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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let him go where he wants BUT he must make a list of clubs he will check out before moving in and getting accommodations in place is required [/quote]

100% this.  All three schools have a good reputation and congrats to your son having these options. My kid is a STEM major at a mid-size LAC and is neurodivergent so my advice is more so around that aspect because at all three schools he will have to find his way socially and academically.

- They are legally an adult and colleges will only be communicating with them, you want to make sure the summer before starting, while they are still at home, they pursue accommodations along with registering for class etc. Don’t wait until they get there and possible procrastinate!
-Clubs (non- competitive to join) have been a major source of social and friendships provided them with social plans and something they enjoyed without needing either the level of organization or outgoingness of making friends with people in passing.
-Being close enough to drive for lunch and visit has been helpful and has also made travel to school and back much easier.

The only two things I wished we considered were requiring them to share the report card as a condition at least the first two years - definitely had at least two close calls with incomplete assignments almost turning into an F.  I’m not sure how large schools handle it but at the LAC, it triggers friendly required conversations with the dean’s office before it turned into an F thankfully.

The other thing is how to structure job hunting/career services junior and senior year.  Internship and job hunting under the best of circumstances isn’t easy and with neurodivergence, even in a field where it’s not uncommon, it’s been a struggle.  I’m not sure what we could have done short of there being a class that we required them to take that would have structured it and forced them to go through the steps as class work or to have found some program focused specifically on neurodivergent job search support.
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