Are you kidding me? An average B C student with no APs is not getting into W & M...

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Anonymous wrote:I love the person who say schools 50-150. Are you nuts? Schools around 50 are not even remotely a chance.

clueless

I am that poster and we had a good experience. my DC, who has LDs and had mostly Cs at the beginning of HS but did better later, was accepted at 3 top 50 liberal arts schools. Only denied at a top 20. DC is not an athlete so no hook there. It is important to find an appropriate school where the op's child can thrive. My DC has done well in college so far, with accommodations.

I should add that my DC took no APs and was excused from foreign language. That ruled out schools that require 4 years of foreign language (W&M, U of Richmond are two) but those aren't schools that would have been good fits anyway.

Your child and her child are not the same child - do not say she is nuts and do not say they do not have a remote chance. You do not know that.

BTW - sign language is considered a language and LD kids are encouraged to learn that since language is what they struggle with. I agree with the person that suggested to seek a specialist to help with this journey but to just say - there is no chance is really not true or helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the person who say schools 50-150. Are you nuts? Schools around 50 are not even remotely a chance.

clueless

I am that poster and we had a good experience. my DC, who has LDs and had mostly Cs at the beginning of HS but did better later, was accepted at 3 top 50 liberal arts schools. Only denied at a top 20. DC is not an athlete so no hook there. It is important to find an appropriate school where the op's child can thrive. My DC has done well in college so far, with accommodations.

I should add that my DC took no APs and was excused from foreign language. That ruled out schools that require 4 years of foreign language (W&M, U of Richmond are two) but those aren't schools that would have been good fits anyway.

Curry College, just outside of Boston also supports kids with learning disabilities. http://www.curry.edu/

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Anonymous wrote:I love the person who say schools 50-150. Are you nuts? Schools around 50 are not even remotely a chance.

clueless

I am that poster and we had a good experience. my DC, who has LDs and had mostly Cs at the beginning of HS but did better later, was accepted at 3 top 50 liberal arts schools. Only denied at a top 20. DC is not an athlete so no hook there. It is important to find an appropriate school where the op's child can thrive. My DC has done well in college so far, with accommodations.

Anonymous wrote:I love the person who say schools 50-150. Are you nuts? Schools around 50 are not even remotely a chance.

clueless

Here is a link to some college that have support programs for children with LD.

http://www.collegeacademicsupport.com/programs.html

Some listed are AU, Hofstra, UCONN, U of Denver

Yes - kids with LD's get into these colleges.

College admissions officers are smart enough to know that LD kids test scores do not equal their ability.

Do NOT doubt you daughters ability to handle the course work at college.

One thing I think is good it to let her take 5 years to graduate instead of 4. Takeing 4 classes in college is much easier than 5 when you get to 400 level classes.

The only people that look at college grades are graduate school and your first boss. When she is 30 nobody - i mean nobody will ever ask her again if she was an A student or a C student - except her kids.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Good luck!

I love the person who say schools 50-150. Are you nuts? Schools around 50 are not even remotely a chance.

Elon University (in North Carolina) and the University of Connecticut have good programs in place to support students with learning disabilities.

Anonymous wrote:Mine isn't far off that description although grades improved over the course of HS and DC did well on the ACTs. There are lots of small liberal arts schools to look at. Look at the liberal arts schools ranked 50-150 in US News as a starter. Schools like Denison, OWU, Beloit, Wheaton come to mind. But there are lots more. There is a college counselor in MoCo named Judith Bass who helps kids with LDs find apropriate colleges AND navigate accomodations etc once there. We didn't use her but were impressed with her at a session she did.

This is good advice. I would add Washington & Jefferson College to this list.

Yes, I think she has a shot at about half the second tier schools and all the 3rd and 4th tier schools (however the ranking is done).

Even in Maryland (in state tuition) you have salisbury and frostburg.
There are MANY colleges that will take a 2.8 kid- which seems to be right about where she is.
Chin up!

I think of schools like UNH, UVT that sort of thing.

Mine isn't far off that description although grades improved over the course of HS and DC did well on the ACTs. There are lots of small liberal arts schools to look at. Look at the liberal arts schools ranked 50-150 in US News as a starter. Schools like Denison, OWU, Beloit, Wheaton come to mind. But there are lots more. There is a college counselor in MoCo named Judith Bass who helps kids with LDs find apropriate colleges AND navigate accomodations etc once there. We didn't use her but were impressed with her at a session she did.

My daughter has some mild learning disabilities and has a particularly difficult time with testing. As a result, her grades are primarily Bs and Cs, with some As sprinkled in. She works pretty hard for these grades. She's now in 9th grade. I'm trying figure out what colleges might be in her future. She would like to attend a four-year college and live in a dorm rather than start at a community college.

To me, at any rate, she is much more than a grade point average. She does a lot of community service work and enjoys helping kids with physical disabilities. So far, she doesn't have a specific career goal in mind. What colleges might be a good fit for her?