Anonymous wrote:I’d take a look at Miami Ohio

NP with similar kid. Can anyone share experience with Miami Ohio?

Anonymous wrote:Wooster

+1

I have a similar student. Here are schools DC applied to - all offer EA. Not sure if your kid is a senior, so some of these EA dates have passed. All are test optional, too (and only UVM had a supplemental):

Oberlin 11/1/2025
University of Denver 11/1/2025
University of Puget Sound 11/1/2025
Furman 11/1/2025
Trinity University (SA) 11/1/2025
University of Vermont *500 word supplemental 11/1/2025
Rhodes 11/15/2025
Muhlenberg 12/1/2025 (offered

Has also submitted RD applications to:
Conn College *150 words or less supplemental (hidden in the common app)
Denison
Whitman

PLEASE note - Muhlenberg, Trinity U (SA), and Whitman all offered DC an early financial aid report. You can reach out to your student's AO at those schools to inquire.

Anonymous wrote:Wheaton College or Stonehill College in MA
Salve Regina or Roger Williams U in RI
Maybe Marist in NY?

Add to these St. Anselm College in NH and St. Michaels in VT.

Christopher Newport

Maybe SUNY Geneseo from this list https://www.suny.edu/smarttrack/tuition-match/

Allegheny

Wooster

There are some good suggestions on here. Wherever your kid ends up, use the rest of senior year to reinforce study habits, organizational skills, and make a plan with him on how he will approach his professors and talk to them about how he will best succeed in class. FERPA and ADA prohibit professors from approaching the student to discuss disabilities and accommodations. Your student needs to know that it falls on them to approach the professor, discuss a plan, go to the tutoring/writing center, and seek out resources at college. My husband is a professor, and if a student doesn’t tell him they need accommodations he can’t suggest them. For example, he has a student in class now how is obviously dyslexic, their writing is at middle school level, but the kid is very smart and obviously knows the material based on class discussions. Bc of FERPA, my husband can’t ask this kid if they should be getting accommodations, and the kid hasn’t approached him about any type of disability. Even if you don’t have an official diagnosis or accommodations, let your child know that their professors are going to be willing to work with them and want them to be successful in their classes, and it will help a lot if your kid has a discussion with them at the beginning of the semester about their potential challenges in class. My husband offers extra time on tests and is flexible with deadlines when kids have been open and transparent with him, and they are doing their best to succeed in his classes.

Juniata might be in that range and a good choice for supportiveness.

I’ve heard good things about the salt program at Arizona. It’s far though.

Just adding that my child has needed exec function support in college and we have hired private exec function coaching, and I know other families at other schools who have done the same. The college has a student support center but it seems either understaffed or unequipped to do much beyond help with standard accommodations (extra time on exams). Getting enough support in place has been the biggest challenge.

Rose Hulman, RIT, and WPI are all schools with strong cultures of support, merit money, and serious students. But STEM focused schools aren't for everyone.

Muhlenberg if he gets enough merit but I don’t know how likely that is. Merit often seems to rely on SAT scores. High scores will give you more options.

I wouldn’t stress at all about trying to find a college that is “rigorous.” Almost all colleges are going to offer an excellent education for a student who was interested in academic opportunities. They pretty much all have professors who have strong credentials. And smart kids truly are everywhere.

Union College in upstate NY is a solid SLAC that has engineering/STEM and a supportive environment with small class sizes.