College Recommendations for ADHD son

khrios
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:36:57 +0000

I would like your college recommendations for my son. He wants to major in business. We live in California, and would like a college in the West.

After a disastrous junior year, my S was diagnosed with ADHD, combined, dysgraphia, and cognitive disorder NOS. He has a high IQ. His main issues are with executive functioning, planning, organizing, visual & working memory. He has gone undiagnosed so far because teachers and others said he was lazy, underachieving, unmotivated, etc. Finally, he starts failing, testing gets done, and we have a diagnosis. He will be getting accomodations the next school year. He is also trying meds.

At this point, as an incoming senior, he has a declining GPA, 2.67 overall, SAT (no prep) of 1534, ACT of 23.

On the positive side, he has high verbal functioning, plays soccer/lacrosse, has played a musical instrument since age 3, has done community service in Mexico, and the Philippines, spent a summer in Spain doing a language immersion program.

Your suggestions are most welcome.