If nothing else, it gives him something to mention in his essay. And his counselor will know him well enough to write a knowledgable recommendation letter for him. The counselor is new this year and I'm pretty sure knows DS better than many of the other juniors on the roster.
Yup. Something to write in the essay is a good thing. The advice we were given from the private counselor I hired for my DD was if there was more than one place to write. Explain LD's and other handicaps in a supplemental essay rather than the main one.
I'm going to need to figure out how to handle this. One admissions advisor last week made it clear she would like non standard situations explained, she specifically called out students who have high SAT yet low grades. Not sure how I'm going to get my son to discuss this on his applications. We aren't getting a private college councilor for DS, but probably will finding him someone to work with him with his college essays.
