Disclose or not disclose?

mildred
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:11:26 +0000

The question for the upcoming application season is does student disclose his/her learning disability (dyslexia) in personal statement or short addendum to application or not?



I think that if your child’s dyslexia resulted in your child slowly working their way up to a really nice gpa at high school, then I would disclose it a wee bit. For example, if your child had to work their way up to a 3.0 by the end of their grade ten year, then it would not hurt to disclose the fact that your child has dyslexia a wee bit. By, wee bit, I mean alluding to it, more so than making it the theme to any admissions essay or something.

Now, you should make sure your child’s l.d. testing is current for University. Please stay on top of that and make sure to help your child meet up with the head of disability services. You need to do that for two reasons. One reason is that your child may come across a class or two where they would need time in a half for tests or what have you. The second reason is that, if your child desires to go on to grad school…then it would be a good idea to make sure everything with the l.d. office and all is 'right Kosher…because your child might need extra time for the GRE. It takes a super long time to get L.D. assistance for the GRE.

Asides from all that, eastcoastmomma, I wish your child all the best!