<p>I think the OP is saying that they can’t go to a doctor due to social/cultural reasons.</p>
<p>Oh, I see. Your parents are one of those who don’t realize that some LACs are as elite as any school out there.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that.</p>
<p>There are “elite” LACs, but their reputations are regional and known to academics, for the most part. Help your parents see the difference. Mine insisted that there was no world outside of top universities (Oxford, Yale, Chicago etc) and the top Australian unis (Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, and ANU), but they eventually understood that LACs are a miracle.</p>
<p>This is going to sound like heresy here on cc, but you may want to consider distance learning. More and more schools are offereing degree programs that can be taking online. Even top-shelf schools have programs. One of the big advantages for someone like you is that the lectures are less frequent and you can replay them in case you missed something. I am not talking about Phoenix or any of that type of distance only school. Check into what solid schools actually offer a program via online presentation.</p>
<p>@International95:</p>
<p>Um, no. This might surprise you, but the top LACs are known more than in academia and regionally in the US. </p>
<p>For getting on to Wall Street, Williams & Amherst are just as good as the Ivies, for instance.</p>
<p>And where is Wall Street, Sherlock? California? -_-</p>
<p>On a less sarcastic note, no, it doesn’t surprise me. Not at all (especially since I have been around the northeast area and have interacted with people who work at Deloitte, JP Morgan, etc). But you’re still giving a regional example, and that doesn’t gainsay the general impression.</p>
<p>Well, heck in that case, you might as well consider Brown a regional school since if you go to the Pacific Northwest, BYU is more highly regarded and if you say you attended Brown, you’d draw blank stares from most people.</p>
<p>Would students who went to Brown want to work for people who consider BYU to be “more highly regarded”? Brown’s students, stereotyped as extremely liberal, weed-smoking artsy hippies, going to work for Mormons or the deeply religious? This is just irrelevant information now. Outside the US, Brown is very much an international university, but of course it lags significantly behind academic celebrities like Yale and Stanford.</p>
<p>I think both of us have been around on CC enough to realize that “most people” don’t matter. Those who matter will know Brown. In America, however, Brown is very much a regional school in terms of layman prestige, in which I, and most students going to LACs, have no interest.</p>
<p>In the US, those folks who know of Brown would also know of Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore.</p>
<p>In academia? Yes. In the northeast? Yes. Those folks would also know of Vassar, Smith, Wellesley (these three are more “famous” than Swarthmore, by the way), Mount Holyoke, Haverford, etc… I could go on and on and on. But what is your point?</p>
<p>Outside of academia and the Northeast. Those folks who know of Brown would also know of Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore.</p>
<p>I wonder why it would matter after we have already established that Brown is a regional school in the US? Going around in circles isn’t helpful, and we have already derailed the main discussion of this thread.</p>
<p>I am also of the camp to suggest that you get an assessment for a potential problem.
A one-time visit to a doctor or psychologist may clarify for you why your attention is lacking.
It may not be ADHD.</p>
<p>Getting Adderall from ‘a guy’ could exacerbate a pre existing condition and is illegal. Don’t play with fire.
It’s obvious that part of the problem is that you are very bright and probably bored. As bright you may be, however, you’re not an MD and as such should not be self-diagnosing, or self-prescribing medications.</p>
<p>If it feels awkward to make an appointment with the appropriate professional, perhaps you can visit your GP (or pediatrician) and ask them for a referral. As someone else mentioned above – would you not treat a broken leg because of an awkward limp? I can only assume that your parents also want what’s best for you. What’s best is that you get help for a problem that you have very clearly self-identified, however discreetly you need to do it.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to sound snarky in any way and truly wish you the best.</p>