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OP - While you started out going into great detail about your daughter's low intelligence ratings and you do mention ADD, in looking at the posts quickly it was sometime before you mentioned that she has been dealing with a very serious condition with numerous medications.  Does she have rheumatoid arthritis or something similar because her physical health in many ways will present limitations which must be recognized in  her future ability to work as well as kind of work to be done.

I would second looking at the local community college to see what is offered as she could even take a summer school class there for general interest to see if this might be a good first setting for her to start out on college and post high education or training.  All the community colleges in Virginia have excellent transfer agreements with all the instate universities.  I just wonder if with her low aspect of general intelligence and the complexity of the physical condition she deals with if she may not well need a couple of more years of direct home support and a gradual transitioning to her taking care of her health care needs - as well as the aspect of support to just learn to function beyond the home and on the college campus.

And by the way having two daughters in the top 10 all the way through a third who was at the bottom of her class due to a disability, I can tell you that one in the "best and brightest" category can also have real challenges that can bring a parent to their knees.  Try pulling out of college two times and finishing Summa Cum Laude and then 2.5 strong years in a graduate double masters program and wanting to do so again......Do not be so cavalier as to think that your sons just because of a high intelligence quota may not face challenges and MAY NOT have some skills to learn in daily living that your daughter may already have mastered or never face due to her own nature.

Don't sell her future short, but do some research on what is out there.  Remember there is no timetable to complete college or a career training program. Volunteer work while in high school in a couple of different setting may also help her widen her horizons and hone some skills.   [/quote]

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