<p>Kids that have disorders that aren’t medication treatable, like dyslexia which my son is plagued with or executive function disorders and others, have to develop strategies to cope and as with all of us to some extent or another in some aspect of our life, need to modify to adjust for those limitations we were born with.</p>
<p>Welcome to the club, and best wishes to your family.</p>
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<p>Most feedback I have gotten here has been quite helpful, even when it hurts.</p>
<p>Son had to repeat pre calculus as a freshman, and had to drop an engineering class second semester. Son is on his way to summer school today, back at his private. He was unable to get into a CCC. </p>
<p>BTW, at my kids school, NOT a highly ranked one, you pretty much had to have had significant accommodations in high school to get accommodations in their college.</p>
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<p>“Yes, they help. And yes, the are best we have right now, but I won’t the paint the picture you did. ADD continues to be problem even with the medications.”</p>
<p>Agreed. My son’s problems were mainly behavioral growing up, and the meds helped quite a bit in that regard, although they did “make him boring”, and he “couldn’t have any fun”. For him it was more about being a C or D, or suspended student vs a B student, at least until he got VERY motivated late in sophomore year. This is true for most of the kids I treat as well.</p>
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<p>Very sorry to hear this. In our area this is not true. The CC is in full swing and there is a Summer I and a Summer II session. Summer I will end soon. I believe Summer II begins 2 or 3 weeks after Summer I ends, but not sure.</p>
<p>OP here </p>
<p>You all have given A LOT of great insight and a lot for us to think about. </p>
<p>I can clearly see now what happened thanks to you. He was in a program he should not have been in and the ADHD has really made the situation worse. I almost feel stupid for having sent him off the way I did without the support he probably needed. </p>
<p>My question is - Isn’t it better to have him try to get back into his college than to just have him accept the dismissal Even if he doesn’t go back, won’t this look better on his record?</p>
<p>Momof2</p>
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Have your S ask his advisor whether the “dismissal” will appear on his transcript. At my university it wouldn’t–just the courses he took and his grades. If that is the case for his school, there is no reason to appeal the dismissal unless he really wants to go back.</p>
<p>Thanks Motherbear. I will have have my son email his advisor and ask.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You can probably call the Registrar first thing tomorrow morning. They might have a better idea of what the transcripts say than the advisor. Maybe not, but I don’t know how the transcripts look where I teach.</p>
<p>Motherbear is better informed.</p>
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<p>I am not sure this is accurate. There might be things that he wants to apply for in the future–like grad school or certain kinds of employment–that might ask whether he has ever been dismissed from any academic program.</p>
<p>If appealing the dismissal stands a decent chance of succeeding, and if it not a huge hassle, I would think that it would be worth it. Not the first thing I would be worried about, but I would seriously consider it.</p>
<p>The grad school apps I’ve seen ask about discipline (any kind, not just dismissal) for academic misconduct, not being asked to leave due to poor grades.</p>
<p>Update:</p>
<p>The college contacted S after reading his written appeal and would like him to go before the committee. That’s good news that he was not rejected.</p>
<p>We are waiting for a date to meet with the business school for consideration for acceptance.</p>
<p>I will keep posting updates.</p>
<p>Does he need a break before going back to school? Should he take some time to get out of the old mood first?</p>
<p>Ideally, the school would tell him to spend a year at a CC and prove himself and then come back in a year. </p>
<p>His ADD and the executive functioning issues are the problem and we would have to get him some coaching or help if we did send him back.</p>
<p>He is going tomorrow for an interview to see if the business school will accept him. He will get that answer immediately. If they do accept him, he will automatically be reinstated.</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone that has provided input and for those still following.</p>
<p>I will post the results of tomorrow’s interview.</p>
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<p>Thank you for your question. We would not be opposed to him taking the time off/taking classes at a local college but we only had 48 hrs to appeal the dismissal. The first goal is to get him reinstated for his record. We also want him to have a choice for the fall. If we just accepted the dismissal then CC would be his only option.</p>
<p>It sounds like the committee is doing their best to help him out - hope all goes well at the interview!</p>
<p>Another Update:</p>
<p>My son has been REINSTATED! He has been accepted into the business school at the university so he is automatically reinstated. </p>
<p>We are relieved but still unsure about what he will do in the fall. I am taking into consideration the advice and experiences you all have shared. He will have to make a decision soon. </p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS. I had a hunch your son would be reinstated when you said he could talk to the committee. When my H was a professor he was on those kinds of committees and said they were usually lenient and totally up for giving a kid a second chance. But I didn’t want to comment here because I didn’t want to jinx it!</p>
<p>Now I’m going to be following whatever advice you’re given because my S is in a similar position except he’s also taking a year off to regroup/get counseling/get on meds.</p>
<p>Yay! Good luck with finding the best course of action for your son.</p>
<p>Hooray! How wonderful that the decision is now your son’s and not imposed on him by a committee. Hoping he can make the best choice for his own success and happiness!</p>
<p>Was there any doubt they’d suck up another years tuition? Not here. Still have to do right by your S. That they didn’t dismiss him? doesn’t mean anything.</p>
<p>Giterdone - If that were the case he wouldn’t have been dismissed to begin with and there are a lot of kids applying to get into this school. They can easily get the tuition from someone else. I guess there always has to be one debbie downer on an open forum.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. He will do what is right for him and what he wants.</p>