<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Is anyone familiar with this program for LD students?</p>
<p>^Ive heard of it...Im really looking into Curry...im a boston visitor very often..</p>
<p>Has anyone had experience with this small 4 year accredited college exclusively for LD students? Would like to hear some feedback as parents of a student who has attended Landmark College in VT for two years now.</p>
<p>In this article [Photos:</a> 25 Colleges That Might Be Right for You - Newsweek](<a href=“http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2009/8/photos-25-colleges-that-might-be-right-for-you.html]Photos:”>http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2009/8/photos-25-colleges-that-might-be-right-for-you.html), the 4th school mentioned is U Pitt, called out as a good fit for students with learning disabilities.</p>
<p>Does your daughter have ADHD?</p>
<p>My son has ADHD inattentive type & we did a ton of research on this issue since he just graduated & is starting college this fall (Aug. 2010) We stuck pretty much to the east coast, so I’m sure I’m leaving out a ton of great places, but here are the ones we thought were the best: UNC Chapel Hill, NYU (which is where he will be going), UConn (fantastic LD program), BU, Pitt, Temple, Clark & Ohio Wesleyan. We used Petersen’s Guide to Colleges for Students w/Learning Disabilities & found that very helpful. My son is also doing the Landmark College Summer Transition Program, which sounded like a good investment.</p>
<p>I’ve posted these lists in the past, but it’s been a while and I don’t want them getting lost. Many of the schools have already been mentioned here.</p>
<p>From the Fiske Guide:</p>
<p>Major Us-American, U of Arizona, U of Colorado-Bolder, Clark, UConn, U of Denver, DePaul, Fairleigh Dickinson, U of Georgia, Hofstra, Northeastern, Perdue, RIT, Syracuse, and U of Vermont</p>
<p>Small schools-Bard, Curry, Landmark, Loras, Lesley, Manhattanville, Mercyhurst, Mitchell, Muskingum, New England College, Univ. of New England, St. Thomas Equinas (NY), Westminster (MO), and West Virginia Wesleyan</p>
<p>From Princeton Review’s Guide (AKA K&W Guide):</p>
<p>Adelphi University (NY)
American International University (MA)
American University (DC)
Augsburg College (MN)
Barry University (FL)
Beacon College (FL)
Brenau University (GA)
College Misericordia ¶
College of Mount St. Joseph (OH)
Curry College (MA)
Davis and Elkins College (WV)
Dean College (MA)
Dowling College (NY)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham and Metropolitan Campuses, NJ)
Finlandia University (MI)
Florida A&M University (FL)
Gannon University ¶
Georgian Court College (NJ)
Hofstra University (NY)
Iona College (NY)
Landmark College (VT)
Long Island University-C.W. Post (NY)
Loras College (IA)
Louisiana College (LA)
Lynn University (FL)
Manhattanville College (NY)
Marist College (NY)
Marshall University (WV)
Marymount Manhattan College (NY)
Mercyhurst College ¶
Missouri State University (MO)
Mitchell College (CT)
Mount Ida College (MA)
Muskingum College (OH)
National-Louis University (IL)
New Jersey City University (NJ)
Notre Dame College (OH)
Northeastern University (MA)
Reinhardt College (GA)
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY)
Schreiner College (TX)
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL)
University of Arizona (AZ)
University of Denver (CO)
University of Indianapolis (IN)
University of the Ozarks (AR)
Ursuline College (OH)
Vincennes University (IN)
Waldorf College (IA)
West Virginia Wesleyan College (WV)
Westminster College (MO)</p>
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<p>Is there any way you could list their recommendations, similar to what I’ve listed above?
I’d love to see what they recommend.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the above info. I have been doing the same search and found the same information. </p>
<p>I hope cc users continue to post good info on this subject. It is so valuable to have a roadmap to help navigate.</p>
<p>My Son has Aspergers…he’s a good student 3.4 but stresses on ACT/SAT exams and scores low… The so called GOOD schools would not even talk to me on the phone with too low scores… they were pleasant. Living on the east coast I would NOT send him to a city school… and we live in NJ between NYC and PHILLY… SO far he’s applied but the stats are NOT accurate for any of the schools he applied to. </p>
<p>ANYONE know of schools the student got IN with good GPA but low ACT (22)… I know Marshall will probably take him but its to far and thwy only take 20 Aspergers student in their program.</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>All of the GOOD schools (virtually none of which is on the list in post #27) offer disability services. And depending on the student, the “regular” disability services/accom (ie: no special program, so not in the Fiske Guide) might be enough.</p>
<p>D1 (ADD-Inattentive) is currently a senior at a top 20 LAC; she needed very little in terms of services/accom, but she also took advantage of only a fraction of the services/accom available through the disability office. This would likely have been the case at any of the schools on her list b/c we but a lot of effort into the list itself - -primarily checking catlogues for distrib reqs and gened, since D’s skill set is not evenly developed (foreign lang is a particular weakness). Despite a stated pref for war weather, D1’s list was heavy on MA and CT schools b/c they tend to have far fewer reqs than southern schools. </p>
<p>Embroidery4, if you are worried about S’s ACT score, I would suggest you look at the Fairtest list of test optional schools. But be careful, while some schools on the list do not require ANY standardized test scores, others schools will want AP scores instead of ACT/SAT scores or they are test optional only with a certain gpa or rank.</p>
<p>I would also advise checking the catalogue if your S has some academic weaknesses. My fear with D was not so much her getting in - - but getting out of (graduating from) a school with a lot of lang, math or sci reqs (in the end D took 1 yr of bio w/ lab, no foreign lang and a one semester “fun” math class that probab wouldn’t have satisfied any school’s math req). </p>
<p>You should also call the disability office, becasue the range of accoms are all over the board. One school we scratched off the list granted lang waivers only if the student took the class, worked with a tutor and failed. Another granted automatic lang waivers for students with ADD. </p>
<p>Also, ask whether the school will review documentation and tell you whether S is elig for accom WHEN HE HAS BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION rather than once he has enrolled. Although only a few schools agreed to this and we scratched schools that didn’t - - who want to enroll only to discover that the student doesn’t qualify for waivers or other expected accoms w/o which s/he may be unable to satisfy the schools grad reqs.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>DREW??? Quite easy to get into, in NJ, test optional!</p>
<p>I have a couple of years before my twin boys - both mildly on the spectrum - one aspy and one pdd-nos, and both add, apply for colleges. I got some great ideas from this thread - thank you everyone - but I noticed the lack of NY State schools. Anybody know if any of them provide services? One son is already on a 504, the other still gets resource room and - luckily- has had the privilege of being in integrated classes for his major classes as a non IEP student, even though he has one - so he gets support. They both need help organizational and time management areas - and perhaps someone to review with them. THe northeastern program sounded great for them. Thanks!</p>
<p>Maybe post on the SUNY boards?</p>
<p>Does anyone know about Franklin Academy post grad program? I am looking at Landmark College for my NLD grandson. He needs a great deal of support and perhaps Franklin would have more NLD students. I would appreciate any info or experiences. Thanks.</p>
<p>At Fairleigh Dickenson University:</p>
<p>[COMPASS:</a> College-based Support for Students with Asperger’s :: Fairleigh Dickinson University](<a href=“http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5051]COMPASS:”>http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5051)</p>
<p>My Junior S loves Northeastern as I have heard wonderful things about their LD support which he really needs, he have a 3.7 GPA (no AP classes) but very low PSAT scores as his current school doesn’t challenge these kids. I hear that Northeastern is VERY difficult to get into now…and their General Studies program is very hard also. Any thoughts??</p>
<p>To AlwaysANobie,</p>
<p>Did you find the Landmark College summer program to be worthwhile for your son?
We are considering it for our ADD-inattentive type son.
Thanks for your thoughts about it.</p>
<p>I have AS, good grades and low SATs, and was accepted to six colleges - and the ones that I think I liked the best for supports were Susquehanna and McDaniel. They have a lot of different things, and the lady in charge of services at Susquehanna was really really good. My parents were really impressed with her, and she told me they have a bunch of kids with AS there.</p>
<p>I would look at schools that will help your kids first, before insisting they be like HYSP type schools. The goal is success, isn’t it? And some of them will only offer you money for four years, so you should ask first. I am going to probably take 5-6 years because I don’t want to do 18 credits a semester, just 12. No one is getting jobs right after they get out, anyway.</p>
<p>If your son or daughter has good grades and lousy SATs, I would look at fairtest schools, and also Kutztown will take kids like that. They have a big art department, it’s supposed to be famous for that, so they aren’t as much an intellectual’s university as they are into creative things. My cousin graduates in May with her degree in journalism and has been published twice already.</p>
<p>I have heard not so good things about Landmark. You might want to check out a website that does students review. If I post the name here they will yank it. :*</p>
<p>^^^ Congrats on you acceptances. D also looked at Susquehana and McDaniels, but ultimately took each off her list b/c of distirbution requirements. As one of the earlier posts noted, many schools (including those in the HYP range) offer excellent services – just not codified as a special program (ala SALT, COMPASS, etc). Also, many of the special programs are quite pricey - - on top of the standard COA – and often w/ no increase in need-based aid, which put them out of reach for us.</p>
<p>Since D grades/scores were strong enough, tho by no means stellar, we focused on schools with open curric, so D could avoid foreign lang classes all toghether. D was accepted ED to a LAC a great disability office (but no special program) and graduates later this month - - having never (to my chagrin) taken full advantage of the services available to her (and thus didn’t imporve her skills as much as she could have - - but that’s another story).</p>
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<p>Danakaplan, Northeastern has gotten tremendously popular over the past 5-7 years, but the univ may have separate admissions for LD students. Otherwise, NU is a definite reach - - but not impossible.</p>
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<p>Ggrose, D attended the Landmark summer program. It was ok, but primarily b/c it gave her the oppty to interact w/ a large group of high-functioning, college-bound LD students; the course and purported skill-dev were quite weak.</p>