"Anxiety around college applications is near universal for the nation’s high school juniors and seniors, but no two students’ experiences are alike. For students with learning differences, the process can be doubly anxiety inducing, and in the age of COVID-19, triply so. For all that anguish, though – or perhaps because of it – students with learning differences tend to be more resilient than their typical peers. This resilience, developed over years of having to work harder to succeed within the educational system, can prove invaluable during the college application process.
Here, I examine what it takes for students with learning differences to gain admission to a four-year college, with special attention to the additional challenges COVID-19 poses." …