<p>Marist is a long shot for someone with a low GPA accompanied with low test scores. I would take it off the list and replace it with a more realistic match school.</p>
<p>Starting out at the community college level may be a very good way for her to transition to college level work.</p>
<p>Classof2015, looking at CollegeBoard Smith is very selective and not for B- student, maybe times have changed or I’m not reading stats correctly.</p>
<p>nysmile, Marist has a separate admission LD program for which low GPA and low test scores are just fine, but LD program admission rate is lesser than overall college admission rate.</p>
<p>Mother319, it depends on a severity of LD. I would choose Mitchell only if LD is significant.</p>
<p>mozika – you’re probably right – I just know it’s not the toughest of the women’s colleges to get into and a friend of mine (fellow Smithie) who is very active in the school keeps telling me even women with less than stellar grades should apply. Smith is really looking for bright curious women even if the GPA doesn’t currently represent that. But I didn’t mean to give false hope.</p>
<p>I have two kids with LDs - good grades, but not good SATs. I would never put them in a community college, they would get lost in the crowd. </p>
<p>We looked at small liberal arts colleges (under 2000 students) that have LD support programs, for an additional cost. The schools overall have a friendly nurturing environment, small class size, low student/faculty ratio, and sense of community. The LD program provides extra oversight, skills development classes, help with organizing and writing, etc. Curry (outside Boston), Mitchell (New London, Ct) and Dean are the most LD oriented, overall, with a sizable portion of the school being LD. Other colleges we looked at,were Iona (NY), Manhattanville (NY), American International College (MA), Lesley (MA), St. Thomas Aquinas (NY), Colby Sawyer (NH), and Centenary (NJ). These schools are prepared to look at the whole child, and not just the grades, and they want your kid. </p>
<p>Other schools recommended to me were Misericordia, New England, Colby Sawyer, Gannon, Marist, Southern Vermont, Lynn University (FL), and Wheaton(MA).</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I am shocked to see Marist on your lists ?? Isn’t the acceptance rate at Marist something like 30% or less ? If you look at the financial status of colleges — Mitchell College in New London appears to be struggling. </p>
<p>@skyhawk123 - Marist is SAT optional and also has an LD support program. The kids at Mitchell are very very different from the kids at Marist with regard to level of LDs. When your kids has an LD, you have to very carefully sort through all of the literature on LDs because LD can mean so many different things.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about PACE University for LDs? Friend’s kid is considering it.</p>
<p>I have a good friend whose son is finishing at Pace. He doesn’t have LDs but is profoundly deaf (he listens and speaks with cochlear implants) and feels like he’s been well supported his four years there. Given many accommodations for deaf/hard of hearing kids are similar to ones LD kids would need, it sounds promising. He’s been very pleased.</p>
<p>Thanks @BTMell. Just told my friend and she wanted to know if he is at the PACE in the city or the one in Westchester? Thanks again!</p>
<p>The college in the city. He’s loved it there. I’m sure your friend knows this but meeting with the disabilities coordinator was really important. My older S has ADHD and he also is deaf; my younger S is only deaf. My older S has never been able to take language classes and it was in his IEP and then his 504 plan all throughout K-12. We attended an accepted student open house at one college and met with the disabilities coordinator who said that he <em>had</em> to take two years of a language, in spite of a neuropsych evaluation in addition to his 504 plan. So that sealed the deal there and it was off the list. It was really important to know that before signing on the dotted line.</p>
<p>I think this kid is thinking about the Westchester campus. Wonder if it’s different…</p>
<p>Yes, I know how important that is as I also have a kid with a LD. It’s amazing how ignorant some disabilities offices are, given that they are disabilities offices.</p>
<p>I have a friend whose child is also deaf (we all know each other) who was accepted at her #1 choice school. The family paid the deposit and then the disabilities office changed their tune. Oftentimes, deaf kids don’t take a foreign language (my older S couldn’t handle it but my younger son loves Spanish - go figure). ASL was offered rather than taking a spoken language. This young woman also has vision problems so her parents don’t want her learning a visual language; the school also wouldn’t provide CART which is pretty standard as well as several other accommodations. The student is now going elsewhere - to a place that’s welcoming her with open arms (and open accommodations). School #1 even patronized my friend’s daughter when it was really clear the disabilities coordinator didn’t have a clue about working with an oral deaf/hard of hearing kid. Yikes! </p>
<p>I’ll check with my friends to see if the Westchester campus is somehow connected to the downtown campus and if they share services and let you know.</p>
<p>@ReadytoRoll - my friend’s son who’s graduating from Pace has this to say about accommodations. (sorry I’m late responding back). It sounds really positive: </p>
<p>Yeah, well it has been phenomenal here. Yes, the services do work together on both campuses. I got the FM, peer notetakers, sometimes extended time for testing (I shifted out of that, felt the need not to later on) and services (like CART) for any special events I’d think of.</p>
<p>You know I commuted between both campuses, I had no issue with that at all. My NYC adviser asked if I wanted to transition to the Westchester campus, but I said no and she said she’d work with the adviser up there. Worked seamlessly and I had the same services on both campuses.</p>
<p>The adviser in NYC - Ms. Jenna Cler - is phenomenal. I cannot say enough of her. She welcomed me as a challenge when I came to look at Pace and said there would be no issues. I had a professor who gave me a hard time and she had to address him with my needed accommodations and even told him about the lawful implications he was getting into. I had no issues after that. I give her bonus points for my four years at Pace.</p>
<p>Look into programs at : Adelphi, Iona, Hofstra and Marist in NY and Curry and Leslie in MA </p>