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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is both very bright and dyslexic. She does have accommodations at High School, she is a junior at a good MCPS high school. Her current unweighted GPA is 3.7 and her weighted GPA is 4.6. Amazing work ethic and extracurriculars. Question: Would you suggest she disclose[b] her dyslexia in her application[/b]? Would it be seen as part of her story of being determined and hard worker, or more as a disadvantage in her academic life?[/quote]

There are 3 ways to disclose. Counselor rec letter, personal statement/essay, Common App "additional info" section on her profile. She can use different methods with different schools.

Legally, a school can't use disability as a reason to deny an application.

If a school does discriminate or has no understanding of modern neuroscience, it's better she go elsewhere anyway.

Everyone's LD presents differently. Dyslexia itself is a broad spectrum. If she feels she's grown or matured from dealing with stigma of LD (as seen in these posts), she may have a compelling personal statement.

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