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How to Advise My Girl?
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That there is a discrepancy between your D's gpa and her test scores is an indication that something is making it difficult for her to work to her potential. Her ld issues are certainly on that list as the culprit. At college, you often get kids who are very capable of doing the work. It is not the difficulty of the work that most causes issues, but the lack of study skills, focus, organization, motivation that comes into play. Your daughters issues touch on all of those factors, and that will be the area where she will need some extra help.
That said, my son had a similar discrepancy between grades and SATs. We made sure that he had schools on his list where he was in the upper 25% or more in his test scores since we knew is grades could be an issue if he were applying at schools where most of the kids had test scores in his range. Where his test scores stood out, I felt there might be some forgiveness for the grades whereas if they did not, there would be no reason for a school to accept him over the many other kids with higher grades and the same range of test scores. He did not have any hook to throw into the mix, so we had to make the higher test scores a "hook" of sorts since colleges do want to raise their test score ranges.
Let me add that my experience with my older child has made me less, not more comfortable with this process. He got into his dream school ED, hated it, lost heart and did poorly, and was able to transfer only to a lesser school where floated through aimlessly. So I want to help daughter make a better choice than he did; I was a very blase "do whatever you like, dear" mom then; between his experience and her complications, now I'm much more anxious. It is SO helpful to be able to thrash this out with your support and encouragement!
Also, one thing to look at is a school where a lot of students stay in the area after graduation--even if it's a place far from where you live now. Your D will have 4 years to get used to the place and would have a ready-made support network when she graduates. It was hard for me to graduate and see my friends scatter--I think in that regard my sister had it easier because so many of her classmates stayed in the same city with her.