Well…looking to transfer schools I’m at a small liberal arts school that sadly has not worked out for me for some personal reasons (the main reason being that the accommodations office is understaffed and not working for me…I’ve tried everything I can to make it work but am throwing in the towel). I’m looking to transfer to a small school with a creative writing major. I think I will apply to Emory, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Brown. Obviously, though, those are all very much reach schools, simply due to how few students they admit. You can see my high school stats here (English Student (Who's More Prepared Now) [TN resident, ~3.9 GPA, 35 ACT, <$15k] - #60 by Publisher).
Quick update from my first year at college:
sequential paid internships at a lit mag
radio dj
school lit mag poetry editor
school newspaper staff writer
made dean’s list
continued working to put myself through school (15-20 hours a week)
won 1st place in my english department’s poetry and fiction awards (big deal for a freshman)
took three creative writing workshops
continued my nonprofit work from high school
I’m looking for a small school with a creative writing major that is sensitive to accommodations (and by that, I simply mean that I occasionally need to turn in late work or miss class.) Any leads?
Midd states for transfers -Financial assistance at Middlebury is based entirely on established need and is offered to transfer students to the degree that resources permit. The FAFSA and CSS Profile and must be filed by November 1st for spring admission and by March 1st for fall admission
Also you may be too late for Fall.
But please have discussions in advance with each office so you find the right home - which may not be the biggest name.
If you would like a top small college for creative writing, look into Hamilton. I don’t know anything specific about accommodations there, but its health and wellness center is excellent.
I can tell you that my kid’s experience with disability services at Brown has been frustrating so far. Their office is apparently woefully understaffed and it can takes months to get an appointment. You also need to renew your accommodations plan each semester, not each year- which is time consuming, given the lack of access to office staff. Last spring, my kid wasn’t able to get an appointment and get his extra time on tests approved until after midterms- very nerve wracking, and thankfully his professors were flexible and allowed him extra time without the official stamp of approval- but that could have gone either way in some of his bigger classes. Just out of curiosity, which school are you currently at? Feel free to DM me if you don’t feel comfortable putting it on this thread, I ask because my D26 is making her list of schools- exclusively LACs, and the disability supports are one of her big considerations. TIA!
While I don’t feel comfortable disclosing where I am attending school, I would also urge your current student to file a formal ADA complaint. If Brown is not giving students with accommodations what they need, that is a major misstep by a powerful institution that is effectively shutting out students with disabilities from that caliber of education. Your student can file a complaint even while attending classes, and it can force the administration to give them what they need.
I’m at a small liberal arts school that sadly has not worked out for me for some personal reasons (the main reason being that the accommodations office is understaffed and not working for me…I’ve tried everything I can to make it work but am throwing in the towel). I’m looking to transfer to a small school with a creative writing major. I think I will apply to Emory, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Brown. Obviously, though, those are all very much reach schools, simply due to how few students they admit. You can see my high school stats here (English Student (Who's More Prepared Now) [TN resident, ~3.9 GPA, 35 ACT, <$15k] - #60 by Publisher).