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07.19.08, 21:30 PM Special Needs
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Which is a good college for a very test-smart dd who lacks organizational skills. She has tutors, etc now, but will need a real go-to person at college. Within 3 hrs of NY metro by car or plane [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Special Needs 07.19.08, 09:30 PM Flag
 

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Special needs? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.19.08, 09:35 PM Flag
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op: yes sn, but vv hi iq [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 04:07 PM Flag
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What does a "go-to person" mean? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.19.08, 09:39 PM Flag
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either the child has a learning disability, or the problem is one of an excess of helicopter parenting [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.19.08, 09:41 PM Flag
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oh boy. if she has legit special needs, I hope that she was fully dx before getting to college. if not, well, better get cracking on building org skills, mom [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.19.08, 09:43 PM Flag
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At this point, she's getting ready to go to COLLEGE. You should not be worrying about her organizational skills. She should. Time to cut the apron strings. Really. Or she'll never be independent, never have a career or life of her own! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.19.08, 10:09 PM Flag
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There are rarely tutors or "organizational support" assistants at the college level in general ed. I'd say it's really a question for the college counselor at her high school and/or a college placement advisor. I'd say you'd want to steer her clear of the funkier places like Bard that actually require self-discipline to learn because it's more relaxed. She might do better in a smaller school, maybe even SS. Look upstate NY, the Amherst and Bostson metro MA area, and in Pennsylvania (the Bryn Mawr cluster). Or someplace like Clark -- I have a friend with serious dyslexia who went there. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 03:03 AM Flag
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i don't know which colleges they are, but there are a few colleges that have special programs for kids with learning disabilities. do a google search. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 04:33 PM Flag
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http://www.college-scholarships.com/learning_disabilities.htm [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 04:44 PM Flag
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op: thank you -- I hadn't seen that web-site [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 05:42 PM Flag
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My brother had learning issues - almost failed out of highschool - he went to U of Hartford in Conn - they have a special program for kids who need extra help. He is now very successful and making tons of $$ [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 06:00 PM Flag
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NP and I hate to say this but if DD still has issues entering college that you feel requires outside help, no matter how smart she is, you need to let go, unless she is seriously disabled and will need outside support forever. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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^^ signed person who has relatives that were super-smart but turned out to be schitzophrenic [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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Princeton is close to NYC. Columbia, NYU, Cooper Union, Cuny, Suny (many campsuses), Yale, CT State, etc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 07:47 PM Flag
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I don't think that the Ivies like Yale, Princeton or Columbia would be good schools for OP's dd. And Cooper Union is specific for engineering, architecture or art. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.20.08, 07:59 PM Flag
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op: ita, but thanks for your thoughts. dd needs college with excellent support system [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 07:17 PM Flag
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