idea of going away to college, you should send him, even if that means sending him to “third-tier college,” because it’s a lot of fun to go to college and may be intellectually rewarding.

Maybe he’ll then go on to be poor. But at least maybe he’ll be a poor person who has fond memories of college.

And, if you have enough cash to send him to a four- year private school, maybe you can then also afford to send him to a career-oriented master’s program or certification program, for, for example, teaching, or plumbing. But, he’ll then have a chance to be a teacher or plumber who has some friends he made in the dorm freshman year, not a plumber who’s bitterly jealous of the kids who got to go away to school.

Here’s a list of schools with good support programs for students with various types of learning disabilities:

[url]https://www.greatvaluecolleges.net/top-colleges-for-disabled-students/[/url]

Some are probably too big or too hard to get into, but one that seems interesting to me is Lesley University. It’s right there in Cambridge. Your son could take easy classes, get emotional support, and then maybe, possibly, find ways to hang out with students from other colleges. 
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