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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Smith and Stanford seem to be the clear “winners” at 38%.
CIT only 12%.[/quote]

It may be based in part on other factors related to the school.  For instance if the school [b]has mandatory meal plan, that will encourage kids with food allergies and/or eating restrictions to register for an accommodation to get an exception.  Schools with good dorm facilities may have fewer registrations, as there is less need to register an accommodation to get a single (necesssry for kids with things like Tourette’s), bathroom access (IBS) or decent hvac (asthma, chagrin’s).   [/b] My kid is considering submitting an accommodation request to get out of the mandatory meal plan — currently we pay like 4K a year for food that they cannot eat due to a chronic GI issue that requires specific foods not easily available in the very bad dining halls.  At another school, that probably wouldn’t be necessary.  Another example is stuff like priority parking — not necessary at many schools but essential at others.  [/quote]

Agree ! it highly depends on the school and how they "market"/encourage registering if one has allergies that could affect the room or if one has food allergies so the dining plan coordinators are aware and they connect the student w someone. Kid's school strongly encourages food allergy kids as well as other allergies to register the condition. Part may be because they have a couple of living areas that allow pets! Kids with sever cat or dog allergies do not get put there. This school is a top school and based on the link here has over 15%  with accommodations. At this school allergies are an accommodation registered with the disability office. [/quote]

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