son is getting "express" applications...

cptofthehouse
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:30:43 +0000

Rellie, if your son has mild Aspergers, I do not recommend any of those schools. They are large and I can tell you that Pitt and Hartford have a large commuter, non dorm, suitcase population. You would be better off to have him at a school where they all live on campus to get to know each other and a smaller, more personal environment, where he sees the same people more often. My friend’s daughter went to Pitt and one of her complaints was that she had nearly no one in any two of her classes for most of the time she was there. There is no real campus as it is a city school, and most of the kids come from Pittsburgh. Though she grew up in the area, she was away for highschool, and it was a surprise to her, how few people she knew there.

I have both of my older ones at schools 7-8 hours away, but we are near an airport that has many inexpensive direct flights to the cities where they are living which makes it pretty easy to get there quickly. In fact, easier than some I know who have kids 4-5 hours away.