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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does Elon give merit to High Stats kids? Does anyone know?[/quote]

Looks like they give the presidential scholarship ($10K+) to high stats kids that are admitted. Kids also compete for other merit - Honors, Fellows, etc. Even my mid-stats kid got merit aid last week. We are still hesitant at this point because tuition and fees are still expensive (about $37K after $10K merit) and he's gotten into other schools on his list. It also doesn't appear that they have a robust support system for ADHD/EF kids (to my limited knowledge). [/quote]

What type of robust support are you looking for?  My DD has Dyslexia, ADHD and anxiety.  They were very generous with accomodations (using her neuropsych report form 7th grade!). She generally doesn’t even use some of the accomodations (because she doesn’t want to stand out).  I would speak to the disability office before concluding that they don’t have what you need.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing this! Our assessment is based on arms length research. We have not formally visited yet, just a drive-by when we were in the area over the summer. Our other kids are at large publics (STEM) and we have no idea of privates. All we know of is US News and other such rankings to go by. DC does not have a formal diagnosis and has had no accommodations in HS so it will all be new to us. He applied because it was one of the few privates he liked and their #1 ranking in teaching.

DC (and our) interest in Elon has waned since he's gotten into several large publics (which he's biased towards thanks to his siblings but likely not a good fit for him) and we may have been focused on drumming up more interest in him if they had offered this merit with the admission notification. I guess a visit is in order. Thanks again! [/quote]

Definitely visit.  The profs work closely with the students.  I'm most that involved in my DD's day to day work, but she is not overwhelmed and the profs seem to get kids with LDs (and there seem to be several there -- not unintelligent, just learn differently).  [/quote]

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