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No way this child makes it through college unless you intervene now. [/quote]

Even if he is very good academically? By his grade, he belong to the tie to Top20 universities. Of course, I know Top20 will look at EC. So, we want him to go our own state univ. Maybe he can live ant home if close enough. Isn’t GPA and SAT enough?[/quote]

Depends which state univ you are thinking of.  UVA or UMD will be challenging.  GMU or UMBC are probably in play.

One thing that a nice DCUM poster shared with me is to look at schools that socially can support my child.  My kid has ASD and social challenges---sending him off to a school where he is responsible for finding his own tribe and seeking out ECs on his own, finding people to eat with, being willing to go to office hours and share that he is struggling, etc, will be setting him up for failure.  He got at 1550 and has a 4.0 U/W with a strong APs in math and science.  So he sounds a lot like your kid.  I've been thinking a lot about my kid living at home while in college and eventually I get to "and then what".  What do I think will change if he stays at home for his 4 years of college?  At what point do I push him out of the nest and force him to be independent?  For us, I'm looking at colleges that have strong social supports and help transitioning into adult hood.  What sticks out to me is that if your child is not comfortable asking for a recommendation, how will he interview for college internships/jobs?  He needs social support scaffolding to get him there.[/quote]

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