<p>A lot depends on what he plans to study and what he sees himself doing after college. If a student wants to be a pre-med or compete for certain internships, for example, GPA will be very important, and if a student is going to bump along in the bottom half of the class at the chosen school, certain highly GPA-dependent paths are not going to be realistic ambitions.</p>
<p>However, LD students with accommodations are not necessarily poor performers, either. A student with appropriate accommodations can compete quite successfully with peers. Organizational issues and motivation, though, can be problems. When the student is described as having “challenges” but is otherwise organized and motivated, he might be perfectly fine.</p>