<p>He is a quadriplegic unable to use his hands, wheelchair bound.. in 9th grade he broke his neck and missed 1/2 year anddespite that he caught up and finished with an 4.0. Now he is sophomore score 720 on bio sat 4.0 all honors courses unweighted, taking World AP now and planning to Chem., American History, Pych, and English AP's next year and Pre- Calc. Senior year planning to take Physics and Math Ap's Statistics, and maybe European history He still plays in the marching band plays the gong, now sings in the select chorus, on the last rank before Eagle scout in boy scouts, Science Olympiad, Key Club, model UN. until his injury played baseball and football. .. If he maintains his grades what do you think his chances to get into an IVY? </p>
<p>If he does get into Ivy, would you really want to send him? I can't imagine how someone bound to a chair and unable to use his hands could easily get around on, say, the Harvard campus. But then again, I can't imagine how such a person could get a 4.0.</p>
<p>He took the SAT 2 in bio last june the SAT's and ACT's a Ap"s all have accomodations for the disabled. He had a scribe and will use his speech recognition software on his laptop to do the essays on the AP's and SAt's ACT's</p>
<p>I have a friend who due to MD is also in a wheelchair and has no muscle strength. he is also very intelligent like your son. He is currently attending USC and doing very well. He is a very determined young man. Although he wanted to attend school in the east, due to his medical needs they decided to stay closer to home.</p>
<p>Your son will find the right school for himself, but it is important to contact schools and realistically evaluate their accessibility. </p>
<p>Good luck to your son and his college goals.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. He is very determined and wants to do as well as he can, because he knows education is the only way for him to lead an independent life. The irony of his situation, is the fact pre-injury he was content to get by on his smarts, not to push himself and settle for what grades he recieved. Now he has found pushing himself comes natural. He wants to shoot for the highest he can go. He played the trumpet and was looking to be all- state. He was looking to be a music teacher, but now he wants to do law or business.</p>
<p>I think the determination that your son shows is incredible. And many of the Ivy schools would be glad to have him as a student. Now I am going to sound like a (NY) mom. The design and layout of the campus may be an extremely important factor in choosing colleges. My d is soph at Cornell. Though it is a wonderful school- it is extremely large with Lots & lots (and lots) of hills. I believe it may be extremely difficult for your son to get around. In comparison, Columbia has a much more manageable campus to get around. We did a visit to Penn and Brown and though the campuses may not be a "compact" as Columbia, they appear to be a heck of a lot easier to get around than Cornell. You may want to take those factors into consideration when choosing the right Ivy to apply to. I wish you and your son all the best.</p>
<p>How dare you all of you who think this post is BS. I am a Father of a 16 yo boy who broke his neck and sustained a cervical cord injury. He has use of his arms and can drive his wheelchair using an adaptive switch on the arm of his whhelchair. He has a electric wheelchair. No if any of you morons can read .. BEFORE his accident he played the trumpet. I am am applalled by the behavior of students who are supposedly intelligent.</p>
<p>People can be jerks sometimes. But I just want to say, that I think your son has to be the most focused person in the world. I don't think I would have been able to do it. I think that if he sets his mind to it (which, it appears, he already has)...he can definitely get into an Ivy. Good luck with everything, I hope your son gets to do what he wants to do in life...he's definitely on the right track for it.</p>
<p>I agree that Cornell would probably be a pretty awful choice --- tons and tons of hills, large campus, and probably pretty icy in the winter. Umich might not be a bad choice (I know its not an ivy, but its really good for law and business); not a tiny campus but flat. Also, its so big that there would probably be a lot of other differently abled students around.</p>