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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats. As a parent to a daughter with ADHD, I can assure you that getting into college is a lot easier than staying in college. I genuinely understand your excitement, we also had the same excitement. Our daughter failed out of a great university her first year and has been in community college and working part time. 
But question… what does your gut say? I’m only asking, because in our situation, we knew it was risky and admittedly we got caught up in the excitement of visiting schools and talking incessantly to friends about the process. And when those acceptances came in we were on top of the world. 
In retrospect I wish we had listened to our gut and sent her to cc first. While a smart girl, she had some growing up to do. There is a lot of free and unstructured time in college and let’s just say our daughter knew all the things she was supposed to do, and did none of them. It ended in a trainwreck. But it has come together now, living at home, cc, and p/t work. 
I’m not trying to rain on your parade. Just make sure you set her up with all the right supports. And good luck! [/quote]
[quote=Anonymous]PP, I'm sorry your daughter's college experience didn't go well. But this isn't the topic of the post. We're talking about the process of getting our kids into college. You're welcome to start another post or find an existing one about what didn't go well for kids with disabilities in college. [/quote]
I disagree.  Weighing a teen's chances of success in an environment away from home with significant free and unstructured time is a big part of the process of getting our kids into college.  It drives which schools to focus on, the questions to ask on tours, how to handle the disability office, and even which college consultant to choose.  I think it's fair to ask OP how they went about this.

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