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[quote=Anonymous]DC disclosed his LDs and ADHD on his essay and in one of her question.  Part of it was to explain why he did not take a foreign language and took 6 classes instead of 7 junior and senior year.  He had great test scores and GPA.  We felt that if it was a school that would discriminate based on a disability, it was not a school for himself.  He was rejected by only one school (a crap shoot school) and waitlisted at another (another crapshoot school),but was accepted to the other four to which he applied (including UMD-CP Honors program).  He is currently a freshman in the school that was his best fit overall,so things worked out for him. He has adjusted well.  He applied for and received the accommodations that he felt were the ones he needed to keep from his HS IEP.  He had an IEP from 2nd through 12th grade and received accommodations from the College Board for all tests.

I think it would be fine for your son to reveal his ADHD in a paragraph (the one that asks if there is anything else) as a way to explain why he struggled in the first two years of HS and has now figured out how to compensate for it.  [/quote]

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