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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd say that SJC has aspects that make it well suited for a student with ADHD but others that would make it challenging.

The pace of the work is pretty brutal. They read more than I ever did in grad school, and the material is not easy to get through. For freshman math they work through Euclid's Elements and they move through it really quickly. Even the kids who don't have ADHD are challenged by the volume and difficulty of the work. They are evaluated based on their contributions to classroom discussions instead of taking tests, so it's not like they can be accommodated with extra time on tests that don't exist. They are usually ranked among the top 25 schools nationally where students study the most.

On the other hand, the small class size keeps things at a very human level. It's very easy to get extra time with faculty if you're in need of help and they seem to have lots of student tutors paid to help the kids who are having trouble. Bureaucracy is easy to navigate since the various admin offices are a 5-minute walk from anywhere on campus and there's a live human sitting in an office who will help you. The SF campus is very heavy on yoga, meditation, and overall well-being, which I feel makes for a supportive environment for people who can get overwhelmed. They also have several therapists on campus that seem to be easy to book.

From their website: "In the Princeton Review’s 2023 The Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition, St. John’s beat every Ivy League school in the “Professors Get High Marks” and “Best Classroom Experience” categories, where it was ranked #6 and #7, respectively. The college ranked highly in the “Most Accessible Professors,” [b]“Students Study the Most,”[/b] and “Lots of Race/Class Interaction” categories. The Princeton Review also named St. John’s a “Top 50 Best Value College” among private schools and one of the “Colleges That Pay You Back.” This last classification rates colleges for a combination of factors: academics, admissions, financial aid, fire safety, green, ROI (Return on Investment), and quality of life."[/quote]

I would also add that while the curriculum may seem daunting, students and tutors study and discuss the primary texts only; bringing in outside sources to the discussion is discouraged. So everyone is literally on the same page and a common vocabulary begins to build among the students and teachers over the semesters. You're following the ongoing inquiry and discussion that happened over centuries. The authors you read reference those who came before them and you can follow along. It's pretty cool. But, yes, lots of *close* reading of these texts. [/quote]

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